As a rapidly evolving technology, Gen AI challenges universities and post-secondary institutions to keep relevant policies and approaches current, particularly at a classroom level in guiding students on how to use the technology while avoiding academic integrity issues. This session will look at how the Centre for Open Learning at Edinburgh University is currently approaching and managing student use of Gen AI technology at the classroom, assignment, and assessment level. The session will be of interest to anyone who is considering the implications of AI technology on their own classroom, or for anyone who is interested to see how a major UK university is approaching and managing the technology at a concrete level in a classroom setting. 

A light lunch will be provided.

Presenter

Douglas Buchanan

With an MA in applied linguistics, Douglas has a broad international background teaching academic language, writing, and study skills at a variety of universities and colleges, including the University of Southampton, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), and Bangkok University. He has been with BCIT since 2020 as a Learning Commons Coordinator, and is a teaching fellow at the University of Edinburgh. He says that being in the classroom and working with students is what keeps him young.