Genai in Higher Education: Redefining Teaching and Learning - Hardcover

by Sam Illingworth (Author), Paul Ashwin (Editor), Rachel Forsyth (Author)

This open access book provides practical guidance for higher education professionals looking to use Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) technologies. Blending theoretical grounding with real-world examples and case studies, it gives step-by-step guidance on how to evaluate, select, and implement GenAI technologies in teaching, learning, assessment, and student support. It covers topics including automating administrative processes, adapting learning resources, and critiquing outputs. Each chapter includes reflective exercises and further reading lists and shows how AI can enhance accessibility, efficiency, and creativity in higher education. Alongside this, the many challenges and ethical considerations of using AI are introduced, including issues around plagiarism, quality control, and the need to establish governance protocols.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Lund University.

Author Biography

Sam Illingworth is Professor of Creative Pedagogies at Edinburgh Napier University, UK. He is the author of Bridging Scholarship and Practice in Higher Education (2025) and is a Principal Fellow of Advance HE (PFHEA).

Rachel Forsyth is a Senior Educational Developer at Lund University, Sweden. She is the author of Confident Assessment in Higher Education (2022) and is a Principal Fellow of Advance HE (PFHEA).