GenAI Webinar 28 June 24

AAIEEC is pleased to announce its first webinar, a crucial platform showcasing Australasian engineering education-based GenAI projects and implementations and research studies. The event will be held on the 28 June 2024 10:00am to 12:30pm (Sydney time).

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Presentations include (details will be updated over time):

GenAI and Assessment Security

Presented by Sasha Nikolic from the University of Wollongong, this webinar delves into the significant advancements of Generative AI (GenAI) one year after a pivotal benchmark study. Originally, this study pinpointed the various risks posed by GenAI technologies to assessment integrity. In our follow-up analysis, we explore a range of assessments tested against leading AI tools, including ChatGPT 3.4, ChatGPT 4, Wolfram and SciSpace GPTs, Copilot, and Gemini. Join us to uncover the evolving landscape of assessment risks and learn how these changes impact the future of education. This is a collaboration across UOW, UTAS, WSU, UNSW, UTS, UWA and USC.

GenAI and Ethics

Presented by Zach Quince from the University of Southern Queensland, this webinar uncovers the social, economic, and environmental implications of GenAI that students can identify and struggle to identify, providing insights for greater focus. Kathy Petkoff from Monash will follow, outlining the research focus of the AAIEEC Ethics Group.

Re-imagining Engineering Project Approaches: Integrating AI and Design Thinking for Enhanced Learning and Assessment

Presented by Hamish Fernando and Faham Tahmasebinia from the University of Sydney. This presentation outlines the investigation of the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into project-based engineering education, proposing an AI-driven scaffolding framework that enhances learning design and assessment through a Design Thinking (DT) approach. By automating routine tasks, AI enables students to concentrate on core DT skills such as effective communication and innovative problem-solving.

Data analysis with GenAI

This webinar, presented by May Lim from the University of New South Wales, will showcase how GenAI can be used to analyse data. More details will follow.

Using GenAI for peer review of student code

Presented by Shannon Rios from the University of Melbourne, this webinar will outline an approach to embedding AI feedback into a peer review activity in a software development subject and discuss the broader implications for how students respond to and use AI-generated feedback, how genAI can be positioned as a peer or near-peer actor, and some insights into how to best prompt AI to synthesize useful and insightful feedback.

Designing a GenAI Proof Assessment

Presented by Mubashar Hassan from the University of Western Australia. There is a growing concern about ensuring academic integrity in the face of generative AI (GenAI) tools that can complete complex programming tasks. In this talk, strategies will be explored for designing assessments that require a deeper understanding and original thinking from students beyond what GenAI can assist with. The focus of the design strategies will be on fostering genuine computational thinking skill development and evaluating student knowledge effectively in an era of GenAI. There will be a discussion on how we can innovate our assessment methods to keep pace with technological advancements while maintaining the core educational values of learning and integrity.