Welcome to the April issue of the HEFi newsletter. In this edition find out more about the Education Excellence Awards and nominate today. In addition the call for proposals for the Education Excellence conference 2024 are now open. Finally explore and book onto upcoming digital CPD sessions and catch up on our newest member of staff.
Do you know an individual and/or a team whose ongoing excellent education practice deserves recognition? If so, we want to hear from you! We are inviting nominations for the 2024 Education Excellence Awards.
The Education Excellence Awards 2024 celebrate education excellence in the context of our contemporary, research-intensive university. The Awards are peer and student nominated, and the aim is to recognise all staff who teach and support learning e.g. academic, professional services and PGTAs who design, deliver and/or support exceptional student learning.
Generative Futures in Higher Education: Navigating the Impact of AI on Teaching, Learning, and Innovation
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) describes algorithms, including ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, that can be used to create new content, including text, computer code, images, audio. Whilst the technologies are themselves not new, recent advances in the field have led to a new era where the way in which content creation can be approached is fundamentally changing at a rapid rate.
Five sub-themes will be explored during the conference:
1) GAI-Resilient assessment.
2) Generative AI for enhanced learning gain.
3) Enhancing graduate attributes in an AI-enabled world.
4) Developing staff capability in generative AI use.
5) Sharing good practice in the use of generative AI within teaching, learning, assessment and support.
We welcome proposals in the format of Short presentations, Short workshops and talks encouraging active engagement
Upcoming events
- Dates
- Tuesday 23 April 2024 (12:00-14:00)
- Location
- Arts LR2
- Description
- This session offers an opportunity to hear about and discuss five institutional projects, funded through the Education Enhancement Fund, which are exploring the use of Generative AI (GAI) at the University of Birmingham.
See the full range of the Events, seminars and workshops available across HEFi.
HEFi in the Spotlight - Tom Penny
Today we hear from our latest new starter, Tom Penny, who has joined the HEFi team based in College of Social Sciences as a Digital Education Officer.
HEFi Online guidance
The Higher Education Futures Institute have created a library of self-paced guidance on teaching and learning, and digital tools such as Canvas and Panopto. Please take some time to explore all the resources we have to offer.
Digital Education Top Tips
This months top tip video is about setting your Canvas notifications. Canvas includes a set of default notification settings you can receive for courses you teach on. You can change these settings to suit your own notification preferences. See the video below for further details.
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