Helping Students Develop Critical Thinking Skills When Using Generative AI

The E-Learning Team are pleased to announce that the next event in our series of ‘Digitally Enhanced Education webinars’ will take place on Wednesday the 20th of November from 14:00 – 16:30 (GMT), and will follow the theme ‘Helping Students Develop Critical Thinking Skills When Using Generative AI’

 Agenda: 

14:00 - 14:05Dr Phil Anthony (University of Kent): Introduction 

14:05 - 14:20 – Dr Mary Jacob (Aberystwyth University): Critical thinking at the heart of Gen AI literacy

14:20 – 14:35 – Dr Michael Loughlin (Nottingham Trent University): Freshers to Final years: approaches to evaluate Gen AI

14:35 – 14:50 – Abby Osbourne & Dr Rob Eaton (University of Bath): Making Critical Thinking Visible in a World of Invisible AI

14:50 – 15:05 – Dr Lisa Dickson (University of Kent): Reimagining Assessment: Critical AI Analysis in Legal Education

15:05 – 15:15 - Break 

15:15 – 15:30Professor Earle Abrahamson (University of Hertfordshire): From Interaction to Insight: Designing AI Prompts that Build Critical Analysis Skills

15:30 – 15:45 – Dr Sian Lindsay (University of Reading): Reclaiming critical thinking in an AI-driven world

15:45 – 16:00 – Josh Thorpe (University of Stirling): What’s the deal with chickens? AI and creativity

16:00 – 16:15 – Dr Tadhg Blommerde (Northumbria University): Teaching Generative AI as a Critical Skill for Future Careers

16:15 – 16:30 – Dr Jenny O'Connor (South East Technological University): Incentivising critical engagement with GenAI: two case studies

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Colleagues outside the University of Kent are welcome to join this community, so feel free to circulate. Please ask anyone wishing to join to complete the Digitally Enhanced Education registration form if they haven’t already. We will add them to the mailing list linked to the series, and they will receive the joining link via email on the 20th of November. 

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Best Wishes, The E-Learning Team.