Welcome to AI Week on the L&T Chat Show. In this episode Lynn and I talk about AI, assessment and exactly what it means in terms of learning. We talk about a number of issues in relation to how students might use AI, how perhaps they should use AI and some of the pitfalls.

If there's something you'd like to share about any aspect of teaching, learning, assessment or student experience please contact me on [email protected]

This week I'm talking about what I've spent much of the last few weeks doing, prepping lectures, making sure they're up to date, videos work, that they allow interactivity, reflect the assessment and link with both the seminars and the VLE.

Next week Bite Size is on holiday as I release 3 main pod episodes about AI, but they'll be back the week after.

Still hoping someone else might have something they want to share (and I'm happy to discuss this if it helps) by sending an MP3 to [email protected]

Lastly, and I'm not a fan of doing this because I don't really like showing off (says the man who runs his own podcast) but the pod has passed 100 Spotify followers, so thank you to all those who have chosen to do so. If there are particular subjects you like me to cover please feel free to suggest them, via the episode feedback or direct to me.

Liz and I discuss the importance of communication with students in terms of making them feel valued and consider a few ways in which this can be done using various electronic means.

If you have something you'd like to share please email me on [email protected]

Next week we have an AI Special featuring three episodes.

Today I want to quickly mention the importance of talking to students about process and not just your subject. How to do the assessment and not just what the assessment should cover.

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I'm hoping in the not too distant future to apply to become a National Teaching Fellow and so I need to be able to demonstrate reach and impact. So 'the challenge' is for you to contact me about a topic you want to make more interesting, active or fun and for me to help you design something. In return all I ask is that you let me know how it goes.

What have you got to lose?

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Same address applies for any other questions, comments or suggestions for content. Happy prepping for the impending academic year and good luck.

James Webber is the Online Learning Director at SayWhatEnglish.com and has 20 years experience in language teaching and testing.  In this episode we discuss why and how university staff can adapt their own use of English to improve the international student experience.

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A quick and easy idea for helping improve module evaluations and potentially NSS responses.

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A few thoughts on how to help students see learning as a partnership. Helping students understand their role in learning and diminishing the view of the process as somehow being at fault for any disappointments.

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Today Karen tells me about how the AGILE model helps students to celebrate employability wins through personal reflective narratives.

Karen is Principle Teaching Fellow at Southampton Business School and you can read more about her research at

https://www.southampton.ac.uk/business-school/about/departments/digital-and-data-driven-marketing/staff/kjc1v18.page?

Or contact her via

https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-clinkard-6919a320/ or [email protected] if you'd like to discuss this further and access the teaching tools

In this episode I describe how I intend to use buttons to teach segmentation. Inspiration for ideas for teaching can come from many different places and it's always worth keeping a look out for something you think you might be able to use in your teaching, even if you're not sure how. If you'd like to discuss ideas, or if you have a subject that you'd like to teach in a more practical way, please get in touch using the email below.

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