Crowdsourced genAI delights, Book 2 is out!

We are delighted. After a few months of hard work and anticipation, it is finally out! I am speaking about the crowdsourced Book 2 on genAI, a #creativeHE project around GenAI generously supported by the wider open education community. For this volume our efforts were supported by a grant by the Imagination Lab Foundation awarded to Sandra Abegglen.

Abegglen, S., Nerantzi, C., Martínez-Arboleda, A., Karatsiori, M., Atenas, J., & Rowell, C. (Eds.) (2024). Towards AI Literacy: 101+ Creative and Critical Practices, Perspectives and Purposes. #creativeHE. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11613520 

Graphic design by Leonor Aguero Vivas.

After the success of Book 1 and over 30K downloads later at the time of writing this post, Book 2 has just been published. Read a blog post about it on the #creativeHE site. We hope that this latest collection will offer useful insights into emerging practices, perspectives and purposes and bring further inspiration to educators and students in different parts of the world to consider experimenting with GenAI and develop capacity in this area. There are 119 contributions from individuals from 22 countries in this book. We are very grateful for everybody’s generosity and for agreeing their ideas to be included in this open collection and shared widely. 

There are more collaborative contributions shared than in the first collection and we also have more contributions from students. This is truly wonderful. 

My own institution, the University of Leeds, features with 20 contributions. The vast majority of contributions are in English, despite our efforts to get submissions in a range of languages. This is something to reflect on more.

We encourage you to dive into Book 2 and try something new in your practice, for your (professional) learning and/or reflect on a perspective shared around AI literacy.

We would love to hear how you are using Book 2. Enjoy!

Collection editors

Chrissi Nerantzi, University of Leeds: C.Nerantzi[at]leeds.ac.uk (main contact)

Sandra Abegglen, University of Calgary: sandra.abegglen[at]ucalgary.ca

Marianna Karatsiori, University of Macedonia: mkaratsiori[at]uom.edu.gr 

Antonio M. Arboleda, University of Leeds: A.Martinez-Arboleda[at]leeds.ac.uk

Javiera Atenas, University of Suffolk, J.Atenas[at] uos.ac.uk

Chris Rowell, University of the Arts, London, c.rowell[at]arts.ac.uk

First crowdsourced collection in this series: Nerantzi, C., Abegglen, S., Karatsiori, M. & Martinez-Arboleda, A. (Eds.) (2023) 101 creative ideas to use AI in Education. #creativeHE. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8072949

Related blog post can be accessed here.

Open invitation to join the Social Justice Jam: Spaces for Change

As part of our collective design work on Discovery and Curriculum Broadening to re-imagine learning and expand transformative learning opportunities linked to the institution-wide Curriculum Redefined Programme at the University of Leeds, we will be offering the following exciting 3-Day open event funded by the Horizons Institute and in collaboration with the University of Pretoria, co-founder of the Knowledge Equity Network. Colleagues and students have critically and creatively worked in partnership together over multiple months to put a stimulating programme together of activities. Below you will find further related information and the link to register.

The Social Justice Jam Spaces for Change is a short, fast-paced, cross-institutional online programme over three days co-designed by staff and students. It has received funding from the Horizons Institute at the University of Leeds to explore the theme “What comes after the Sustainable Development Goals?” and is focusing on SDGs localisation and University-community partnerships linked to SDG4, 10, 11 and 17.

It will take place between the 10th and 12th of June 2024 through Microsoft Teams, and its focus is on creating opportunities for students, staff and the public from different contexts to come together and discuss challenges faced by two communities, Mamelodi in Pretoria and Seacroft in Leeds.

The aim is to bring together different stakeholders to start discussions and co-create ideas for solutions related to community space access, use and management. It also aims to provide the blueprint for an alternative higher education provision that encourages students, staff and the public to take on the role of learners and experts at the same time so they learn from each other, recognising that all ways of knowing are valid and should be shared to shed light onto common challenges and broaden the perceptions held regarding cross-cultural collaboration and co-creation.

The University of Pretoria and the University of Leeds are the leading academic partners in this collaborative project, but they are supported by ls14trust, a local community-based organisation in Seacroft, and the Mothong African Heritage site, a nature reserve and school for African indigenous knowledge systems led by traditional healer Dr Mabena.

Participants will be able to hear directly from Dr Mabena and Naomi Roxby Wardle from ls14trust and other participants from the Universities of Leeds and Pretoria and engage in creative workshops, and facilitate group work.

The Jam is open and free for all. Please share with others who may be interested.

For more information and to register to join us at the event, please visit: https://digitaleducation.leeds.ac.uk/social-justice-jam/

Dr Vasiliki Kioupi, University of Leeds and Dr Tafadzwa Mushonga, University of Pretoria

Social Justice Jam Leads