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Presented by Dr Mark J.P. Kerrigan (Head of Learning, Teaching and Enchancement and Online Learning, SOAS) and Dr Iain Cross (Associate Professor in Education Development, LSHTM).

Please note: This is a hands-on workshop with interactive activities and participants will be required to bring a laptop. 

Overview:

The aim of this session is to explore AI and the current thoughts, practice, and applications in higher education research. Specifically, it will be divided into three sessions whereby:

Part 1: Exploration of AI and current thinking in HE and research

Part 2: Hands-on workshop on how to construct simple and complex AI prompts to support the creation of a piece of text including critical reflection and limitations. Participants can either work on scoping a piece of current work or explore a new research thematic.

Part 3: Hands-on workshop on using a series of different AI tools to (1) support decision making in constructing a literature review dataset and (2) the construction of a research communication output.

Schedule

At the end of the session a successful participant will be able to:

1. Discuss AI and current trends in higher education with a focus on research, ethics, data security and academic integrity.
2. Create complex ChatGPT prompts to inform the development of a research thematic.
3. Apply a series of AI tools to support the creation of research outputs.
4. Reflect on personal AI literacy and professional development.

Speaker bios

Dr Mark J.P. Kerrigan is a National Teaching Fellow and Principal Fellow of the HEA and works as the Head of Learning, Teaching Enhancement and Online learning for the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Mark has professional interests in educational strategy and policy, inclusive leadership, curriculum design and mobile/technology-enriched learning. Mark holds a PhD from Edinburgh University, is a published researcher and an experienced PhD supervisor. Before working at SOAS, he worked at LSHTM as the Head of Digital Learning, he was an Associate Professor in Learning & Teaching (Allied Health) at Anglia Ruskin University, Dean of Learning & Teaching at Plymouth College of Art. Prior, as the Director of Learning & Teaching and University Teaching Fellow in the Faculty of Medical Science at Anglia Ruskin University.  Mark is a co-convenor for the Society of Research into Higher Education, Newer Researchers’ Network and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology. He was a founding member and co-led the national Jisc-funded Change Agents Network.

 Dr Iain Cross is an Associate Professor in Education Development and Deputy Director of the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Iain leads academic professional development provision including Advance HE accredited programmes. He leads the AI in Education project at LSHTM and supports a wide range of education enhancement projects. Prior to joining LSHTM, Iain was Associate Dean for Learning and Teaching at St Mary’s University, Twickenham. He has a background in environmental studies; including a PhD on lake ecology and climate change from the University of Nottingham and BSc in Environmental Geography from UCL. His interests focus on how universities are responding to sustainability, teaching climate change, assessment and feedback, authentic learning and decolonising doctoral research. He is also part of an international collaboration exploring faculty development to support learning about wicked problems.