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Technology Engagement Group

How better to build an appetite for new technology than to attend our lunchbytes, short, informal, lunchtime discussions of accessible new or lesser known technologies that might just change the way you work... or at least whet your appetite for more digital goodness?

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Technology Engagement Group

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lr-innovation@brookes.ac.uk

Semester 2 sessions: February - May 2025

AI at Brookes - The story so far and next steps

With the AI advancing rapidly, join us to learn what is the state of AI at Brookes and what's in the works for AI literacy and practical support for Brookes staff and students.

When: 4 February 2025, 12.00-1.00pm

Presenters: Robert Curry, Isabel Virgo, Simon Llewellyn

Watch the AI at Brookes recording

NotebookLM and Undermind

Learn how to use AI to summarise papers and produce podcasts with Google Notebook LM and have Undermind read academic papers for you, find what you need, no matter how complex.

When: 18 February 2025, 12.00-1.00pm

Presenter: Isabel Virgo

Watch the NotebookLM recording

Install and use AI on your machine

Learn how to install Large Language Models on your own computer without needing internet access and without worrying about the privacy of AI in cloud.

When: 4 March 2025, 12.00pm

Presenter: Simon Llewellyn

Watch the recording on installing AI

Read the guidance on installing AI

Literature support tools - Overview of the different tools and their AI components

AI seems to be integrated everywhere, including tools for literature review. Learn about their affordances and how to use them for your research.

When: 19 March 2025, 12.00pm

Presenter: Aaron Worsley-Burke

Watch literature support recording

View the literature support slides

AI and the environment

Join us to discuss the impact of using Large Language Models and AI tools in general on the environment.

When: 29 April 2025, 2pm

Presenter: Saffron Shore

Watch the AI and the environment recording

View the AI slides

Fusion 360

Learn how to create 3D objects with industry-standard software.

When: 7 May 2025, 12.00pm

Presenter: Simon Llewellyn

Watch the Fusion 360 recording

Previous TEG sessions and recordings

We have previously run TEG sessions on a variety of topics:

  • Open VR Engagement at Brookes: a VSAT Case Study
  • How to create time lapses
  • Using Covidence for systematic reviews
  • Using Miro inside Google Meet for whiteboarding needs
  • Keenious
  • TEG Special: Teaching with ChatGPT
  • Gmail Layouts
  • Meet our Cricut machine
  • Endnote for staff
  • Citavi - note-taking and reference management all in one place
  • How to avoid Zoom bombers
  • GatherTown
  • Artificial Intelligence Apps
  • Slack - an effective communication tool for teams
  • Publish or Perish - a free tool for retrieving and analysing citations
  • Photography and AI for all
  • Build a better template - create your own templates for Google Docs and Word

Watch recordings from previous sessions