Multi-faceted influences of Generative AI in Education

The event titled "Multi-faceted influences of Generative AI in education" with special guest the professor Josh Burridge from the Teaching and Learning Lab of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at University of Melbourne (Australia), will address the multiple impacts that generative artificial intelligence is having in the field of education. Generative AI is a form of artificial intelligence capable of creating original content, such as text, images, music, and more, based on pre-existing training data.

Abstract
The greater access to generative AI triggered by the release of ChatGPT has had an immediate and in many ways rushed influence on the education sector, which has significant parallels with the immediate and in many ways rushed influence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We are slowly seeing this 'emergency' response give way to true paradigm shifts in the ways teaching and learning occurs, however this leads us into mostly unchartered territory with few if any guideposts.
In this seminar I will outline some of the ways in which generative AI presents challenges and opportunities. These paradigm shifts can be grouped into pillars of influence, beyond just the common emergency issue of students using AI to cheat. The incorporation of AI into academic material development workflows, the use of AI in engineering and IT industry settings and the need for students to be prepared with these skills as graduates, as well as other aspects are all in need of consideration. Along with these pillars I will be introducing some current research and teaching projects attempting to address the questions these raise.

The event will be in Aula Buzano and available online: anyone interested but unable to attend can write to maria.ballatore@polito.it or anita.tabacco@polito.it to receive a link to follow the presentation remotely.