Generative AI for Students
The Essential Guide to Using Artificial Intelligence for Study at University
Student Success
Can Generative AI help you study? Absolutely. Ready to learn how? This is the book for you.
This authoritative guide puts a study buddy at your fingertips, equipping you with practical knowledge to leverage Generative AI as a powerful study aid. Exploring a wide spectrum of topics, from demystifying jargon and fostering critical thinking to addressing special educational needs, diversity, inclusion and academic integrity, this is your essential guide to enhancing your academic skill set and succeeding in your studies.
By the end of this book you will:
- Become critically literate at using Generative AI
- Understand what the ethical use of Generative AI looks like in practice
- Learn how to use Generative AI to enhance traditional study methods
- Encounter real-life case studies and worked-through examples to put theory into practice
- Gain a comprehensive grounding in how to engage with Generative AI Tools
Praised for its accessibility, this book considers the needs and goals of neurotypical and neurodivergent students throughout.
David Meechan is a Senior Lecturer in Education and member of the Centre for Active Digital Education (CADE) at the University of Northampton. He is an active member of the AI Special Interest Group within CADE.
Student Success is a series of essential guides for students of all levels. From how to think critically and write great essays to boosting your employability and managing your wellbeing, the Student Success series helps you study smarter and get the best from your time at university.
This volume provides an interesting and useful volume for supporting both students and staff in identify where the use of artificial intelligence in assessment in Higher Education may be appropriate and / or ethical.
The volume appropriately identifies that insitutional differences will have an impact on the issues of appropriate and acceptable use of AI. Given the HE sector differences it will take some time before a general concensus is agreed - if ever. In this environment the volume does provide a good basic approach to the issue of student use of AI in assessment and study.
With the pace of technological development, the specifics of AI use will change, but the volume's general approach and guideance will have longer utilisation than the specific forms of AI.
Using it to support students with their studies and educating them on how they can incorporate AI into their studying and assessments without commiting an academic offence
This is such an amazing textbook that helps students understand the realm of AI, its usefulness but also where we must draw the line! Absolutely a MUST read for undergraduates.
a good introduction for students
Understandable information for all levels of knowledge of this fast paced subject. Useful for students using AI within their studies, with explanation of how GenAI works in Part 1 and how it can support various areas of student studies in Part 2.
