Artificial intelligence in higher education

What role should artificial intelligence play in higher education? From ChatGPT to DeepSeek, generative AI (GenAI) tools of all kinds are forcing a rethink of university teaching, assessment, research and administrative work. Find out how to build AI literacy across an institution, use GenAI to support learning, harness AI tools as teaching and research assistants and manage the risks posed by GenAI and other AI technologies.

By Eliza.Compton, 4 January, 2024

Students see the benefits of AI-generated learning content

human hands using laptop with robot hand emerging from screen

Students might already show a preference for AI-generated online learning content, so academic colleagues and institutions need to capitalise on this to improve resource management and staff well-being, write Dean Fido and Gary F. Fisher

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3minutes

By kiera.obrien, 20 December, 2023

Go head-to-head with ChatGPT to enhance your students’ personal learning

A illustration of four robots beating a human in a hurdles race

Pitting yourself against artificial intelligence can enhance your students’ motivation and critical thinking. Eric Tsui shows how

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3minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 18 December, 2023

Writing responsibly: how to use reflective practices to navigate ChatGPT

Reflective writing exercises can mitigate the influence of artificial intelligence on students’ learning, while also enriching understanding and giving students a chance to express themselves, writes Mario Carrera

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4minutes

By Laura.Duckett, 5 December, 2023

Embrace AI tools to improve student writing

Business students writing prompts for AI

Rather than trying to keep it out of the classroom, here are ways faculty can facilitate more effective use of ChatGPT for writing assignments

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4minutes

By sara.custer, 30 November, 2023

Three ways AI can support student success and well-being

A student uses a chat bot while she studies

A virtual assistant helped free up human resources at the University of Galway and revealed student issues that staff could not have predicted

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 17 November, 2023

Learning the machine: shaping the future of creative education

Educators should engage with artificial intelligence and other technologies not just as users but as influencers, write Ed D’Souza and Sunil Manghani

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4minutes

By kiera.obrien, 17 November, 2023

How hard can it be? Testing the dependability of AI detection tools

Students are using artificial intelligence to write essays and other assessment tasks, but can they fool the AI detection tools? Daniel Lee and Edward Palmer put a few to the test

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 8 November, 2023

Interdisciplinarity is a core part of AI’s heritage and is entwined with its future

To train students to engage responsibly with artificial intelligence, a genuinely interdisciplinary perspective – from the language used to recognising that human and machine work in concert – is essential, write Elvin Lim and Jonathan Chase

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4minutes

By Laura.Duckett, 6 November, 2023

Roles for AI to play in the classroom

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From supporting classroom debate and discussion to problem-solving and decision-making, here are ways that artificial intelligence can enhance teaching and learning

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4minutes

By dene.mullen, 2 November, 2023

Will ChatGPT change our definitions of cheating?

We can’t yet know if we have a full taxonomy of ChatGPT-enhanced mischief, or whether certain uses should be classed as mischief at all, writes Tom Muir

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5minutes

Artificial intelligence in higher education