
AI Case Studies
While there is widespread recognition of AI’s potential, some educators are still uncertain about how to effectively integrate it into the curriculum. Watch the following case studies, where Queen’s staff explain their experiences of incorporating AI into their own practice, offering practical advice and demonstrating how they are preparing students to be more AI future-ready.
In this section we also explore the transformative power of how AI is being used in two key University services – Queen’s Library and Careers, Employability and Skills. Find out how AI is reshaping these services to better meet the evolving needs of students and staff.
Further case studies will be added in due course.
How Queen's staff are using AI
Discover how AI is transforming diverse practices across teaching, research, and professional support services at Queen’s. Through case studies, we showcase innovative applications of AI that can inspire new approaches in your own field of work.
AI Exploration into the Accounting Curriculum
In Queen’s Business School’s ACC3043 module, ‘Contemporary Technologies and Accounting,’ Dr. Danielle McConville has integrated AI exploration into the accounting curriculum. The course covers fundamental concepts, cybersecurity, and project management in the context of technological change, followed by an in-depth examination of AI. Teaching includes a guest lecture on prompt engineering, discussions on AI definitions, use cases, and ethical considerations.
Watch the video to learn how the module successfully captivates students with AI in accounting.
Link to Comtemporary Technologies in Accounting Module video
AI Exploration into the Accounting Curriculum
AI in Business and Society Module
Dr. Laura Steele discusses how she has integrated AI into the curriculum within the AI in Business and Society module. In collaboration with Dr. Bahareh Ansari, they explored the use of Gen AI for a blog writing assignment. Findings reveal diverse student engagement with AI, from idea generation to full blog creation. Student reflective statements highlighted both benefits and challenges of using AI. Overall, the assessment in this MSc programme was received positively by the students.
Link to AI in Business and Society Module video
AI in Business and Society Module
AI in Music Education and Research
Professor Franziska Schroeder explores AI’s impact on music education and her own research. She explores using AI as a collaborative tool in her performance, incorporating AI-generated images and training neural networks to respond to her saxophone playing. Schroeder integrates AI in her teaching and research practice, emphasising its potential for creativity, reflection, and innovation while encouraging students to embrace AI as a collaborator in their own practice.
Link to AI in Music Education and Research video
AI in Music Education and Research
Queen's McClay Library
Norma Menabney and Dr. Kath Stevenson reveal how AI is revolutionising library services, enhancing research efficiency and enabling conversational AI interactions. Librarians remain crucial to guide users, ensure ethical AI use, and refine AI-generated search results. AI also assists in managing archives, automating metadata and preservation, while librarians ensure accuracy and address ethical concerns such as bias and data privacy. They also share the launch of a new Library Guide that details how to properly cite AI.
Link to AI at the McClay Library video
Queen's McClay Library
Careers, Employability and Skills
Eimear Gallagher explains how AI is transforming the Careers, Employability and Skills Service at Queen’s. In this video two AI-powered tools are highlighted, the Queen’s MyFuture Career Management System and an online CV checker. Some of the benefits include personalised 24/7 feedback for students, and efficiency gains for career professionals. The synergy between AI and human expertise is vital for success in competitive job markets. Feedback suggests that students want both AI and human support for their career management.
Link to Careers, Employability and Skills video
Careers, Employability and Skills
AI-Augmented Formative Feedback
Dr. Gary McKeown and Dr. Paddy O’Connor from the School of Psychology explore the use of AI-augmented feedback to enhance student learning. Their project used ChatGPT to generate more constructive and encouraging feedback for student essays, comparing it with original tutor feedback. The study examined whether students displayed ‘algorithmic aversion’ and how they perceived the quality of AI-generated feedback. Findings showed that students rated AI-augmented feedback positively, appreciating its supportive tone. The project highlights opportunities for AI to support both students and staff by enhancing feedback processes in higher education.
Link to AI-Augmented Formative Feedback video

