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Pioneers in Practice – teaching with and about AI

Graham Attwell 342 Views , , , , , ,

Over the past 15 years or so, Pontydysgu has created hundreds of free digital Open Educational Resources for teachers, trainers and educators to use, re-use and adapt to their own needs. Given the recent advances in AI tools, generative AI, natural language processing etc, I thought it would be pertinent to revisit our old, well loved resources and give them an AI inclusive update, I'll likely be including a few new ones too. Over the coming weeks expect a return to the chalk-face with scenarios, practical ideas, hints and tips in the Ange's Scribbles corner of the Pontydysgu blog. I'll also be exploring new pedagogies and old learning theories with AI in mind.

As always if you have a great idea for a contribution, text, video or podcast, get in touch.

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Prompt: water colour painting of a middle aged white female teacher with dark-pink curly shoulder-length hair wearing a green v-neck dress and red rimmed glasses working at a mac computer

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AI Competency Framework for Teachers

Graham Attwell 1064 Views , , , , , , ,

UNESCO are very active in the debates over AI in education, in part driven by their responsibility for the UN Sustainability goals on education, which in a recent report were behind on target. AI is seen as potentially developing the capacity of education provision, especially in regions like Sub Saharan Africa, which have severe shortages of teachers.

At their Digital Learning week conference, UNESCO introduced their AI Competency Framework for Teachers and School Students which they described as "a work in progress."

They say: "The AI CFT offers a simplified, yet flexible structure that can be tailored by teachers in their local classroom contexts and institutional and system decision-makers in framing their teacher professional learning systems." "The following structure "organises 18 competencies along three broadly defined levels of progression and six cross-cutting thematic aspects."

The Framework is now open for consultation either by adding comments in the online version or by filling in a consultation form. The Call for Comments and Consultation form says: "Your valuable feedback is essential to ensure that these frameworks are inclusive of diverse educational contexts across the world and that they serve as relevant guides in preparing education systems to harness the potential of AI while being responsive to AI risks and upholding ethical and rights-based values in promoting student success."

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Generative AI for teaching and learning

Graham Attwell 457 Views , , , , , , ,

I missed this when it was published in April. But this table, is in a Quickstart Guide to ChatGPT by UNESCO which "provides an overview of how ChatGPT works and explains how it can be used in higher education. The Quick Start Guide raises some of the main challenges and ethical implications of AI in higher education and offers practical steps that higher education institutions can take." The table provides a useful summary of the different pedagogical possibilities fo using Generative AI for teaching and learning.