
WORKSHOP: 4
What people really want from AI (and what they might actually get)
Jonathan Tulloch
University of East London
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Jonathan Tulloch has worked at UEL since 2016. Before that, Jonathan worked as a lecturer for over a decade, teaching subjects in literature, linguistics, cultural theory and research methods. He also worked as a Quality Assurance and Enhancement consultant, writing policy documents, developing and validating over 20 graduate and postgraduate courses with various Universities. At the very start of Jonathan’s career in education, he realised how essential technology was for keeping workloads manageable. Jonathan understood the difficulty was in finding effective teaching methods that could be delegated to technology, while simultaneously improving the student experience. After all these years, this concern is still at the centre of his educational interests, and he is always interested in providing help and support to those wanting to use learning technology to enhance their curriculum design, teaching, assessment and feedback. Jonathan is responsible for supporting academics in how to use platforms like Moodle and Turnitin, and how to resolve problems with them, and how to maximise the potential of the learning technologies available for teaching and learning at UEL. To help with this, he also produces video guides and resources, supporting staff through basic functions, common issues, tips and advice on using learning technologies at UEL. These guides are available on the CELT YouTube Channel. Jonathan also develops self-paced courses for teaching staff and assists with all other CELT teaching and learning events. 
Based on feedback, we will be exploring how AI might be able to give us things we actually want from it – both things that it can actually do right now, and things it might be able to do soon.  Together we will be:
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Testing out some AI solutions to problems,
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Exploring how AI-driven learning could look soon (and why it probably won’t),
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Examining the implications of AI for the future of Higher Education.