The Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh Napier and Heriot-Watt were successful in being awarded an AdvanceHE Collaborative Development Fund grant for research on staff and student perspectives on Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in higher education (HE), from January to 1 July 2024.
The project is led by Prof. Kirsty Kiezebrink (Dean for Educational Innovation, University of Aberdeen) collaborating with Dr Sara Preston (Senior eLearning Adviser, University of Aberdeen), Natalie Lafferty (Head of the Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of Dundee), Dr Louise Drumm (Associate Professor in Digital Education) and Rosemarie McIlwhan (Associate Professor of Digital Pedagogies and Practices).
The research will explore the attitudes and perceptions of diverse stakeholders (Students, Academic and Professional Services staff) to the integration of GenAI in academic settings, including approaches to teaching and learning. In addition to reporting on the research, the research findings will be used to provide resource cards and infographics which can be used by institutions to explore and enhance their approaches to GenAI. These plus the dataset and survey instruments will be licenced under a Creative Commons licence to enable them to be reused and adapted by other institutions, thus extending the reach and impact of this project.
They are running focus groups with colleagues and students to understand what may influence them when deciding to engage or not with GenAI tools, and how they can be supported to use these tools responsibly, ethically and effectively.
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