Follow our seminar series where experts and experienced AI users in the UFS community (and beyond) help us navigate the AI environment in higher education.
This seminar is presented by Dr Adewuyi Adegbite from UFS Computer Science and Informatics on the challenges and shortcomings using Google Gemini for programming. Many tips and recommendations from the discussion in this seminar from 32:48 in the video.
The UFS Library and Information Services had a panel discussion on the implementation of AI in libraries, including some AI tools that can be useful to library users.
The next seminar in this series was presented by Dr Riaan van Wyk from the Clinical Simulation and Skills Unit at the UFS Health Sciences on how AI can be used behind the scenes to help develop simulation experiences. Learn more about how to use AI as a tool to support your teaching and learning across disciplines.
The third seminar in this series was presented by Dr Ina Gouws from Political Studies and Governance (UFS) and Dr Grey Stopforth from Mercantile Law UFS on Assessment design and teaching in AI.
The second in the AI Wayfinder Seminar Series was presented by Dr Peet van Aardt and Zonnike Coetzer from the Centre for Teaching and Learning's Writing Centre on AI in writing: Implications of overreliance. The Writing Centre is driven by helping students cultivate their own academic voice and addresses the concern of students who submit ChatGPT texts as their own.
The first in our series is Ethics and policies in AI by Prof Susan Brokensha from the department of English at the University of the Free State. Prof Brokensha has written extensively about AI. See some of Prof Brokensha's work: AI in and for Africa, Is ChatGPT a friend or foe in the war on misinformation?, and The potential of artificial intelligence (AI) for decolonising education in South Africa through the development of indigenous languages.