David Smith

And what we found:
- Strong gains in student confidence in prompt crafting, ethical use, & data integrity.
- A growing sense of GenAI as a learning partner.
- But also persistent questions around ethics, privacy, and trust in institutional frameworks.

Here’s what we did:
- Embedded GenAI throughout a year-long MSc skills programme
- Drew on experience mapping, “just-in-time” teaching, and process-based assessment
- Tracked student development via surveys, skills audits, and interviews

Wonderful Co authors:
@nigelfrancis.bsky.social @mellacey.bsky.social

And Student Researchers Dami, Skye, Charlotte & Chinenye

I’m happy to share that our latest paper 📜 is now online.

Embedding Generative AI as a digital capability into a year-long skills program. | Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice doi.org/10.53761/fh6...

Check out our latest paper: doi.org/10.53761/fh6...
We co-designed our MSc programme to embed AI skills, confidence and ethical understanding.

This couldn’t have happened without our amazing student co-authors: Dami, Skye, Charlie and Chinenye
@dave-thesmith.bsky.social @nigelfrancis.bsky.social

Frontiers Publishing Partnerships | Education and Training Assessment and Artificial Intelligence. A Pragmatic Guide for Educators The emergence of ChatGPT and similar new Generative AI tools has created concern about the validity of many current assessment methods in higher education, s...

Also check out this paper by Phillip Newton & Sue Jones on “Education and Training Assessment and Artificial Intelligence. A Pragmatic Guide for Educators”

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AI generated infographic, decorative

Super pleased to share our latest publication “Generative AI in Higher Education: Balancing Innovation and Integrity” how #GenAI is reshaping learning, assessment, emphasising the need for ethical frameworks to maintain academic integrity.

@nigelfrancis.bsky.social & Sue Jones

tinyurl.com/y384wfvw

AI in bioscience education, challenges and opportunities, by David Smith and Nigel Francis

#PlantSciEd
Day 2 starts with a keynote by David Smith and Nigel Francis, on the topic of AI in bioscience education, challenges and opportunities. @dave-thesmith.bsky.social

4. Working and learning between spaces (digital and physical) and across platforms is the new norm. Not one platform works and we have to be ready to shift around.

3. Spotting Ai generated fakes is hard and getting harder. Training needed to help with disinformation with our students. Teaching crital thinking more important now than ever.

2. Social media for learning can be a force good but what about all those who are not on, how do we get the content to them 🤔 and not leave them out in the cold?

1. people are on BlueSky but it’s a slow move and many are still on X as the followers have been established.

Great day at the #SocMedHE24 conference talking all things social media and learning. Here are the top things I learned.

@suebecks.bsky.social @dralison.bsky.social

Really enjoyed presenting with @dave-thesmith.bsky.social our work around how students are using digital spaces for learning #SocMedHE24. Lots of the work was undertaken by wonderful student researchers Sophie and Iosif @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social @socmedhe.bsky.social

Harnessing Generative AI for Education: An Approach to Embeding Digital Competencies. The rapid rise of Generative AI (GenAI) has become a transformative force across industries, and higher education is no exception. In our recent preprint paper, Embedding Generative AI as a Digital…

Been thinking about how to embed #GenAi into the curriculum. This blog talks about our pre-print on the evaluation and reflections of the process. @nigelfrancis.bsky.social @mellacey.bsky.social

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Excited to promote the opportunities offered by @biochemsoc.bsky.social at our annual I2RI winter poster session @dave-thesmith.bsky.social