What is generative AI and how do we use it in education?
Covering the fundamentals of generative AI, including its capabilities, limitations, and potential impacts.
- Online
- 5
- One hour
- Free
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About
This webinar is designed to equip educational staff with an understanding of generative AI. It will look at what generative AI is, considerations when using it and how to use it through effective prompting. Paddy Shepperd, senior AI specialist, will lead the session.
This is the first part of a series of webinars designed to explore artificial intelligence (AI) and how to maximise its benefits. The series focuses on AI safety, accessibility, the use of AI tools in daily life, and creativity through AI applications. AI is increasingly prevalent in education, and this series of webinars is designed to assist educational staff in understanding how to effectively utilise generative AI for everyday tasks.
To attend participants will need to able to access at least one generative AI tool such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot.
Who should attend
Educators and support staff who wish to learn more about how generative AI can be used in education.
What we cover
Participants will:
- Learn effective prompting techniques for conversational AI and specific prompt roles to enhance interaction with generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, or Microsoft Copilot
- Create content and then review relevance, accuracy, bias and how to avoid errors (potential hallucinations)
- Consider the impact of generative AI on the workforce
- Practical exercises to create AI prompts and generate content using tools like ChatGPT, Google Bard, or Microsoft Copilot, and critically evaluate AI-generated content for relevance, accuracy, and bias
- Discussion and reflection about the potential impacts on their role and the broader workforce
- Conclude with a question and answer session allowing for further clarification and discussion on the use of generative AI
Pricing and eligibility
This webinar is free and open to anyone from a Jisc member organisation (UK further education colleges, specialist colleges or higher education institutions). You will therefore need to register with your institutions email address.
For more information please email training@jisc.ac.uk or phone 01235 822242.
Session preparation and setup
Upon successful registration before the webinar you'll receive your joining instructions email from training@jisc.ac.uk. Please fully read the instructions to ensure ease of access to the live online room.
- The webinar will be run in Teams, with live automated captioning and transcription
- You'll also need a headset, or headphones and a microphone
- Please sign in using your full name
- Participants’ microphones will be muted on entry. If you would like to speak, please use the raise hand tool or the chat pane to indicate this
- We'll be taking questions during the webinar, which you can submit in the chat pane
Upon successful registration before the webinar you'll receive your joining instructions email from training@jisc.ac.uk. Please fully read the instructions to ensure ease of access to the live online room.
- The webinar will be run in Teams, with live automated captioning and transcription
- You'll also need a headset, or headphones and a microphone
- Please sign in using your full name
- Participants’ microphones will be muted on entry. If you would like to speak, please use the raise hand tool or the chat pane to indicate this
- We'll be taking questions during the webinar, which you can submit in the chat pane