How might generative AI help us develop new and interesting ways to teach? What potential AI applications might academics want to use, but don’t have the skills or time to build? How might generative AI be used to develop creative and practical ways of doing teaching differently?
This project is about supporting and enabling creative teaching innovation through generative AI. It aims to develop our capacity as an institution to think widely and creatively about human/machine partnerships in education innovation, while supporting staff skills development and capacity for working with AI in their teaching, assessment and feedback. It’s part of the University's AI adoption programme of work, and a partnership between the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) and the Moray House School of Education and Sport, with EFI hosting the workshops and meetings.
The project offers Edinburgh staff:
- The chance to sign up to two staff workshops in November 2024 which will help you develop original ideas for new generative AI use in your teaching
- The chance to pitch for resource to develop your ideas and build an application you can use in your teaching
- Access to colleagues with the learning design, programming and development skills to create your application (over the first half of 2025) so that you can use it with your students in academic year 25-26
- A framework and resource for evaluating and researching your application in use
Below are the project's key dates:
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5th November: workshop 1 10am-noon (EFI room 155 and Teams) Sign up here |
Introduction and inspiration: Why might you want to use GenAI in your teaching? How are others currently using it? Explore the possibilities and generate ideas with colleagues in a structured workshop.
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20th November: workshop 2 10am-noon (EFI room 155 and Teams) Sign up here |
Exploration and ideation: Spend time in hands-on exploration of GenAI applications already in use at Edinburgh, then develop a rapid prototype for an application you can use in your own context. |
| 4th December: pitch deadline |
Submit your pitch proposal: build on your idea from the workshops to make a pitch for support (we will provide you with a template and it won’t be too onerous). |
| 10th December: selection |
Pitch proposal meeting: A cross-university panel will consider the pitches and choose which ones to take forward. |
| January-June 2025: build |
Build: Work with expert learning designers and software developers to build and fine-tune your application. |
| September-December 2025: use, research and celebration |
Implementation and evaluation: Use, evaluate and research your implementation, with support. A project celebration event at the end of the year will showcase the work of colleagues, open to all staff and students. |
Using human-centred design principles, the programme of work will support the university community to develop innovative and discipline-relevant ideas for teaching with AI, and then – crucially – access time and expertise for developing these for use in real teaching, support and assessment contexts.
The project is led by Prof Sian Bayne (Assistant Principal Education Futures) and Javier Tejera (Senior Learning Design and Technology Advisor in EFI). It is part of the AI adoption programme led by Prof Michael Rovatsos.
Browse the project SharePoint site and watch the recordings of the worskshops: AI for Teaching Innovation - Home.
