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Learnings from LTAG - Professor Amanda Able
Staff and student perceptions of assessment design in SET: workload, type and value.
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This is how I teach
This month we spoke to Mary Gonzalez, Education Specialist and Senior Lecturer in Petroleum Engineering for the Faculty of SET. She serves as a member of the Adelaide Education Academy and the Adelaide College of Reviewers.
What is your favourite way to create a sense of belonging for learners?
Last month we asked staff to share one key teaching idea with colleagues to go into the draw for a weekday family pass to the Royal Adelaide Show by creating a 1 to 2 minute video explaining their approach to creating a sense of belonging among learners.
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Developing students' academic writing skills with in-course support from the writing centre
You may know that The Writing Centre offers one-on-one writing consultations for coursework students; what you may not know is that the Writing Centre can also deliver targeted writing support as part of your courses! Learn more.
Actionable Ideas for working with Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the talk of the sector, and suggestions about how it could be used in learning, teaching and assessment abound. But how to take the leap and start translating ideas into action? We asked the Artificial Intelligence Community of Practice how they’ve been working with AI this semester.
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This is how I teach
This month we spoke to Associate Professor Elizabeth Beckett, an Education Specialist within the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Last year she enjoyed national recognition, receiving the Michael Roberts Excellence in Physiological Education Award. Liz is also a member of the Adelaide Education Academy. Here she speaks about her approach to teaching and the methods she uses to ensure active student participation, online and on-campus.
Gathering evidence to support an academic integrity report
This month, the Academic Integrity team explains how Turnitin’s new AI score predicts whether a student may have used AI in preparing an assignment. While this might be acceptable and encouraged in many contexts, here’s how to report suspected inappropriate use of AI.
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This is how I teach
This month we spoke to Dr Walter Barbieri, Senior Lecturer and course coordinator with the School of Education, and newly inducted member of the Adelaide Education Academy Executive Group.
How to reason with ChatGPT4
ChatGPT4 is the latest version of the ChatGPT application from OpenAI. It is not only considerably larger than the previous 3.5 model but also seems to be displaying subtle traits of “general” intelligence. AGI stands for Artificial General Intelligence, which is the ability of a computer or agent to intellectually understand and carry out tasks like a human. A recent paper from March 2023 authored by researchers at Microsoft titled ‘Sparks of Artificial General Intelligence’1 had access to a non-aligned (unrestricted)version of ChatGPT4 to play with, and they discovered a number of emerging behaviours that indicate that the model may be showing the first signs of AGI.
This is how I teach
This month we spoke to Dr Hayley McGrice, Assoc. Dean Learning Quality (SET) and Senior Lecturer with the School of Animal and Veterinary Science. Hayley also serves as the ADEPT Program Academic Lead and will be joining the AEA Executive Committee in May. Here Hayley speaks about the value of peer collaboration in student learning and her desire to inspire and support her colleagues.