Category: Colleges and Polytechnics

HESA’s AI Observatory: What’s new in higher education (May 5th, 2024)

Spotlight Good morning all,  In today’s newsletter, you will find a couple of resources focusing on the integration of GenAI in graduate studies and research. We also share some articles that cover the use of GenAI in operations, as well as considerations for integrating GenAI into post-secondary institutions’ governance.  We hope these are useful reads! Policies & Guidelines Developed by Higher Education Institutions University of Alberta’s guidelines Tags: Guidelines, Research, Academic integrity, Canada University of Alberta’s Faculty of Graduate &

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HESA’s AI Observatory: What’s new in higher education (April 19th, 2024)

Spotlight Good morning all,  We are soon approaching the end of our Winter 2024 series of AI Roundtables. After the one taking place next Tuesday (make sure to register here if you haven’t already), we only have one last session planned, in May. For that last session, we hoped to be able to talk about the important topic of GenAI and decolonization – in other words, how can we make sure that the growing use of GenAI tools don’t hinder

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HESA’s AI Observatory: What’s new in higher education (April 12th, 2024)

Spotlight Good afternoon all, You might have seen the latest federal government announcement on AI. Too little information is available out there at the moment to be able to assess how this will impact the higher education sector. We will keep an eye out, and keep you posted!  In the meantime, in this week’s newsletter, you will find an example of institutional guidelines for operational use of GenAI, coming from McMaster University. We also share some articles on how universities

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HESA’s AI Observatory: What’s new in higher education (April 5th, 2024)

Spotlight Good afternoon all, In this week’s AI newsletter, you’ll find articles about the various ways specific institutions and jurisdictions are responding to GenAI in higher education – coming from Canada, the US, Hong Kong and Mauritania. You’ll also find articles about the constant tension between AI technology providers, and academic publishers and scholars. Finally, we included a couple of opinion pieces on what differentiates AI from human skills, and on where AI is headed in the not-so-distant future. We

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HESA’s AI Observatory: What’s new in higher education (March 10, 2024)

Spotlight Good morning all, In this unusually late AI-focused newsletter, we share articles highlighting new institutional innovations in the face of GenAI: including compulsory AI modules, new AI-specific degrees, and the enrollment of ‘student bots’ in courses. Additionally, a couple of articles encourage readers to adopt a more cautious approach to GenAI, praising institutions that ‘slow-walk’ and resist GenAI FOMO. A perfect collection of quick reads for a lovely Sunday, with a warm coffee in hand!  Also, ICYMI – HESA

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