Welcome to November’s Spotlight on AI in Education bulletin. With how fast things are moving, this will help you cut through the noise and catch what’s important. The bulletin highlights on-the-ground practice, institutional perspectives and trends in generative AI use across the sector and beyond. We hope you find this useful. 

If you have anything you’d like to contribute or see in this bulletin please email EE@sussex.ac.uk

On-the-ground at Sussex

Enhancing assessment and feedback

Read this if: You’re interested in ‘the practical implementation of AI in education and its implications for student learning outcomes, equity and academic integrity.’

Angela Ya Gao, Lecturer in Accounting in the Business School, has contributed the case study Changing the paradigm: rethinking assessment in the AI era to a compendium produced by AdvanceHE. Under the theme of Assessment and Feedback in a Digital Era, Angela’s case study details a project to design a Level 7 PG report assessment, introducing the use of AI in an assistive role with students being required to both use and show how they use the tools.

Access and read the compendium on the AdvanceHE website.

Institutional Perspective

Don’t miss out on your place at the next Teaching and Learning with Generative Artificial Intelligence Community of Practice

Read this if: You’ve yet to book your place.

This has both in person and online options, be sure to book so you can be notified of any changes to the schedule.

View the event and book your place.

Across the Sector

Video guide on using Generative AI to enhance teaching in higher education

Read this if: You’d like to see examples of using generative AI tools to support the cycle of teaching admin from planning to dealing with module feedback.

In a video shared via the Generative AI Network Jiscmail list, Dr Tadhg Blommerde, Assistant Professor at Northumbria University presents ‘six practical applications of generative AI to help streamline our work and improve student experience’. Covering such things as creating engaging lesson plans and supporting students with complex topics.

Watch the video on YouTube.

Further Afield

A student’s guide to writing with ChatGPT, by OpenAI

Read this if: You want to see how the platforms themselves guide students in using their tools.

OpenAI have put together this brief guide for using ChatGPT to assist with writing tasks. From getting feedback to helping with the ‘grunt work’ of formatting references.

Read the guide on the OpenAI website

In case you missed it

Other links on the topic of AI in teaching and learning you may have missed.

• On the EE blog: Integrating ArtificiaI Intelligence into Education at the University of Sussex Business School
• Elsewhere online: The QAA have a number of Subject Benchmark Statements open for consultation, these now include a section on the use of generative AI.

This was a Spotlight on AI in Education update from Educational Enhancement