Tag: faculty development
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Weekly digest (17-23 Jul 2023)
It feels like there’s been a change in the general feeling towards AI in higher education, at least from my perspective. There’s a movement towards recognising that: I wouldn’t have thought we’d see such a quick change in direction, especially from higher education institutions, which typically take a long time to adapt. Granted, there are…
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Weekly digest (26 Jun – 02 Jul 2023)
I’ve been thinking a lot about practical guidance for academics who are feeling disoriented by ChatGPT and other language models. Some recognise there’s no getting away from this, and are actively experimenting with the technology to try and understand it better. Even if they’re not embracing LLMs with a happy heart, they can see we…
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Generative AI in higher education: Paradigm shifts in assessment – Cape Peninsula University of Technology symposium
accountability, ai, artificial intelligence, assessment, assessment concerns, assessment design, assessment paradigm, assessment task, assessment validity, faculty development, higher education, large language model, learning inference, LLM, paradigm shift, pedagogy, standard assessment paradigm, universal anything machineIn this presentation at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, I examines the impact of large language models (LLMs) on assessment practices in professional education. I critique the standard assessment paradigm and suggest that AI could reshape assessment methods. The presentation also briefly covers a faculty development framework and broader implications of AI in learning.
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Developing research and scholarship in our department
I often speak to colleagues who seem surprised when I describe our departmental structure to develop capacity among our staff members. I thought I’d make a few notes here as an example of what I see as a system that works quite well(for us anyway). My university has an Institutional Operational Plan (IOP), which includes…