Generative AI Tools in Education at LU

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This resource is designed for all teachers who wish to find out more about Generative AI tools in relation to education. If you are from Lund University, you can register in the course area. This isn't obligatory, but if you do, I will notify you when it gets updated. If you aren't from LU, feel free to email me with questions or comments. Changes are inevitable as things are changing so fast and also, I would like to respond to your feedback - see the survey link at the end of module 5.

There are five modules which  are designed to be completed in order, but of course you can jump to anything which interests you most. 

If you want to follow up, we have created a Microsoft Team Links to an external site. for asking questions and sharing further resources.  You can join using your usual LUCAT ID and password. 

Module 1: A non-technical introduction to Generative Artificial Intelligence tools 

Estimated time needed: 20-50 minutes depending on whether you complete the activities. 

 

At the end of this module, you will be able to:

  • Identify key features of a Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) tool
  • Describe in simple terms how a GAI tool works
 An image of how ChatGPT4o imagined the use of GenAI in a classroom, May 2024

Module 2: What worries people about GAI tools in education?

Estimated time needed: 20-30 minutes. 

At the end of this module, you will be able to:

  • Discuss the ethical and educational concerns associated with GAI tools with colleagues and students

 Image of a hologrammatic robot being enthusiastically applauded by some people sitting round a table.

Module 3 : Using GAI tools in your own practice

Estimated time needed: 20-90 minutes depending on whether you complete the activities. 

At the end of this module, you will be able to:

  • Take decisions about whether and how to use GAI tools in your own educational practice
 Picture of a happy smiling class sitting around a computer, which seems to be facing towards the camera, not the class.

Module 4: Using GenAI tools in connection with examination/assessment

Estimated time needed: 1-3 hours depending on whether you complete the activities. 

At the end of this module, you will be able to:

  • decide whether or not GenAI tools should be used in your examinations 
  • use GenAI tools, if you wish, to help you to prepare examination information such as questions, scenarios, marking rubrics and feedback statements. 
 An image of many students taking a traditional handwritten examination in a large gymnasium type room.

Module 5: Using GenAI tools with students

Estimated time needed: 20 - 30 minutes. 

At the end of this module, you will be able to:

  1. discuss GenAI with your students 
  2. use GenAI tools with students for some simple activities. 
 An image of a university teacher looking away from his students who are gathered round a computer illicitly using a GenAI tool.

Don't forget to take the short survey before you leave the site - it is anonymous and will be used to improve the resource and the way we communicate new information to you. 

 

About the course author: my name is Rachel Forsyth and I work in the Unit for Educational Services as an educational developer. In my previous job in the UK, I was an educational developer and head of department, and my research focuses on inclusion and trust in higher education teaching, and institutional change management relating to teaching.  The material here is very much the result of outputs from the University working group on AI tools and education and discussions with colleagues but all mistakes are definitely mine.