This story in Nature really shows that Universities really need to be setting up their own #Mastodon instances, or at least asking the likes of #JISC to start nation-level instances on their behalf. :mastodon:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02554-0

Say Hello to #Teachermatic: #Jisc helps further education teachers lighten their load by using #AI https://beta.jisc.ac.uk/news/all/jisc-helps-further-education-teachers-lighten-their-load-by-using-ai

Report From #Jisc “Optimising the UK’s University #Research #Infrastructure Assets: Perspectives and Opportunities” https://www.infodocket.com/2023/05/02/jisc-report-optimising-the-uks-university-research-infrastructure-assets-perspectives-and-opportunities/

The UK Reproducibility Network (UKRI) and #Jisc recently published a report on the essential role of #openresearch, professional, and technical support staff at universities. "Without a whole range of professional and technical staff in institutions, open research would be next to impossible...."

Worth noting too that our team member @KarenVeitch was a contributor to the report. 👍

#UKRN-Jisc report on collaborating across diverse professions https://osf.io/g7zby #reproducibility

Cheering to learn that a number of institutions have joined the #CORE membership programme (following #Jisc's decision to pull funding of critical open infrastructure). I'm hopeful that the institution I am employed by will be following suit soon...

https://blog.core.ac.uk/2023/03/02/core-welcomes-10-new-members/ #OpenResearch #OpenScience #OpenInfrastructure #POSI #OpenData

A Collective of UK-Based #Education and #Research Sector Organisations Appeal to Digital Content and Software Vendors Seeking “Pricing Constraint” in the Face of Growing Cost-of-Living Crisis (via #JISC) & More Headlines https://www.infodocket.com/2023/02/28/a-collective-of-uk-based-education-and-research-sector-organisation-appeals-to-digital-content-and-software-vendors-seeking-pricing-constraint-in-the-face-of-growing-cost-of-living-c/ #scholcomm #libraries #UK #costs

Earlier in the week #Jisc held a webinar on bias and explainability in AI for education.

As part of this, we explored the potential for bias in #ChatGPT.

We've looked at this in a little more detail in our latest blog post:

https://nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2023/01/26/exploring-the-potential-for-bias-in-chatgpt/

@vtraag Lets hope UK #JISC follows suit - eh @michaeldwebb @preater - and please boost to other JISC-connected colleagues

My colleague at #Jisc, Helen Nicholson, looks at the present and future of automated voice transcriptions and how they might improve support for accessibility in education.

https://nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2023/01/16/ai-accessibility-the-present-and-potential-future-of-automated-transcriptions/

#AI #AIEd

Just in case anyone has missed the latest update on the issues with #JiscMail:

https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/20230111-ServiceDisruption.html

#Jisc

We’re looking for someone to join our team at #jisc, helping universities and college make the most of AI to support learning and teaching.

The role title is AI Specialist - but the important thing is interest and understanding in the adoption of AI tools in education, so it’s not a data science role. #aied

https://jobs.jisc.ac.uk/Jisc/JobDescription/-VsWJZAs-CU

My colleague Paul Bailey at #Jisc writes about the #Metaverse in the article below.

A controversial opener: 'Let’s be clear: the metaverse (however you define it) is decades away."

I'm not sure i agree, partly because we are terrible at predicting things that decades away, and partly because the way some people define it, it's very close! But a good conversation starter.

#Edtech

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/should-we-be-worried-educators-introduction-metaverse

First post on mastodon. Shout out to #jisc #govroam #eduroam - you here yet?

Here's a blog post reporting and reflecting on the #Jisc webinar on AI and assessment last week:

#AIEd #GPT3 #ChatGPT

https://nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2022/12/19/ai-and-assessment-disruption-webinar-report-and-reflections/

Here's a blog post reporting and reflecting on the #Jisc webinar on AI and assessment last week:

#AIEd #GPT3 #ChatGPT

https://nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2022/12/19/ai-and-assessment-disruption-webinar-report-and-reflections/

Here's a blog post reporting and reflecting on the #Jisc webinar on AI and assessment last week:

#AIEd #GPT3 #ChatGPT

https://nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2022/12/19/ai-and-assessment-disruption-webinar-report-and-reflections/

In January we'll be running a webinar on bias and explainability in AI, focusing on its use in education.

#AIEd #Jisc

https://beta.jisc.ac.uk/events/bias-and-explainablity-in-artificial-intelligence

In January we'll be running a webinar on bias and explainability in AI, focusing on its use in education.

#AIEd #Jisc

https://beta.jisc.ac.uk/events/bias-and-explainablity-in-artificial-intelligence

We produced a new short intro guide to chatbots. This is the first in a series - we'll delve into some detail in some more guides, coming soon. #jisc #aied

https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/an-introduction-to-chatbots

We produced a new short intro guide to chatbots. This is the first in a series - we'll delve into some detail in some more guides, coming soon. #jisc #aied

https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/an-introduction-to-chatbots