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Future research recommendations for transforming higher education with generative AI

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Chiu, Thomas K.F.·2024·Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

Higher education is crucial for producing ethical citizens and professionals globally. The introduction of generative AI (GenAI), such as ChatGPT, has posed opportunities and challenges to the traditional model of education. However, the current conversations primarily focus on policy development and assessment, with limited research on the future of higher education. GenAI's impact on learning outcomes, pedagogy, and assessment is crucial for reforming and advancing the workforce. This qualitative study aims to investigate student perspectives on GenAI's impact on higher education. The study uses an initial conceptual framework driven by a systematic literature review to investigate the opportunities and challenges of AI in education. This framework serves as an initial data collection and analysis framework. A sample of 51 students from three research-intensive universities was selected for this study. Thematic analysis identified three themes and 10 subthemes. The findings suggest that future higher education should be transformed to train students to be future-ready for employment in a society powered by GenAI. They suggest new learning outcomes—skills in learning and teaching with GenAI, AI literacy—and emphasize the significance of interdisciplinarity and maker learning, with assessment focusing on in-class and hands-on activities. They recommend six future research directions – competence for future workforce and its self-assessment measures, AI literacy or competency…

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  • AI has prompted instructors to re-think the foundation of assessment, whether the traditional assessment types are still fit for purpose, and ultimately, the purpose of teaching, learning and the very existence of higher education.

    “AI has prompted instructors to re-think the foundation of assessment, whether the traditional assessment types are still fit for purpose, and ultimately, the purpose of teaching, learning and the very existence of higher education (Chiu, 2024a; Irving-Walton, 2026).”
  • Introducing GenAI can shift the focus from transferring knowledge to processing knowledge and from disciplinary learning to interdisciplinary learning.

    “It suggests that introducing GenAI can shift the focus from transferring knowledge to processing knowledge and from disciplinary learning to interdisciplinary learning (Chiu, 2024).”
  • Increasing student confidence in utilising GenAI is an important consideration regarding student equity.

    “Increasing student con fi dence in utilising GenAI is thus an important consideration regarding student equity (Chiu, 2024; Ng et al., 2021).”
  • Understanding how GenAI tools function as well as their capabilities and limitations can help students use these tools responsibly and effectively.

    “Understanding how GenAI tools function as well as their capabilities and limitations can help students use these tools responsibly and effectively (Chiu, 2024; Southworth et al., 2023).”
  • Universities might have their own GenAI policies, but students might not read or understand these documents or find them lacking and ambiguous.

    “Meanwhile, whereas universities might have their own GenAI policies, students might not read or understand these documents (Chiu, 2024) or, in other cases, fi nd them lacking and ambiguous (Jisc, 2024).”

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Authors
Chiu, T. K. F.
Affiliations
Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
Corresponding author
Chiu, Thomas K.F.
Venue
Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2024-06
Volume
6
Pages
100197
ISSN
2666-920X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4390278281
Cited by
511
References
49
Citations by year
2026: 207 · 2025: 196 · 2024: 108
FWCI
119.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
Update notices
erratum (2024-06-01)
Open access
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  • Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Artificial Intelligence in Education
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Educational Innovations and Challenges
Keywords
generative AI in higher education, student perceptions, AI literacy, AI literacy assessment, interdisciplinary teaching, pedagogy, career readiness, future skills, ChatGPT, research recommendations

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