Generative AI chats and webinars

As part of ongoing efforts to help staff negotiate the opportunities and challenges of AI in education the Monash Education Academy hosts a series of recorded chats and webinars. The current and past resources are collected here.

10 minute chats on Generative AI

A series of short conversations with guests with different kinds of expertise in generative AI and education, broadly conceived. Each chat is structured around 3 key messages or questions that the guest wants to put across to the educational community. More coming soon.

Latest chat

Dylan William
Dylan Wiliam - 5 November 2024

Dylan discusses the problematic focus of much assessment on forms of work that can be done well by AI. These, he argues, often neglect important aspects of what it means to be a person, learning, in the world.

Dylan's key messages are:

  1. AI tends to show students how to improve the work, when the goal should be to improve the learner.
  2. We have to accept that we won’t be able to detect AI usage, so we need to find new approaches to assessment.
  3. Our qualifications systems—indeed our entire education systems—value the things that generative AI does really well.

Previous chats

Past webinar recordings

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Blog: Responding to acute and chronic challenges of AI in Higher Education

Tim Fawns, Danny Liu and Jason Lodge discuss issues institutions face in responding to TEQSA’s Request for Information (RFI) on Artificial Intelligence, and opportunities and challenges for higher education.

Blog: The first six months

Rowan Peter from Monash Teaching Community reflects on all the amazing contributions that have been shared since the blog launched in 2023.

Blog: Join the conversations about productive Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to use for teaching and learning

Nilushi Karunaratne, Tom Morgan and Ari Seligmann kick-off discussions about AI tools and exploring the possibilities for higher education.

Blog: Join in the conversations about stimulating examples of integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into assessment

Joanne Tanner and Ari Seligmann add to ongoing worldwide discussions about the potentials for AI to be used in assessments as demonstrated by some fruitful examples collected from across Monash.

Blog: Positioning Artificial Intelligence (AI) in assessments may seem hard but here are some ways to start the journey

Thao Vu, Zachari Swiecki and Ari Seligmann introduce recent efforts by the Monash AI in Education Learning Circle to share guidance on thinking through how to design AI into or out of assessments.

Blog: Develop skills or outsource to generative AI?

Estelle Wallingford considers the challenges of generative artificial intelligence on traditional assessment design

Blog: But Harvard did a study on it!: How do we define ‘evidence-based practice’ within education?

Michelle Lazarus reflects on how we define teaching and learning expertise, and to what extent we can and should value experiences from those external to our local, complex educational system.

Blog: Applied teaching and learning with adaptive simulation using ChatGPT and some coding

Joel Moore explores the application of generative artificial intelligence in the design of adaptive simulations to create rich learning experiences for students at Monash.

MEA Module: Test Driving AI for Teaching & Learning

This MEA module is a valuable AI literacy resource supporting engaging, exploring, evaluating and trialling responsible use of AI within teaching and learning.

WEBINAR: Large Language Models and ChatGPT

In this webinar, Simon Angus and Tim Fawns discuss technical aspects of how large language models work and how they differ from familiar kinds of thinking and understanding. (Recorded on 21st June, 2023. 61 mins).

WEBINAR: Students’ perspectives on generative artificial intelligence in teaching and learning

In this webinar, Tim Fawns talks with student representatives about some of the ways that students are thinking about and engaging with, avoiding or learning about generative AI in education. (Recorded 25th May, 2023. 43 mins.)

WEBINAR: Exploring advanced applications of generative artificial intelligence in teaching and learning

In this webinar, Dr. Joel Moore and Tim Fawns explore advanced applications of generative artificial intelligence using examples Joel has developed for his classes. (Recorded on 11th May, 2023. 44 min).

WEBINAR: The human role in an AI world

In this webinar, Michelle Lazarus and Tim Fawns discuss some challenging, future-focused questions around the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence. (Recorded 20th April, 2023. 45 mins)

WEBINAR: A closer look at some generative artificial intelligence tools

Tim Fawns and Colin Simpson discuss generative AI technologies that could have the most significant impact on teaching, learning and assessment and discuss ways of using generative AI technologies. (Recorded 23rd March, 2023. 45 mins.)