New Horizons for Higher Education: Teaching and Learning with Generative AI

Generative AI (GAI) presents significant challenges and opportunities to the higher education sector, from the threat to academic integrity to the promise of personalised learning at scale. This report focuses on three key areas: the impact of GAI on current teaching and assessment practices, current applications and the shift to more learner- centred approaches; emerging GAI pedagogy, international best practices and early research findings on risks; and GAI and digital transformation, international regulation and the future skills agenda.

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Mairéad Pratschke is Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Data Science Institute (DSI); and Research Fellow and Advisory Board member at the USA’s National Science Foundation-funded National AI Institute for Adult Education and Online Learning (AI-ALOE). Author of Generative AI and Education (2024), Mairéad has delivered keynote talks on generative AI and education in Ireland, the UK, Canada, the USA, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, South Africa and Singapore.

Author website: https://maireadpratschke.com/

Commissioned by the N-TUTORR National Digital Leadership Network.

Benefit of this resource and how to make the best use of it

The report distils the key findings into actionable recommendations and provides clear guidance and direction aimed at assisting institutional leaders shape policy and strategy for GAI integration into teaching practice in a way that aligns with their institutional values and strategic priorities.

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Pratschke, M. (02/04/2025). New horizons for higher education: teaching and learning with generative ai. National Resource Hub (Ireland). Retrieved from: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/new-horizons-for-higher-education-teaching-and-learning-with-generative-ai/ License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC).

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