An exciting new resource charts artificial intelligence for higher education

QAA has launched a new curated resource bringing together a wide range of materials relating to Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its uses and impacts across the higher education sector.

‘As many commentators and educators have observed in recent months, the rise of accessible artificial intelligence tools has far-reaching implications for higher education,’ says Dr Ailsa Crum, QAA's Director of Membership, Quality Enhancement & Standards.

‘It's already starting to change the ways in which learning is facilitated, supported and assessed, and it may come to affect the fundamental relationships between providers, their staff and their students.

‘Alongside the challenges it poses, it offers opportunities to enhance our professional and pedagogic practices, as we work to prepare learners - and ourselves - for working environments which are being transformed by this technology.’

This new set of web pages promotes a range of useful materials, both QAA's own and links to external sites. These materials are arranged in themes, each of which has a dedicated page which gives access to extensive sets of relevant content.

Our resource takes you through the essentials of Generative AI and introduces its most commonly used tools. It presents an array of reports, policy papers, blogs, commentaries, webinars, websites, podcasts and projects on the uses of artificial intelligence in learning and teaching - and a similarly diverse set of publications exploring the ethical considerations these developments raise. It also offers a section devoted to the future direction of Generative AI and its implications for the future of higher education.

This QAA resource has been made publicly available for the benefit of the sector and for all those interested in this increasingly important subject.

It features more than 130 links to articles and materials from universities, governments, news outlets and both national and transnational agencies - from Australia to Aberystwyth, Coventry to Canada, Dundee to Deakin, Kansas to Kent, London to Leeds, and Wonkhe to the Washington Post.

Visit our new Generative AI landing page for easy access to QAA and external content.