Gen AI challenges many of our norms and practices for writing learning outcomes and assessing students’ learning. This webinar addresses some of the challenges and possible solutions. The solutions address three core aspects of the curriculum: the question of knowledge in HE, learning outcomes, and assessment criteria and exam systems.

The webinar falls in to parts: Part 1: Valuable knowledge and learning outcomes. Part 2: Assessment and exam systems. Each part consists of a short lecture and small group discussions.

The webinar will focus on the possibilities and challenges of utilising GenAI for feedback activities in higher education. An overview of relevant findings from recent international research, as well as currently running local studies and practical experiences, will be presented to the participants. As part of the webinar, a short exercise will function as the starting point for discussion and knowledge sharing.

Students are using various Large Language Models (LLM) for educational purposes, yet the tendency of LLMs to hallucinate and make errors, can be worrisome for a teacher. However, one can enhance the quality of chatbot outputs by constraining how the answers are constructed (technically, a RAG). In this session I will present how we a) used Microsoft Azure to build a customized chatbot for 550 Philosophy of Science students in the Spring 2024, b) provide an estimate of the quality of the 20.000 answers provided by the chatbot during the course, and c) show how students perceived and used the chatbot.  

While RAGs – at least currently – require some technical expertise, the GPT store via ChatGPT is much more accessible. I will show how you in just a few minutes can create your own ‘chatbot’, and explain the usefulness and limitations of such an approach, compared to a RAG. 

The webinar will focus on the possibilities and challenges of using GenAI as teammate, tutor, and coach in higher education. It will be based on practical experiences from master's courses in political science, where students used GenAI to support their work with research articles (teammate), to prepare for questions in an oral exam (tutor), and to reflect on challenges in working with research articles and preparing for oral exams (coach). As part of the webinar, participants will be encouraged to use GenAI tools to try out and reflect together. There will also be a small discussion on the topic of potential algorithm aversion among certain students. 

In this webinar, I will share my experience using GAI in a master's course on public history. Students were tasked with creating content for different target groups in various media types. They used ChatGPT as a sparring partner for the parts of the writing process that didn't involve the historical content. Together, we evaluated the advantages and disadvantages of using GAI as a writing partner and discussed what LLMs are on a more general level.