Artificial intelligence in higher education: What role does it have in student learning?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly popular in higher education for diverse reasons. It is used to automate administrative tasks, improve learning, and increase student success rates. However, AI comes with many issues related to intellectual fraud, digital fracture, and security and data confidentiality. Come learn more about the roles of AI in higher education student learning and discuss its issues. This discussion will nourish the co-creation of a larger event on AI in higher education.

Speakers

Shaily Gebethner is a doctoral student in the Faculty of Education, under the supervision of Professor El Hadji Yaya Koné. Her thesis proposal is Implementing a Seamless Learning Environment in Second/Foreign Language Education: A Lever for Optimizing and Enhancing the Learning Experience of Adult ESL/EFL Learners. Her research interests include ESL program design, learning assessment, educational technology, mobile learning, translation, and linguistics. Gebethner is also a part-time professor of educational technology in the Faculty of Education's graduate program (Anglophone sector). She is currently working on a scoping review with Professor Koné, on artificial intelligence in higher education.

Banafsheh Karamifar is a Senior Analyst - Strategic Research and Impact Assessment in Higher Education for the Office of the Vice Provost Academic Affairs and TLSS (Teaching and Learning Support Service). Karamifar is also a contract faculty member for the Graduate Studies Program and the Teacher Education Program in the Faculty of Education. She teaches courses on the integration of technology in educational contexts, social and political issues in second language teaching, and French in the primary cycle. Her research focuses on critical discourse analysis, digital humanities, and technology-enhanced teaching.

Abigail Manu is a doctoral student in the Faculty of Education, under the supervision of Professor El Hadji Yaya Koné. Her thesis proposal is entitled Quality Assurance in Distance Higher Educational Institutions in Ghana. Her research interests include educational technology, distance learning, hybrid learning, university pedagogy, adult education, continuing education, and educational policy. She is currently working on a scoping review with Professor Koné, on artificial intelligence in higher education.