AI and ChatGPT in Higher Education Teaching
Easy access to artificial intelligence (AI) presents both opportunities and challenges in higher education teaching. Foremost among these are issues around the independence of academic work and the assessment of examinations. The Medical University of Innsbruck is aware of the rapid developments in digitalisation and new technologies and seeks to engage with both lecturers and students on the implications of AI‑based technologies for study and teaching. As a starting point, an event on “Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT: possibilities and limitations in higher education teaching” took place in May 2023.
Currently, the best‑known AI application is ChatGPT by the US company OpenAI. Below, this page provides a selection of resources for dealing with AI in teaching, particularly around the use of ChatGPT. The Guideline on the use of AI systems in teaching and examinations at the Medical University of Innsbruck offers recommendations for working with AI applications, especially ChatGPT.
Resource collection
The Hamburg Centre for University Teaching and Learning provides a collection of materials on the language model ChatGPT. In particular, the overview of ChatGPT in the context of higher education teaching offers basic explanations and ideas for using ChatGPT in teaching and assessment.
Lisa Hoffmann provides an annotated and comprehensive, regularly updated collection of German‑ and English‑language resources on ChatGPT in the higher‑education context. The Hochschulforum Digitalisierung also offers a dossier on generative AI with various contributions on the topic. Prof. Albrecht Schmidt (LMU Munich) provides an overview of AI applications for text generation, translation, audio‑to‑text transcription, image generation and editing, as well as other aspects of teaching and learning.
The Berlin Centre for Higher Education continuously adds various resources on ChatGPT and related topics.
On e‑teaching.org (a service of the Leibniz‑Institut für Wissensmedien), the thematic special “AI in higher education practice” provides information on the successful use of AI in university teaching and academic work.
The Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research has compiled a guidance document: Engaging with artificial intelligence in the education system with foundational information and potential use cases in education. This guidance is updated and adapted regularly.
UNESCO has produced a Quick Start Guide: ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence in higher education, which provides suggestions for use in university teaching and discusses related challenges (in English).
The Forum Neue Medien in der Lehre Austria hosted a talk on AI and ChatGPT in teaching and research, which discusses a wide range of perspectives on this topic.
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