- 20 February 2024: Soft skills the Missing Component in Higher Education? – Dr.Esther Gacicio, Edtech Consultant & CEO of eLearning Solutions (eLS)
- 14 March 2024: The need for critical responses to AI within and by Higher Education – Professor Sioux McKenna, Director of the Centre for Postgraduate Studies; Mags Blackie, Associate Professor; Dr. Nicola Pallitt; Neil Kramm, all from Rhodes University, South Africa.
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7 February 2024: Toward the Governance of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education:A data justice framework & early lessons in practical implementation
To join this session please register via Zoom here
Date and Time: Wednesday, 7th February 2024: 10:00am – 11:00am SAST; 7:00pm Melbourne Australia
Presenter:
Dr Katya Pechenkina, Cultural Anthropologist, Teaching and Learning scholar, and award-winning lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Session Description:
Drawing on scholarship dedicated to data justice and ethics of care, this presentation seeks to answer urgent questions associated with the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Higher Education (HE). We will look at how AI can be used in HE for good, how can this rapidly growing industry be regulated, and what would a conceptual framework for data justice and fair usage of AI in HE look like?
Practical lessons from designing AI guidelines to empower educators in HE (and beyond) are shared.
Presenter Bio:
Katya Pechenkina is a cultural anthropologist, Teaching and Learning scholar, and award-winning lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. Her research focuses on impact and evaluation in education, as well as on understanding how educators and students experience technological change. More info about her here
Resources
Higher Education for Good: Teaching and Learning Futures: https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0363
Examples of AI use in assessments
https://aipedagogy.org/ – an evolving collection of curated assignments that integrate genAI tools from educators around the world.
Examples to safeguard against AI in high-stakes summative assessments
https://trefnycenter.mines.edu/effective-teaching-and-generative-ai/ – ideas for (re)designing assessments that encourage critical engagement with AI, and ideas for re(designing) assignments to be more human-centred.
https://educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au/teaching@sydney/how-can-i-update-assessments-to-deal-with-chatgpt-and-other-generative-ai/ – How can I update assessments to deal with ChatGPT and other generative AI?
8 February 2024: Learning Methods Out of School: Blogs, Webinars, and Courses for Practicing Researchers
Date and Time: Thursday, 8th February 2024, 14:00 – 15:30 SAST
Session Description:
Join us for this panel discussion with: Dr. Janet Salmons, SAGE Publications (US), Dr. Nicola Pallitt, Rhodes University (South Africa), Andy Nobes, INASP (UK) and Tony Carr, e/merge Africa / University of Cape Town (South Africa).
Researchers need to keep learning new approaches in order to study a changing world. How can we keep learning once we have completed our degrees and are busy with our careers? We go online, of course! In this webinar we will discuss the kinds of opportunities and resources available for new and experienced researchers who want to sharpen skills and develop new ones. This webinar will be valuable to researchers, as well as to those who want to offer information, consultation, or learning opportunities to others.
Please join us by signing up via Zoom here
Resources:
6 Ways to Teach and Learn Methods with Videos: http://tinyurl.com/3zzt82h7
Panellists Bios:
Dr. Janet Salmons is a free-range scholar and methodologist. She serves as the Research Community Manager for SAGE Publications’ research community, www.MethodSpace.com. Recent books include: Doing Qualitative Research Online 2nd edition (2022), What Kind of Researcher Are You? (2021). She will be a fellow at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies in 2024.
She seeks to expand critical perspectives on educational technologies in Higher Education.
Dr Nicola Pallitt supports academics to use technologies effectively for teaching and learning. She supervises postgraduate students and co-teaches on formal courses and professional development offerings in Higher Education. She values contextual and culturally responsive approaches to learning design and educational technology usage.
Andy Nobes Joined INASP in January 2014. His work is focused on helping researchers develop their research writing and communication skills through online resources, courses, mentoring and peer learning. He currently manages the AuthorAID website and has been instrumental in the development of the AuthorAID online courses in research writing and proposal writing, which have evolved into Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Andy has also been involved in training journal editors in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka in digital publishing practices. He previously worked for an academic publisher in journal e-marketing and library marketing.
Tony Carr is an Educational Technologist in the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching at University of Cape Town and the convenor of e/merge Africa. His professional interests include online conference design, online facilitation and online professional development networks.