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Exploring two frameworks from The Open University: Critical AI Literacy Skills and Responsible by Design
Dr Mirjam Hauck ~ Academic Co-Lead for AI in LT&A; Eleanor Moore and Mary Simper ~ Learning Designers The Critical AI Literacy skills framework As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to make its impact felt in HE, influencing everything from the way we search online to how we learn and teach, it’s important that educators […]
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APT24: Reflecting on our experience presenting on AI at King’s College London
Katia Shulga and Mary Simper ~ Learning Designers This summer we had the pleasure of delivering two presentations at the annual APT conference at King’s College London on behalf of the Learning Design Team at The Open University, UK. It was a hot June day when Mary and I met at the train station […]
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Going for Green: Learning Design sustainability champions
Kathleen Calder, James Openshaw, Catriona Mattews, Hayley Johns, and Paul Astles ~ Learning Designers The Learning Design Sustainability Group at The Open University has been championing sustainability at the Open University in one way or another for some time now. The end of 2023 saw a wonderful celebration of that work at the Green Gown […]
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Student Voice on GenAI: Use, Concerns and Educational Applications
Mary Simper and Eleanor Moore ~ Learning Designers Like much of Higher Education, we in the Learning Design Team at The Open University have been both fascinated and challenged by the introduction of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT. In this blog post, we’ll uncover what our students have told us about their use of […]