Cain, A., MacDonald, L., Bannister, D., 2024.

Group for Learning in Art and Design in Higher Education - Gathering Pace Conference 2024 - Future Spaces: a pilot for collaboration with GenAI in transdisciplinary teaching contexts

Future Spaces, is an ongoing student-centred project that draws inspiration from recent advancements in generative AI, particularly in the realm of digital art and sound creation but also through collaboration with language models.

At the start of 2024 we piloted integrating AI systems into teaching on our transdisciplinary foundation year at SODA with the aim of exploring creative application of these tools, supporting students with varying skillsets and opening up discussion around AI tools utilised professionally across arts disciplines.

In this presentation we share content delivered, student responses and a selection of work produced on the unit along with our main findings and future plans. Attendees will learn about the various ways in which generative artificial intelligence can be used as a collaborative student led experience whereby learners have agency with the tools they use, and the issues that arise from utilising controversial new technology within a learning environment.