2025

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Weekly Resource Roundup, Dr Mary Jacob, Lecturer - Learning and Teaching, Aberystwyth University

As leader of our PGCTHE programme, I keep an eye out for resources to help staff teach effectively. These include webinars, podcasts, online toolkits, publications and more. Topics include active learning, online/blended teaching, accessibility/inclusion, and effective learning design based on cognitive science. Below I’ve listed items that came to my attention in the past week. In the interest of clarity, our policy is to show the titles and descriptions in the language of delivery.

Online events and webinars

March

19/3/2025 LTHEChat, #LTHEchat 323: Integrating Study Skills into the Curriculum (useful resource links in the blog post)
20/3/2025 University of Calgary Werklund School of Education, Artificial Intelligence and Future-Focused Learning, Distinguished Research Lecture with Dr Sarah Elaine Eaton (hybrid in person and online)
24/3/2025 RAISE SIG, AI in HE: Written assessments in the age of AI: change, push-back, and student (dis)engagement by Dr. Martin Compton
25/3/2025, Compassionate Assessment Network, Compassionate Alternative Assessment: a reason and a result of Equity in the GenAI Era with Dr Eliana El Khoury
26/3/2025, Digi Edu Webinars, AI in Assessment: How Universities Are Responding and Innovating
26/3/2025 De Montfort Education Academy, Awarding Gap Seminar series: Disrupting the Discourse: University Culture Decoded
27/3/2025 Future Teacher Webinars, AI and appropriate assessment – student perspectives and the assistive technology conundrum
28/3/2025 Kevin L. Merry, Better Assessment in Higher Education: A UDL Approach (workshop and book launch)

April

3/4/2025 WonkHE, Capability for change – preparing for digital learning futures
7/4/2025 RAISE, RAISE Student Engagement Reading Group (Islam, Maisha (2024) ‘Entrenched inequalities and evolving challenges: harnessing hope for Muslim students and staff in Higher Education’, from Uncovering Islamophobia in Higher Education, PalgraveMacmillan, pp. 269-29)
9/4/2025 Anglia Ruskin University – Community Engagement, Using Generative AI in the classroom: Tadhg Blommerde
23-25/4/2025, Active Learning Network, 5th Online Global Festival of Active Learning
30/4/2025 Anglia Ruskin University – Community Engagement, Inquiry graphics: Multimodal learning and the use of Generative AI: Dr Tünde Varga-Atkins, Dr Natasa Lackovic & Dr Run Wen

May

9/5/2025 Centre for Innovation in Education, University of Liverpool , Theme Park of Innovation 2025 (call for proposals open until 21/2/2025)
20/5/2025 Student Belonging Community of Practice, UEA Student Belonging Conference 2025 (hybrid in person and online), also see Student Belonging Community of Practice Sign Up
27/5/2025 (online) and 29/5/2025 (in person), Change Agents Network, Annual Conference: The impact of student-staff partnerships on learning in an ever changing higher-education environment
28/5/2025 Teaching Intensive Research Informed Pedagogy Series (TIRIgogy), Mind the (Bias) Gap: Ethical AI for Inclusive Teaching

June

25/6/2025 De Montfort Education Academy, Awarding Gap Seminar series: Decolonising learning and assessment: insights from student and educator experiences

July

15/7/2025 Active Learning Network, Active Learning Conference 2025

Resources and publications

Advance HE (14/03/2025), Education for Sustainable Development Curriculum Design Toolkit, Advance HE Knowledge Hub
Bowskill, N., Hall, D., Harrogate, M., Eziefuna, E., Marler, B. (30/1/2025), Staff development for generative artificial intelligence and collaborative learning using Iterationism as a theoretical framework, Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, (33)
Bruff, D. (n.d.), Derek Bruff Teaching Hub Collections, University of Virginia Center for Teaching Excellence (collections of guidance for effective teaching, highly recommended)
Callaghan, D. (2025), Artificial Intelligence and Example Uses, Education Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (9-minute video)
Ellis, C., & Murdoch, K. (2024), The educational integrity enforcement pyramid: a new framework for challenging and responding to student cheating, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 49(7), 924–934.
Hicks, M.T., Humphries, J. & Slater, J. (2024), ChatGPT is bullshit, Ethics Information Technology 26, 38
JSTOR (28/10/2024), JSTOR’s interactive research tool promotional toolkit
Metz, C. et al (16/3/2025), How A.I. Is Changing the Way the World Builds Computers, New York Times
QAA (2025), Compassionate assessment in higher education, Compassionate Assessment Network (video recordings from Quality Insights event)
Saunders, R. (12/3/2025), S5E27 Object Based Learning with Angela Newton and Thomas Campbell (36-minute audio recording), L&T Chatshow
Syska, A. (27/2/2025), We tried to kill the essay – now let’s resurrect it, LSE Higher Education Blog
Wilson, J. (28/2/2025), GenAI vs Academic Skills Development, Teaching Matters, “Promoting, discussing and celebrating teaching at The University of Edinburgh”

Other

Call for proposals (open dates) Unfiltered by EmpowerED: A Podcast Series where educators share unedited stories of inspiration and challenge
Call for proposals (open dates) Future Teacher Webinars
Monthly series European Network for Academic Integrity, ENAI monthly webinars free open webinars on various topics related to academic integrity.

Please see the Staff Training booking page for training offered by the LTEU and other Aberystwyth University staff. I hope you find this weekly resource roundup useful. If you have questions or suggestions, please contact our team at lteu@aber.ac.uk. Social media: X.com, BSky.

Information Services: AI Guidance for you

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We now have a new help and support webpage for Artificial Intelligence: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/help/ai/.

This page brings together policies and safety advice as well as guidance for using AI in your studies, teaching, research, and administration.

Mini Conference: Blackboard Exemplary Practice: Materials Available

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Accessibility icons showing 3 images: a checklist, a computer workstation, an image

Happy New Year!

On Wednesday 18 December, the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit hosted an online mini conference taking a look at Blackboard Exemplary Practice. With over 40 attendees, and 5 sessions, it was one of our biggest mini conferences.

The materials from the event are now available on our webpages.

We were delighted to welcome Carol Chatten from Edge Hill University and Robert Farmer from Northampton University to showcase their award-winning courses.

Carol’s course is designed for medical professionals completing their placements. Robert’s course introduced undergraduates to critical thinking skills. Both courses have been awarded Blackboard’s Exemplary Course Programme Award.

We were then joined by Dom Gore and Richard Gibbons from Anthology (Blackboard). They gave an overview of the new developments that are coming in Blackboard, as well as introducing attendees to the new AI Conversations tool. We have enabled AI Conversations and have updated our Blackboard AI Design Assistant training. Take a look at our blogpost for further information.

Finally, Law and Criminology’s Lauren Harvey, and School of Education’s Panna Karlinger gave tours of their exemplary courses. Both submitted applications to last year’s Exemplary Course Award. The deadline for 2025 is Friday 31 January 2025. Further information is available on our blogpost.

NEW: AI Conversations in Blackboard

26th November 202426th November 2024 WordPress User [jbw] Blackboard, Generative AI, Technical Updates, Training and Support, Ultra, Ultra Leave a comment

The latest AI Design Assistant feature has been enabled in Blackboard.

AI Conversations provides a chat bot for students to interact with as part of a learning activity.

There are two AI Conversation options:

Socratic questioning
- This encourages students to think critically through continuous questioning prompts
Role play
- This allows students to play out a scenario with the AI persona designed and created by the instructor

Once set up, students can engage in these activities to further their knowledge and understanding of the topic.

Students type a response to the questions posed by the AI chat bot. At the end of the activity, students respond to a reflective question to outline how the conversation helped with their understanding of the topic.

We will be showcasing AI Conversations at our online Mini Conference on Wednesday 18 December. Further information is available on our blogpost.

Our E-learning Enhanced: Introduction to the AI Design Assistant training has also been updated to include AI Conversations. You can book your place on the course on the Events and Training booking system.

For further information, see Blackboard’s AI Conversation guidance.

Staff Workshop on Artificial Intelligence

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Information Services is pleased to announce a special half-day event looking at ways in which Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be used in academic contexts.

The event will be held on Thursday 11 April between 09:00-13:00 in the International Politics Main Hall.

You can sign up for the event on the Session Booking page.

The aim of the event is to look across the 2 academic functions:

Research
Learning and Teaching

And to reflect on ways in which AI can be used to enhance these activities, increase productivity, and save time.

We’d also like to explore the challenges and obstacles that you face in using AI in these contexts and establish ways in which the University can best support you.

The session will be interactive, with participants encouraged to share their own experiences and examples of best practice. All colleagues are welcome to attend – from those who have been using AI for a while to those who haven’t used it before.

Attendees are welcome to join the session throughout the morning and a timetable for those who have registered will be circulated closer to the event.

Generative AI Discussion Forum

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We have just created a new series of sessions open to all staff and students interested in talking about Generative AI in education.

Since January 2023, Generative AI (Gen AI) has shaken up the world of higher education. The landscape is still rapidly changing and posing challenges for all of us. In response to this challenge, we set up a Gen AI Working Group, which published guidance for staff in March and updated the UAP Regulations. We run regular training sessions with guidance for staff and contributed videos for students (AI and your studies) as part of the Academic Engagement Team’s LibGuide Utilising AI in the Library: A Student’s Guide.

We want to bring more voices into the discussion, so we have set up a series of forums around Generative AI, open to all interested staff and students. We especially encourage students to come along. Staff can register through our CPD Booking System. Students can join by emailing the LTEU.

17-10-2023 15:00 – 16:00
14-11-2023 10:00 – 11:00
07-12-2023 16:00 – 17:00

The aim of the Gen AI Discussion Forum is to exchange experiences about what is happening on the ground in our own areas, collect suggestions for the Working Group to consider, and answer any questions you may have.

Please note that this is not a training session but a facilitated group discussion where everyone can exchange ideas. During the meeting, we will ask you to share your experiences, questions, and suggestions.

We look forward to talking with you!

Weekly Resource Roundup – 11/8/2023

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Online events and webinars

September

6-7/9/2023 RAISE conference (hybrid in person and online, with student discount)
6/9/2023 Transforming Assessment, Guiding the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for assessment
20/9/2023 UDL UK and Ireland Network, UDL Instructional Design Workshop

Resources and publications

Resources on Artificial Intelligence

Anders, B. (13/6/2023), The AI Literacy Imperative – A Summary, OEB Insights
Anthony, P. (11/8/2023), AI and Pedagogy: Advancing Personalized Learning, Adaptive Teaching, and Values-Based Assessment (playlist of video recordings), DigiEduWebinar recordings on YouTube
Beetham, H. (7/8/2023), “0% detection has never felt better” Exploring some of the risks to students from the adoption of generative AI in HE, imperfect offerings
Compton, M. (5/8/2023), Using rubrics and generative AI tools to reflect on and develop writing, heducationist
Dianati, S. & Laudari, S. (7/8/2023), An introduction to prompting generative AI like ChatGPT for teaching and learning, Campus: Inside Higher Ed and Times Higher Education
Edwards, B. (26/7/2023), OpenAI discontinues its AI writing detector due to “low rate of accuracy”, Ars Technica
Fischer, I. et al (26/7/2023), The Russell Group have spoken – So, are you ready for September?, The SEDA blog
Fowler, G. A. (7/8/2023), AI is acting ‘pro-anorexia’ and tech companies aren’t stopping it, Washington Post
Gupta, A. (8/2023), Robopoetics: AI prompt design and ethics for design students and creative writers (animated workshop slides)
Lukeš, D. (8/8/2023), Have you asked your bot to make you a table? ChatGPT as a cognitive scaffolding engine, AI in Academic Practice
Nerantzi, C., Abegglen, S., Karatsiori, M. & Martínez-Arbole, A. (23/6/2023), 101 Creative Ideas to Use AI in Education: A collection curated by #creativeHE
QAA, ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence (resource collection, latest resource added 31/7/2023), QAA membership resources

Other resources

Betts, T. & SALT (25/7/2023), Episode 46 – Active learning and the Active Learning Network (42-minute audio recording), A Pinch of SALT (Swansea Academy of Learning and Teaching podcast)
Carless, D. (n.d.), Feedback literacy and doctoral education, Personal Website of Professor David Carless
Dann, S., Draper, M. & Glendinning, I. (25/7/2023), Reflections on the European Network for Academic Integrity Conference, QAA Blog
Dawson, P., Yan, Z., Lipnevich, A., Tai, J., Boud, D. & Mahoney, J. (7/8/2023), Measuring what learners do in feedback: the feedback literacy behaviour scale, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
Hosseini, D. (31/1/2021), Episode 21: Social annotation: critically commenting, together (26-minute audio recording), Digital Education Practices Podcast Series
Ketonen, L., Körkkö, M. & Pöysä, S., (8/6/2023), Authentic assessment as a support for student teachers’ reflection, European Journal of Teacher Education
Miller, M. (12/5/2022), 24 ideas for creating a discussion-rich classroom, Ditch that Textbook
Project Zero (n.d.), Generating Possibilities and Analogies: Routines that help students learn to formulate questions, consider alternatives, and make comparisons (toolkit of teaching ideas), Project Zero’s Thinking Routine Toolbox, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Rossi, V. (25/7/2023), Root to shoots: A holistic route to designing high quality inclusive learning environments, QAA blog
Slack, H. R. & Pownall, M. (29/7/2023), ‘Treat GTAs as colleagues, rather than spare parts’: the identity, agency, and wellbeing of graduate teaching assistants, Journal of Further and Higher Education

Other

Monthly series European Network for Academic Integrity, ENAI monthly webinars free open webinars on various topics related to academic integrity.
Subscribe to SEDA’s mailing list for email discussions about educational development and emerging teaching practices. This is one of the sources I use when identifying useful material for the Roundup.
Follow University of Birmingham’s Higher Education Futures institute HEFi on Twitter for daily posts with links to pedagogical literature and more. This is one of the sources I use when identifying useful material for the Roundup.
Join the #LTHEchat on Twitter Wednesday nights for one hour of lively discussion about learning and teaching in HE. I often find out about good resources for the Roundup from the chat.

Generative AI Discussion Forum

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Futuristic image of students sitting at desks working on computers. The image was generated by Mary Jacoob using artificial intelligence on the NightCafe Studio website. — AI-generated image created by Mary Jacob using NightCafe Studio.

We have just created a new series of sessions open to all staff and students interested in talking about Generative AI in education.

Since January 2023, Generative AI (Gen AI) has shaken up the world of higher education. The landscape is still rapidly changing and posing challenges for all of us.

In response to this challenge, we set up a Gen AI Working Group, which published guidance for staff in March and updated the UAP Regulations. We run regular training sessions with guidance for staff. The Working Group is currently preparing student-facing guidance for start of next term.

We want to bring more voices into the discussion, so we have set up a new series of forums around Generative AI, open to all interested staff and students. We especially encourage students to come along. Staff can register through our CPD Booking System. Students can join by emailing the LTEU. The next two sessions are held online:

21-08-2023 14:00-15:00
15-09-2023 10:00-11:00

We look forward to talking with you!

AI Generated Questions now available in Vevox Polls

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In the latest update to Vevox, our polling software, an AI Question Generator has been added. Colleagues can now create questions using the AI Question Generator.

Further information (including how to use it) is available on Vevox’s webpage.

As with all AI generated material, checking for accuracy and editing content is key before releasing it to students. See LTEU’s Generative AI support materials for further information.

There are also a number of blogposts focused on AI that you can take a look at.

There is another change coming to Vevox. The PowerPoint add in has been updated. We will be contacting all colleagues who make use of the PowerPoint add in via email before the start of September.

If Vevox is new to you, we’ve got a whole host of support materials on our Vevox webpage.

Weekly Resource Roundup – 25/7/2023

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Online events and webinars

July

26/7/2023 Digitally Enhanced Education Webinars, AI and Pedagogy: Advancing Personalized Learning, Adaptive Teaching, and Values-Based Assessment
27/7/2023 Learning Design Cross-Institutional Network 2023 (hybrid in person in Milton Keynes and online) also see their Conference Padlet
28/7/2023 EmpowerED webinar series, Webinar 7 (topics include Conversations to change teaching, Strategies to foster creativity, Strength-based approaches to teaching and learning, and Power of playful pedagogic podcasting with Pedagodzilla)