From Little Things Big Things Grow
Practical AI for Everyday Work
These short lunchtime workshops were designed to share small, practical ways of using AI that fit into everyday academic work. Each session ran for around 20 minutes with time for questions afterwards. If you’re interested in any of these topics, feel free to get in touch.
You’re the Voice: Thinking Out Loud with AI
Tired of trying to write the “perfect prompt”? This session shows how thinking out loud to AI can make planning, problem-solving, and everyday work easier — without extra effort or technical know-how. The first workshop in the Little Things series, it introduces voice-based interaction with AI as a low-barrier starting point for colleagues curious about where to begin.
Torn: Navigating Ethical AI Use
How do you interpret the University’s research ethics policy when it comes to AI? This session introduces a practical red, yellow, and green decision-making framework to help academics think through the ethical boundaries of AI use in research. It also introduces Agatha, a policy-informed AI assistant designed to help staff interrogate real scenarios against current UniSC and national research integrity guidelines.
Solid Rock: Working with Sources Using Google NotebookLM
Rather than relying on an AI’s general training data, what if you could work within a set of documents you choose and trust? This session demonstrates Google NotebookLM — a free tool that lets you ask questions, generate insights, and produce outputs grounded in your own selected sources. Topics include source selection, refining responses, and practical strategies for organising your materials.
Beds Are Burning: The Cost of AI — Coming Soon
AI tools have real environmental and human costs that are easy to overlook. This session will examine the energy consumption, carbon footprint, and labour conditions behind the AI systems we use every day, and invite reflection on what responsible use looks like in practice.
Presentations & Media
PhD Final Seminar: A Situated Learning Perspective on an Alternate Reality Game in Higher Education
A recreation of Sandie’s final PhD seminar, presenting the findings and recommendations of her doctoral research into alternate reality games in higher education.
AI Lecture: Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education (with Haziq Nordin)
A course lecture on artificial intelligence featuring a conversation with Haziq Nordin. Originally created for Sandie’s ICT course, the session gained wider attention due to Haziq’s prominent profile in the technology sector.
AI in Curriculum and Pedagogy
A webinar for teachers exploring how artificial intelligence is being integrated into curriculum design and classroom practice.
AI: For Future Humanity
A university production exploring artificial intelligence and its implications for the future, featuring Sandie alongside other UniSC staff.
BIP 2022: Intercultural Marketing Communication — Erasmus Blended Intensive Project
A highlight reel from the 2022 Erasmus Blended Intensive Project, in which students from 12 countries came together for an intercultural marketing communication course, with time on campus in İzmir, Turkey.
Sandie Elsom 