Assistant for teaching problems
A conversational assistant that walks teaching staff through common teaching and assessment problems and then hands back three directions to solve them.
What it is: an assistant for teaching staff on Ask EduBase. It does not open with a long answer but with a recognisable list of problems and a question about which one you mean.
What the Education Lab is testing here: whether a small, tightly bounded assistant can move a colleague from a vague problem to a concrete teaching decision faster than a general chatbot. That fits how the lab works: build a narrow intervention that takes one piece of friction out of the teaching process.
Why this project counts
Many GenAI applications are at their most useful when they structure the first round of thinking. This assistant shows that the lab uses generative AI not only to produce text but also for triage, for sharpening the question, and for choosing between directions.
Where to go next
The assistant runs live on this site. For wider follow-up questions there are teaching tips, assignment and assessment formats and AI literacy.