Category: HESA’s AI Observatory

HESA’s AI Observatory: What’s new in higher education (Nov. 17th, 2023)

Spotlight Good afternoon all, Today, we share a series of recommendations on how institutions should respond to AI, and missteps they should avoid. You will also find a publication by editors sharing recommendations on the responsible use of GenAI in scholarly journal publishing. We hope these resources are helpful! Consult our AI Observatory Next Roundtable Meeting Date: Tuesday, November 21st, 2023 Time: 12h00-1h00PM ET Join us next Tuesday, on November 21st, from 12:00PM to 1:00PM ET, for our next AI

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HESA’s AI Observatory: What’s new in higher education (Nov. 10th, 2023)

Spotlight Good afternoon all, In today’s newsletter, you can read about the UK Department of Education’s policy paper on GenAI in education; reflect on how GenAI tools can be used as assistive technologies to help students with disabilities; consult the results of surveys assessing both institutional leaders’ and students’ perspectives on GenAI tools; and discover new ways in which GenAI tools can be used by students, instructors and institutions to improve outcomes. Consult our AI Observatory Next Roundtable Meeting Date:

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HESA’s AI Observatory: What’s new in higher education (Nov. 3rd, 2023)

Spotlight Good afternoon, At last week’s AI Roundtable, we had the pleasure of hearing student perspectives on GenAI. Our panelists shared that they have noticed similar polarized views amongst students as those seen across faculty: while some students remain skeptical about the tools and prefer to stay away from them, others are fully embracing them and have started to experiment with GenAI beyond academic purposes, using these tools to increase efficiency in many facets of their life. One of our

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HESA’s AI Observatory: What’s new in higher education (Oct. 20th, 2023)

Spotlight Good afternoon, Next Tuesday, we’ll have the pleasure of discussing with five students from across the country to hear their perspectives on GenAI in higher education: Beatriz Moya, PhD candidate, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary Justin Saint, Chair of Computing and Academic, BCIT Student Association Ken Hilton, Vice-President Academic, University of Toronto Engineering Society Laurence Mallette-Léonard, President, Fédération étudiante collégiale du Québec Tala Abu Hayyaneh, Vice-President Academic, Students’ Association of Mount Royal University Join us on October

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AI in Canadian Higher Education-An Update

Good morning. As you probably know, we at HESA have been paying a lot of attention to Generative AI over the past few months.  We launched our AI Observatory during the Summer, have been organizing monthly AI Roundtables with the help of a super group of volunteers from across Canada, and began putting out our Friday AI-focused emails. Today, as we approach the first anniversary of the release of ChatGPT, we wanted to share some observations about the state of play in GenAI

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