The Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh Napier and Heriot-Watt were successful in being awarded an AdvanceHE Collaborative Development Fund grant for research on staff and student perspectives on Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in higher education (HE), from January to 1 July 2024. The project is led by Prof. Kirsty Kiezebrink (Dean for Educational Innovation, University of Aberdeen) collaborating with Dr Sara Preston (Senior eLearning Adviser, University of Aberdeen), Natalie Lafferty (Head of the Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of Dundee), Dr Louise Drumm (Associate Professor in Digital Education) and Rosemarie McIlwhan (Associate Professor of Digital Pedagogies and Practices). The research will explore the attitudes and perceptions of diverse stakeholders (Students, Academic and Professional Services staff) to the integration of GenAI in academic settings, including approaches to teaching and learning. In addition to reporting on the research, the research findings will be used to provide resource cards and infographics which can be used by institutions to explore and enhance their approaches to GenAI. These plus the dataset and survey instruments will be licenced under a Creative Commons licence to enable them to be reused and adapted by other institutions, thus extending the reach and impact of this project.
Staff and Student Focus Groups
Further information about our focus groups are detailed below.
- Participation in Staff Focus Group
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We are running focus groups with staff to understand what may influence you when deciding to engage or not with GenAI tools, and how you can be supported to use these tools responsibly, ethically and effectively. This research is being conducted as part of an AdvanceHE-funded project examining GenAI attitudes among HE stakeholders.
Focus group sessions will be online (e.g. Teams or Zoom) and will last no more than 60 minutes.
Focus groups for Academic Staff will be taking place on Tuesday 30 April, Thursday 2 May and Wednesday 8 May. Focus groups for Professional Services Staff will be taking place on Monday 29 April, Wednesday 1 May and Thursday 2 May.
If you have completed the Expression of Interest form and indicated which focus group(s) you can attend (you will only be attending one), please read the participant information sheet for staff and complete our short consent form too prior to attending the focus group.
If you would like to participate in the focus groups please complete the Expression of Interest form, to indicate which focus group(s) you can attend.
- Participation in Student Focus Group
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We are running focus groups with students to understand what may influence you when deciding to engage or not with GenAI tools, and how you can be supported to use these tools responsibly, ethically and effectively. This research is being conducted as part of an AdvanceHE-funded project examining GenAI attitudes among HE stakeholders.
Focus group sessions will be online (e.g. Teams or Zoom) and will last no more than 60 minutes.
Focus groups for students will be taking place on Wednesday 1 May, Friday 3 May and Monday 6 May.
If you have completed the Expression of Interest form and indicated which focus group(s) you can attend (you will only be attending one), please read the participant information sheet for students and complete our short consent form too prior to attending the focus group.
If you would like to participate in the focus groups please complete the Expression of Interest form, to indicate which focus group(s) you can attend.