Using AI for Teaching and Learning

In this session we will hear from colleagues who are undertaking funded projects looking into aspects of AI in their contexts:

Conversational AI: Guidelines for New Tools in Ancient Language Study (Jackie Baines and Edward Ross, Classics)

Conversational AI models, like ChatGPT and Bard AI, have become an ever-present and rapidly-developing part of daily life for staff and students in the university sector. These are a ground-breaking tool for translation and creating novel, written works, but they also have significant problems with their training data and outputs. There are clear benefits to using conversational AI models to support ancient language learning, provided that students are guided prior to using them. This project intends to develop ethical guidelines for using conversational AI tools in ancient language teaching and learning. Furthermore, we will discuss our production of standardized guiding phrase documents and AI model tutorials for teachers at the school and university level.


Refining Assessments in the ChatGPT Era (Hong Yang, SAGES)

The emergence of advanced large language models like ChatGPT brings both prospects and dilemmas to higher education. These models underscore issues related to assessment authenticity, potential plagiarism, and the risk of students receiving non-genuine evaluations. As a pioneering initiative, this project seeks to refine both formative and summative assessment strategies, ensuring they counter the challenges introduced by ChatGPT. The primary objectives are to pinpoint the specific obstacles ChatGPT introduces to student assessment and to diversify assessment techniques, ensuring genuine and authentic evaluations.

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