View programme: AI in Teaching and Learning at Oxford Knowledge Exchange Forum

9am  

Registration and arrival refreshments

Room: Entrance Hall

9.30am  

Welcome

Speaker: Soumitra Dutta, Peter Moores Dean and Professor of Management, Saïd Business School

Room: Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre

Keynote presentation (recorded)

Speaker: Professor Phillip Dawson, Co-Director, Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, Deakin University, Australia (via Teams)

Room: Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre

10.20am 

Lightning talks (recorded)

Room: Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre

This session will introduce six of the 12 projects supported by the AI Teaching and Learning Exploratory Fund in 2024-25. This is your opportunity to decide which three projects you would to hear more about in the next session.

• AI-assisted Annotations for Histology Practicals (MSD)
• Brainard the Fox (Humanities)
• Compsci Course Guide Bot (MPLS)
• Paper to Podcast Project (MSD)
• Support for Neurodiverse Humanities Students (Humanities)
• Writing and Translation Feedback Tool (Humanities) 

Refreshment break

Room: Entrance Hall

11.15am

Project discussions

Following the lightning talks, this session offers an opportunity for deeper engagement with the project teams.

Attendees will take part in three rounds of 20-minute small-group discussions across four different rooms, rotating between tables hosted by the teams leading the projects supported by the AI Teaching and Learning Exploratory Fund in 2024-25.

These conversations will provide space to view the projects outputs, explore project themes in more detail, ask questions, and share perspectives on the role of AI in teaching and learning at Oxford.

Rooms: Andrew McCormack, Founders, Seminar Room A, and Seminar Room 13 (see floor plan with rooms highlighted)

Timing:

• 11.15am: Participate in 1st project discussion (20 mins)
• 11.35am: Move to 2nd project discussion (5 mins)
• 11.40am: Participate in 2nd project discussion (20 mins)
• 12noon: Move to 3rd project discussion (5 mins)
• 12.05pm: Participate in 3rd project discussion (20 mins).

12.30pm

Lunch

Room: Entrance Hall

In conversation: Developing policy and guidance for AI in education at Oxford 

Room: Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre

Participants:

• Alwyn Collinson, Head, AI and Machine Learning Competency Centre
• Dr Steve New, Associate Professor in Operations Management, Saïd Business School (and Chair of the University's AI and Education Start and Finish Group)
• Dr Sumathi Sekeran, Senior Research Scientist, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences

In this session, members of the University’s AI and Education Task and Finish Group will discuss current efforts to develop policy and guidance for the use of AI in education. The panel will address key considerations, emerging challenges, and next steps, with time for audience questions. 

1.40pm

Lightning talks (recorded)

Room: Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre

This session will introduce the final six projects supported by the AI Teaching and Learning Exploratory Fund. This is your opportunity to decide which three projects you would to hear more about in the next session.

• AI-driven Feedback Loops (MSD)  
• Astrophoria Personalised Support (MPLS) 
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration Matching (Social Sciences) 
• Simulated patient chatbot for medical students to practice communication and reasoning (MSD)
• Reproducibility of Research (MSD)
• Voice Chatbot for Language Learning (OUDCE/Humanities) 

Refreshment break

Room: Entrance Hall

Project discussions

Following the lightning talks, this session offers an opportunity for deeper engagement with the project teams.

Attendees will take part in three rounds of 20-minute small-group discussions across four different rooms, rotating between tables hosted by the teams leading the projects supported by the AI Teaching and Learning Exploratory Fund in 2024-25.

These conversations will provide space to view the projects outputs, explore project themes in more detail, ask questions, and share perspectives on the role of AI in teaching and learning at Oxford.

Rooms: Andrew McCormack, Founders, Seminar Room A, and Seminar Room 13 (see floor plan with rooms highlighted)

Timing:

• 2.35pm: Participate in 4th project discussion (20 mins)
• 2.55pm: Move to 5th project discussion (5 mins)
• 3pm: Participate in 5th project discussion (20 mins)
• 3.20pm: Move to 6th project discussion (5 mins)
• 3.25pm: Participate in 6th project discussion (20 mins).

Closing remarks

Room: Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre