Level: Foundations in Teaching (FiT) - Enhancing Learning

Overview:
In an evolving academic landscape, Generative AI offers educators across all disciplines powerful tools to teach more effectively—without increasing workload. This interactive workshop explores how AI can support the full teaching and assessment cycle: from planning and designing learning activities, creating inclusive and authentic assessments to streamlining feedback and enhancing student engagement.

Participants will explore hands-on examples and experiment with AI tools that can help generate lesson plans, scaffold learning materials, personalise feedback, and even support reflective practice. Drawing on real-world applications, the session will demonstrate how AI can uphold academic integrity while freeing up time for innovation, creativity, and student support.

Whether you're new to AI or already experimenting, this session will provide practical strategies and space to try out tools that can make AI a valuable partner in your teaching practice.

Please note: that this is an interactive session, please bring along a fully-charged laptop.

Learning Outcomes:

• Identify opportunities to integrate Generative AI into teaching, assessment, and feedback practices.
• Experiment with AI tools to support the design of learning activities, assessment tasks, and personalised feedback.
• Evaluate the benefits and limitations of AI in enhancing academic efficiency, creativity, and student engagement.
• Reflect on the role of AI in shaping future-ready teaching practices while maintaining academic integrity and pedagogical intent.

Who should attend?

Anyone with a role in teaching and learning who wants to use AI to enhance their teaching, assessment and feedback practices.