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SUMMARY:UKICER 2025 - Keynote: Teaching Responsible AI Literacy in Schools: Perspectives from academics and teachers (part of the main conference programme)
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Judy Robertson\, Serdar Abaci\, the Data Education in Schools Team and the AI Teachers in Residence \nGenerative AI has the potential to disrupt education\, whether used by learners or their teachers. The impact of GenAI tools on learning outcomes at school level is not yet known\, although there is some promise from initial empirical work. However\, given the impacts of Generative AI on society\, there is a need to educate children and young people about AI\, even while the educational impact of using AI is explored. \nThis talk will be jointly presented by a team of researchers and teachers who collaborated to develop lessons to support secondary school teachers in teaching their classes about AI. We will describe the principles behind the AI curriculum across four strands of work: the relationship of AI to Children’s Rights and ethics\, AI literacy\, critical thinking\, and the responsible use of AI to support learning. We will explain our AI Teachers in Residence model and why we thought it was important to co-develop it with teachers across a range of secondary subjects\, rather than focusing solely on computer science teachers. Some of our AI Teachers in Residence will present the materials they created and share how they have been used in classrooms so far. There will be opportunities for the audience to discuss with the teachers how best to teach AI in schools.
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/ukicer-2025-keynote-teaching-responsible-ai-literacy-in-schools-perspectives-from-academics-and-teachers-part-of-the-main-conference-programme/
LOCATION:University of Edinburgh\, Informatics Forum\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Keynote
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SUMMARY:UKICER 2025 - Pre-conference Event 1: GenAI Integration in Computer Science Education
DESCRIPTION:This event will be presented by Pavlos Andreadis \nThe rise of Generative AI (GenAI) sets both a challenge and an opportunity for Computer Science (CS) education. This interactive event builds on key insights from a recent study* exploring how GenAI is being integrated into CS teaching\, assessment\, and learning at the University of Edinburgh. We’ll share emerging patterns\, pitfalls\, and points of tension identified through staff and student engagement\, and use these as a springboard for collective reflection – surfacing shared concerns and identifying concrete next steps\, at the level of course design\, institutional policy\, or collaborative experimentation. \nParticipants will engage in a practical\, hands-on exercise using GenAI tools within a controlled CS education context – designed to be directly useful\, while also shedding light on effective and ineffective practices. This session is aimed at course organisers\, instructors\, and teaching-focused researchers seeking to make informed\, context-sensitive decisions about GenAI in their teaching.\nCome prepared to think critically\, test practically\, and contribute meaningfully to a rapidly evolving conversation that will shape the future of CS education. \nJoin us to learn\, experiment\, and help define how GenAI should serve – not distort – the goals of CS education. \n* Principals’ Teaching Award Scheme-funded; GenAI Integration in Computer Science Education. \nRegister for the event as a free add-on through the UKICER 2025 website.
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/ukicer-2025-pre-conference-event-1-genai-integration-in-computer-science-education/
LOCATION:University of Edinburgh\, Informatics Forum\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Building student community in computing: how partnership with students can support engagement
DESCRIPTION:We are looking forward to the June Seminar in our Education Seminar Series! This will take place at University of Edinburgh on Tuesday 3rd June. \nDr Fiona McNeill\, Reader in Computing Education and Director of Students in Informatics at the University of Edinburgh\, will hold a panel discussion with undergraduate students in Informatics. \nBuilding community and sense of belonging in computing departments is notoriously challenging – with early-year classes that are often very large\, students who often complete much of the work online\, and significant differences in prior experience with the subject. Recognising these challenges\, CompSoc – the main student society in Informatics – created a plan to introduce an Academic Family scheme into the school\, where incoming students are put in families of 8-10\, with 2-3 returning students acting as parents. The school partnered with CompSoc in the roll out\, providing logistical support\, guidance and resources. \nIn this talk\, key students involved in the roll out\, together with the Director of Students for the school\, discuss our experiences in the first year and the lessons we have learned. We will discuss the research we have done with students in three categories: academic children\, academic parents\, and students who chose not to participate in the scheme\, and present the key findings of this research\, in terms of the value students see in such a scheme\, the barriers to engagement and the ways in which they want us to take the scheme forward. \nRegister for in person or online tickets
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/building-student-community-in-computing-how-partnership-with-students-can-support-engagement/
LOCATION:University of Edinburgh\, Informatics Forum\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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SUMMARY:Cyber Security\, Privacy & Trust Research Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Security\, Privacy\, and Trust Research Showcase on Monday\, 26 February 2024 at the Informatics Forum\, Edinburgh \nThe event will explore emerging technologies in security and privacy\, showcasing innovative research\, and an opportunity for networking with students and researchers via poster presentations over lunch. \nFor more details and to RSVP\, please visit our Eventbrite page. Please confirm your attendance through the Eventbrite platform by February 23rd:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/security-privacy-and-trust-research-showcase-day-tickets-816369572367
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/cyber-security-privacy-trust-research-showcase/
LOCATION:University of Edinburgh\, Informatics Forum\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Showcase
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