Tag: education
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Three assessment examples using AI tools
The following assessments utilise AI tools to help students exhibit higher-order thinking skills. They are designed to evaluate student learning in ways that align with contemporary needs. These assessments focus on tasks requiring students to apply their knowledge in meaningful contexts rather than relying on traditional assessments that often overlook essential skills such as teamwork.…
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Buckle Up: “Co-intelligence” is a wild ride
Ethan Mollick’s “Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI” (2024) is a stimulating departure from typical AI literature in education (i.e. the framework apocalypse). It explores less the technicalities of algorithms and more the human side of our interaction with these enigmatic new minds we’ve brought into existence. Mollick’s writing style is lively, conversational, and thought-provoking,…
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Winning Grants to support Postgraduate Study from the Voluntary Sector (by Luke Blaxill)
Our aim at Gradfunding is to help postgraduate students of any nationality, academic background, or subject area fund any aspect of their studies- be it living expenses, fees, or research, travel, and conference costs. We are an advisory agency which specialises in winning grants from the voluntary sector (e.g. charities, foundations, and trusts). The voluntary…
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New forms of doctorate
I attended an ESRC funded seminar today and organised by the Landsdown Centre for Electronic Arts on new forms of doctorates. This was the third seminar in the series. As someone who undertook a practice based PhD some years back (that admittedly was not altogether a totally a rewarding institutional experience), I found the seminar…