Category: AI Literacy
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#1: Getting Started with AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly shaping how we teach, learn, and create across UAL. This blog series called “Getting Started with AI” is designed to help you explore its potential in a structured, practical way, starting from where you are now, regardless of your prior experience. Each post in the series will introduce a different…
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#2: Using Copilot Chat in Creative Arts Education
Artificial intelligence tools are rapidly becoming part of the digital environment our students work in. One tool that is already widely available across UAL is Microsoft Copilot Chat. For tutors working in creative arts education, Copilot Chat can support ideation, research, writing, and reflection, while also providing opportunities to discuss the role of AI in…
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#3: Using Adobe Firefly in Creative Arts Education
AI image generation tools are rapidly becoming part of the visual culture that creative arts students engage with. One tool that has gained particular attention in design and creative education is Adobe Firefly. Because it sits within UAL’s Adobe ecosystem it offers opportunities for experimentation while connecting directly to tools many art and design students…
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#4: Writing Better Prompts for Creative Work
In creative arts education, learning how to write effective prompts can become part of the creative process itself. Prompt writing encourages students to think carefully about concepts, visual language, materials, style, and context. This post explores how tutors can introduce prompt writing as a creative skill in art and design education. What is a prompt?…
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#5: AI for Idea Generation and Creative Research
One of the most valuable uses of artificial intelligence in creative education is not producing finished work, but supporting the early stages of thinking. Many creative projects begin with a period of exploration: researching a topic, generating ideas, and identifying interesting conceptual directions. Generative AI tools can assist with this phase by helping tutors and…
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#6: AI for Visual Development and Mood Boards
Visual research is an important stage in many creative projects. Before moving into making or production, students often collect images, references, materials, and visual inspirations that help shape the direction of their work. Mood boards are commonly used to organise these references and communicate a visual language for a project. AI image generation tools can…
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#7. AI in the Studio: Supporting Iterative Creative Practice
Studio-based learning is central to many areas of creative arts education. In the studio, students develop ideas through experimentation, testing materials, sketching, prototyping, and responding to feedback. This process is rarely linear. Instead, it involves cycles of trial, reflection, and refinement. AI tools can support this iterative creative process by helping students quickly explore variations…
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#8: AI and Assessment in Creative Arts Education
As artificial intelligence tools become more widely used in creative practice, they raise important questions for assessment in art and design education. Many tutors are already encountering student work that involves AI tools in some form, whether for research, idea generation, visual experimentation, or production. Rather than focusing solely on detecting or restricting AI use,…
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#9. AI and Copyright Issues in Creative Practice
As AI tools become more common in creative workflows, they also raise important ethical and legal questions. Artists, designers, and educators are increasingly debating issues such as authorship, copyright, ownership, and the sources of the data used to train AI systems. For tutors working in creative arts education, these discussions provide an opportunity to help…
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Making chatbots to help investigate GenAI
Part of my role as Research and Innovation Coordinator for UAL Online involves grappling with the pedagogical implications of generative AI. As well as engaging with conventional forms of research into GenAI, I have been using practice-led research methods to help think through the intricacies and affordances of these emerging technologies. Building on ideas and…