Setting the Scene

Paul Hayes, Deputy Senior Vice Chancellor and Dr Harriet Dunbar-Morris, Dean of Learning & Teaching

“AI, AI, Ohhhh”; Artificial Intelligence, Assessment and Axiology

Joel Mills, BPP

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming higher education in various ways, such as enhancing assessment feedback, accelerating the pace of change in the field, and requiring new skills for interacting with AI systems. In this presentation, we will explore how AI can improve the relationship students have with assessment feedback by making it more accessible, personalized, and timely². We will also discuss how AI can help students cope with the fast-changing nature of higher education by providing them with opportunities to advance their understanding in the discipline, work with uncertainty, and reflect on their learning process³. Finally, we will highlight the need for developing skills in engineering prompts for AI queries to get meaningful outputs. We will define what prompt engineering is⁶, why it is important for effective AI use⁸, and what skills are necessary to become a prompt engineer⁵⁷. We hope that this presentation will inspire you to embrace AI as a powerful tool for enhancing learning outcomes and experiences in higher education.

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Profile

I am currently an Associate Professor at BPP and have been Head of Learning and Teaching since 2021. My focus is on enhancing education for all, upskilling staff and developing best practice across the BPP group. During my career I have been a Lecturer, Programme Leader, Teaching Enhancement Advisor, Manager and Deputy Director in Higher Education across several institutions since 1997. I began teaching in Higher Education in 1997 and when Minecraft was released in 2009, I quickly took it in to my classroom and explored how it could be used in Further and Higher Education for game-based learning. In 2015 I won the award of Learning Technologist of the year for my work in Minecraft in Higher Education and I have developed award winning projects in Chemistry, History, Archaeology and Business Studies. I have also won awards for Most Innovative Teacher, and have been recognised through the Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert programme #MIEE. You can follow me on Twitter via @iLearningUK