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Led by:

• Dr Anita Campbell, Senior Lecturer (Mathematics / Academic Development)  Academic Support Programme for Engineering in Cape Town (ASPECT), University of Cape Town 

• Sukaina Walji, Director of Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT) at University of Cape Town

Session Description: 

EDEN 2024 Annual Conference was held at University of Graz, Austria, 16-18 June 2024 with a theme of “Learning in the Age of AI: Towards Imaginative Futures”. In this session two UCT staff members share their experiences of attending, presenting and contributing to the conversation on the emerging impact of AI technologies in teaching, learning and assessment.  

Presenters’ Bios:  

Dr Anita Campbell is a Senior Lecturer (Mathematics / Academic Development) Academic Support Programme for Engineering in Cape Town (ASPECT), University of Cape Town 

Dr Anita Campbell is an enthusiastic engineering mathematics senior lecturer in the Academic Support Programme for Engineering at the University of Cape Town with 24 years of lecturing experience. She holds degrees from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (BSc (Hons) in Applied Mathematics, MSc, HDE), and a PhD from the University of Cape Town on promoting growth mindsets in engineering mathematics students.

Over the past 5 years, her research has concentrated on understanding the factors influencing the development of growth mindsets, exploring effective strategies to foster positive attitudes towards learning, and integrating principles of positive psychology into mathematics and engineering education. She also researches the intersection of positive psychology and education, investigating the application of positive psychology principles to enhance student engagement, motivation, and well-being. She has also explored the use of online platforms for collaborative learning in mathematics and engineering education, emphasizing the creation of a sense of community and critical thinking skills.

Latest publications:

– Exploring growth mindset experiences in university students

– Guest Editorial Special Issue on Conceptual Learning of Mathematics-Intensive Concepts in Engineering

ORCID: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0003-4782-7323 

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.sg/citations?user=iQ6C60YAAAAJ&hl=en 

Sukaina Walji, Director of Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching

 (CILT) at UCT.  She oversees operational functions for the department including supporting the growth and development of CILT’s capacity to design and develop blended and online courses. She provides strategic advice for university senior leadership for digitally enabled education, participates in university level committees and initiatives, and is Chair of the Online Education sub-committee and leads the University’s AI in Education working group. She is also a member of UCT’s Assessment Framework Working Group and leads the UCDG projects ‘Transforming Undergraduate Assessment’ and “Enhancing Assessment Literacy and practices in the Age of AI”.

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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? 

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.

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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 2^nd 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.