AI in Tertiary Education: Progress on Research and Practice
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Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has had a significant impact in tertiary education for practitioners and researchers during 2023. We review the way in which academics have made sense of generative AI, revisit our proposed research agenda and reflect on our changing roles as academics in relation to learning, teaching, design and policy.
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Misconceptions about what AI is and how it works remain common.
“As reported by Thompson et al. (2023), p. 3), 'there is still sensemaking work to be done, as misconceptions about what AI is and how it works remain common'.”
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- Authors
- Thompson, K., Corrin, L., & Lodge, J. M.
- Affiliations
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- Deakin University (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Venue
- Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
- Published
- 2023-12-22
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1-7
- ISSN
- 1449-3098 (ISSN-L)
- 1449-5554
- OpenAlex
- W4390096640
- Cited by
- 31
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 3
- FWCI
- 7.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- 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 › Artificial Intelligence › Artificial Intelligence Applications
- Keywords
- generative AI, higher education, academic roles, research agenda, teaching-learning process, educational design, education policy, artificial intelligence in higher education
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