News: Artificial Intelligence
Recent AI tech signals and what they might mean for higher education
Eddie Major, AI in Learning and Teaching Coordinator, explores some recent AI signals and ponders what they might mean for higher education.
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With AI, students are heading upstream—we need to meet them there.
When generative AI arrived with ChatGPT in late 2022, its perceived threat to education was, in hindsight, quite simple: its ability to create authentic-looking text disrupted what we previously thought were robust assessment methods.
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This is how I use AI: Ellie Parker
STEM lecturer Ellie ParkerÌýwanted to use AI software in her teaching, but she didn’t just look for a solution, she built it.
RAGs, Reasoning and Deep Research: What’s new in AI and what might it mean for teaching in 2025?
New AI tools released in recent weeks will change how students engage with the technology in their studies.
This is how I use AI: Dr Walter Barbieri
For final-year Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) students, transiting to the high school classroom can present a range of challenges in a dynamic environment.ÌýCourse coordinator Dr Walter Barbieri, senior lecturer in the University’s School of Education, shares how he’s embracing generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) to help prepare pre-service teachers for excellence in the classroom.
This is how I teach with AI: Dr Sean Jolly and Kerrie Stockley
Using the state-of-the-art facilities of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É Health Simulation, the course Clinical Skills and Simulation (HLTH SC 1006) introduces students to healthcare delivery and uses simulation to teach clinical skills used by health professionals.
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This is how I use AI: Cornelia Koch
In today’s increasingly interconnected world, the modern lawyer must have a basic understanding of the legal systems of numerous countries. In Comparative Law (LAW 2508) students develop a global perspective by making substantive connections between the Australian common law and a range of other legal traditions. They question whether national legal systems and institutions are converging or if differing economic, political, social and cultural contexts preserve legal diversity.
This is how I use AI
Incorporating skills involving the responsible use of AI is vital in today's rapidly evolving educational landscape.Ìý (School of Education) shares how he’s implemented generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) in the first-year courses English Literacy for University (EDUC 1009) and Academic Literacy for University (EDUC 1010) which equip students with fundamental language skills, as well as skills to navigate the complex linguistic terrain of academic study.
A "pedagogically sound and valuable" offering – Studiosity Writing Feedback Plus
University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É post-doctoral researcher Daniel Lee recently using Writing Feedback Plus in the classroom, finding Studiosity's AI-powered feedback to be a "pedagogically sound and valuable" tool offering long-term learning opportunities.
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Students are embracing AI, but are they confident about it?
Eddie Major, Coordinator, AI in Learning and Teaching, explores student AIÌýpreparedness and outlines the resources available to support them in building confidence and skills.
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