AI in Higher Education: Pedagogy and practice

This page contains my developing notes on the use of AI/Chat GPT in my own practice. Broadly speaking there are opportunities and potential threats from the way students can engage with such tools and the same probably goes for a wide range of administrative tasks in Higher Education practice. 

How Students can use AI in their work

• Starting an assessment: Ask AI to produce an essay plan for a topic, ask AI what the critical analysis of a particular theory is.

• Middle period of producing an assessment: Ask AI to critically analyse a topic, ask AI to improve the quality of submitted text.

• Ending an assessment: Ask AI to critically analyse a topic to ensure there is higher level content

• Help in writing a personal statement.

• Ask AI to produce an interview guide for a semi-structured interview in a study that uses qualitative research methods.

• Ask AI to critically analyse a particular theory.

• Ask AI to produce a plan for a piece of assessed work. 

How Academic Staff can use AI in their work

• Learn how to use it to help students navigate their own use (benefits and pitfalls)

• Use it to signpost to analysis on topics

• To produce short passages of introductory text for VLE pages. 

• Produce outline meeting agenda

Further Reading

• Bath Uni's briefing page on AI in HE - https://teachinghub.bath.ac.uk/assessment-and-feedback/academic-integrity/chatgpt-and-artifical-intelligence/ 

• Bournemouth Uni briefing page on AI - https://microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk/flie/2023/01/30/artificial-intelligence-apps-and-teaching-and-learning/ 

• UCL resource for students, "Engaging with AI in your education and assessment" https://www.ucl.ac.uk/students/exams-and-assessments/assessment-success-guide/engaging-ai-your-education-and-assessment 

• Edinburgh Napier University QuickGuide -  https://staff.napier.ac.uk/services/dlte/Documents/15%20Artificial%20Intelligence,%20Student%20Learning%20and%20Assessment%20Quick%20Guide.pdf 

• QAA briefs members on artificial intelligence - https://www.qaa.ac.uk/news-events/news/qaa-briefs-members-on-artificial-intelligence-threat-to-academic-integrity 

• WonkHE (March, 2023) An avalanche is coming this time. https://wonkhe.com/blogs/an-avalanche-really-is-coming-this-time/ 

• ISTE. Artificial Intelligence in Education: Putting Educators and Students in the Driver's Seat https://www.iste.org/areas-of-focus/AI-in-education 

Recommended Tools for using AI

• ChatGPT

• Chatpdf

• Bing

• Notion