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Teaching with AI

Teaching with Multimodal Gen AI

Attribution

Original work: "Educators' guide to multimodal learning and Generative AI" — Tünde Varga-Atkins, Samuel Saunders, et al. (2024/25) — CC BY-NC 4.0
Adapted for UK Nursing Education by: Lincoln Gombedza, RN (LD)
Last Updated: December 2025

Generative AI (GenAI) is not just a text generator; it is a multimodal engine. It allows educators to move fluidly between text, image, audio, and video, amplifying your ability to cater to diverse learning styles.

🚀 The Amplification Effect​

Think of GenAI as a lens that takes your core teaching idea (the "Prompt") and refracts it into multiple formats:

🏥 Why This Matters for Nursing​

  • 📝 Convert lecture notes on diabetes into a Podcast for students commuting to placement.
  • 📊 Transform complex care pathway text into a visual Flowchart.
  • 🎥 Turn a written case study into a Video Script or simulated dialogue.
  • 🖼️ Create bespoke Anatomical Diagrams that highlight exactly what you need.
Shift Your Role

Your role shifts from "Content Creator" (writing everything from scratch) to "Content Architect" (designing the structure and curating the AI's output).

🧭 Explore This Section​

Dive into specific guides for enhancing your teaching:

🎨 Creating Visual Content

Generate diagrams, posters, and anatomical illustrations.

Visual Tools →

🎤 Teaching Delivery

AI-powered Q&A chatbots and multimedia lecture components.

Delivery Methods →

🤝 Collaborative Learning

Brainstorming, design thinking, and group scenarios.

Group Activities →

🧠 AI Literacy Activities

Teaching students to prompt and critique (The "Red Pen" method).

Student Exercises →

🌟 Benefits

From efficiency to engagement.

Why do this?

💡 Practical Tips

Time-saving hacks and ethical checklists.

Get Tips

🩺 Examples

Specific nursing use cases.

View Cases

⚖️ Critical & Ethical Orientation​

Embedding GenAI demands a critical stance.

Handle with Care

AI-generated content is only as good as its training data. It may reproduce stereotypes (e.g., all nurses as female) or hallucinate medical facts.

Your Responsibility:

  1. Verify everything against NICE/BNF.
  2. Scaffold students to spot errors.
  3. Model transparent use.

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