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Why your AI training programme won't create an AI-literate university
11+ hour, 31+ min ago (286+ words) The challenge is that AI literacy is unevenly distributed across institutions in ways that create compounding disadvantage. Departments with early adopters pull ahead; those without them fall further behind. The result is a capability asymmetry that widens each semester, shaping…...
Using university library outreach to demystify the transition from high school to higher education
11+ hour, 31+ min ago (295+ words) In addition, the prospect of entering an educational environment that is foreign to them can heighten students" anxiety around belonging. All this leads to student stress, academic struggles and potential attrition." These are some of the ways we have adapted…...
Reaching for the pizza? How to help students make informed choices with Gen AI
12+ hour, 31+ min ago (253+ words) When we "shop" for information on the internet, similar tactics are at play. Nowadays, a standard query in Google frequently foregrounds a Gen AI-generated summary before listing traditional links. The Gen AI response is positioned as the first and most…...
A guide to academic presentations for first-timers and nervous novices
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (446+ words) So, there I was, a newly minted "Dr" who had graduated with his doctorate in languages in the previous year. With some encouragement from my Ph D supervisor, I was excited, to say the least, to share my "groundbreaking findings…...
What new lecturers need to develop their teaching
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (549+ words) However, while these programmes include teaching observations and reflective assignments, they are not usually designed to provide rapid, low-stakes, feed-forward feedback that can be applied immediately in subsequent teaching sessions. One way to address this gap is through short, intensive…...
Assessing students when artificial intelligence is ubiquitous
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (593+ words) For much of higher education's modern history, assessment has followed a familiar formula: a midterm and a final exam, with a heavy emphasis on whether students can retain and reproduce information. That model made sense in a world where knowledge…...
Reframe assessment as part of learning
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (9+ words) Times Higher Education...
Three ways to make your classroom a multilingual environment
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (867+ words) This is my first time interacting with non-Chinese students. I find it interesting and meaningful." (Nicole)" Nicole, a Cantonese-speaking local student, was enrolled in my course, Introduction to Translation Technology. I've heard similar feedback from other students. The non-Chinese students…...
Think again: reclaiming our "cognitive debt" from AI
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (268+ words) Never before have our students been so diluted within the aggregated voice of the machine, or their independent thought been so readily discarded. Our intrinsic, human capacity for learning is being subsumed by prediction, where personal articulation becomes statistical residue....
How to start reimagining assessments authentically
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (261+ words) Too often, we educators revert to the type of assessments we encountered as students: high-stakes exams. Students, too, are familiar with this type of assessment from primary and secondary education. But when numerous factors can cause students to underperform on…...