An innovative project which recognised the importance of human factors in rolling out the use of AI in curriculum has been shortlisted for the Future Campus AI in Learning and Teaching Award 2024.
A team from Deakin’s Faculty of Health partnered with curriculum designers and other collaborators from across the university to develop a program-wide approach to preparing health graduates for a genAI enriched world.
The project had a clear focus on giving health students experience in using AI effectively, but was particularly successful because it also took into account the need for a collaborative co-design process to reassure staff “who were initially fearful and anxious about genAI.”
The team reported a range of insights from the project:
- Developing curriculum for genAI requires leadership, supportive culture, and time and resources.
- Staff require continuous professional development to maintain their genAI literacy and skills, and seek examples of assessment transformation to guide them.
- It empowers staff and students to take an educative, not prohibitive approach to genAI
- It is challenging but possible to address academic integrity concerns while developing students’ capabilities in genAI.
- Students learnt to be critical of genAI outputs (“Do not trust AI!” -student feedback)
- Students greatly valued learning about and using genAI and want clear guidance about acceptable use.
The project has developed an evidence base which has informed the rollout of AI across the Health Faculty and has informed the University’s AI approach.
Recognising the importance of AI skills in the quiver of capabilities gained by graduates, the program has also informed the development of the University’s Education and Employability plan
More insights about the project can be found in a two minute video about the project.
