As GenAI continues to emerge in teaching and learning in higher education, it is important to capture the evolving practices, research, and policies across Irish higher education institutions. This form gathers information on current initiatives to provide a national overview of how staff and institutions are engaging with these technologies.
We invite contributions on projects, innovations, research, and policies related to GenAI in teaching and learning. By contributing to this dataset, you will help build a clearer picture of the opportunities and challenges associated with GenAI in higher education, inform policy discussions, and foster collaboration between institutions.
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| Title | Languages - levels and lengths |
| Description | I work in teaching modern foreign languages. So far, I have fuond AI useful for the following: Shortening longer texts while retaining approriate levels of detail, overarching message and journalistic style. Rewriting texts at differing levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. My students need to understand at a deep level how to make their writing in the foreign language more complex. I input a journalistic text at CEFR B2 level (upper intermediate) and ask it to rewrite the text at B1 level (a lower intermediate) The students compare the two versions and identify linguistic indicators for more complex/higher level language, thus deepening their understanding of what the different levels mean and how they can achieve a higher level in their own writing. I also give the students a lower level B1 text and ask them to rewrite it at a higher level by using some of the linguistic indicators they have identified, and then compare their own rewrite to the original or an AI-generated one, in this way they practice using more complex linguistic structures and can become more felxible in the use of the foreign language. I use AI also to generate comprehension questions for texts. |
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| Institution Name | University College Cork |
| Lead Contact Name | Siobhan Mortell |
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