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My name’s Kerith and I work at Abertay University. With my former colleague Amy, now at King’s College, London we have been investigating Generative AI as assistive technology for those with and without SpLDs. Following on from an early workshop at King’s College as part of the APT 2023 Conference (https://reflect.ucl.ac.uk/aptconference/parallel-sessions/), we have continued to research this area and produced a blog entitled <b itemprop=”headline” style=”font-style: inherit; background-color: initial;”>Generative AI Tools (GAITs) in Higher Education: Advocating for a strategic approach. From our work, Amy developed a section on the King’s College Future Learn course: Generative AI in Higher Education<b style=”font-style: inherit; background-color: initial;”> (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/generative-ai-in-higher-education ). We are now exploring voice and Generative AI, specifically looking at how Generative AI may be leading to one voice and how this can be challenged. We’d love to hear from anyone who is exploring this area, or anyone who has comments on our work, ideas for future areas of exploration.
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I really like your blog post, Kerith! I’m concerned that banning (or even just discouraging) the use of GenAI as assistive tech will disadvantage users of English as an Additional Language, who often lose marks for not writing like an educated ‘native speaker’ but may not be eligible for considerate marking schemes in the way e.g. dyslexic students are. I look forward to hearing what you discover about GenAI and voice!
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I teach English for Academic Purposes at the University of Wolverhampton. GenAI has huge implications for my work, which involves helping students develop their academic writing and academic integrity skills. In the 2022-23 academic year I engaged in lots of interesting discussions about GenAI with colleagues around the world, but not within my own institution. So in September 2023, Wolverhampton colleague Elora Marston and I launched a Generative AI Special Interest Group – an informal forum of academic/professional staff, student reps and SU sabbatical officers – which meets monthly on Teams very much as this group does.
My main interest at the moment is trying to work out a practicable policy/guidance on proofreading, including the use of GenAI. I’d love to hear from anyone who is also exploring this and/or can share their institution’s guidelines. As well as posting here, you can email me at c.bailey@wlv.ac.uk
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Thanks, Carol. I look forward to seeing what comes of your work. I followed with interest the papers that were listed on the BALEAP forum, and in the one titled: Generative AI tools and assessment: Guidelines of the world’s top-ranking universities, I found myself disagreeing with their methodology! To be included: “The guidelines must be issued at the university level (exclude faculty, school, and department level)”. When discussing this, at the moment, we are finding GenAI guidance has to be more granular, as we have to take into account PSRBs and disciplinary differences.
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Dear colleagues
Hope you’re well. Over the past six months, myself and Dustin (or vice versa depending on who is sending) have been looking into the connections between generative AI and gender, race, and ethnicity. Today, we’re excited to share our latest project with you: a teaching resource (PPT slides and worksheet), which aims to develop critical and analytic thinking around the underpinnings of generative AI.
You can find the resources here:
- https://aldinhe.ac.uk/product/learnhigher-resources/generative-ai-a-problematic-illustration-of-the-intersections-of-racialized-gender-race-and-ethnicity/
- https://figshare.edgehill.ac.uk/articles/educational_resource/Generative_AI_a_problematic_illustration_of_the_intersections_of_racialized_gender_race_ethnicity/24680895
Reference: Keshishi, N., & Hosseini, D. (2023). Generative AI: a problematic illustration of the intersections of racialized gender, race, ethnicity (Version 2). National Teaching Repository. https://doi.org/10.25416/NTR.24680895.v3
In a world where tech is shaping everything, it’s crucial to understand how it intersects with issues like gender and race. We hope our resource is a useful toolkit for educators in the UK and beyond.
In addition, we are gathering feedback, via this online survey, from both student participants and educators delivering the workshop. This should take no longer than 5-10 minutes to complete.
Thanks for being part of this important work!
P.S. The original blog has since been turned into a pre-print. The reference for the pre-print is Hosseini, D. D. (2024, February 3). Generative AI: a problematic illustration of the intersections of racialized gender, race, ethnicity. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/987ra
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