Jack Carter, Shaska Nicholson, Montasir Ahmed: ‘The Use of GenAI in Higher Education’

We’re joined by three of our students - Jack Carter and Shaska Nicholson, who are studying BSc Biology, and Montasir Ahmed, who is studying BSc Pharmacology to discuss their research project ‘The Use of GenAI in Higher Education’

Over the past 6 months, they have been working on their Capstone Research Project as part of their School of Biological Sciences ‘Science Communication’ module. They investigated how students in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton are using Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) for learning purposes.

In this episode, they discuss how widely GenAI is being used by students, which AI platforms are most popular, and student opinions on whether GenAI has improved their learning experience and academic performance. They also explore how education might adapt in the future, either by integrating GenAI more fully into everyday learning or by finding ways to mitigate its potential negative impacts through changes to assessment.

Recommended papers:

Exploring the integration of ChatGPT in education: adapting for the future – (Elbanna et al., 2024).https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/msar-03-2023-0016/full/html

Leadership is needed for ethical ChatGPT: Character, assessment, and learning using artificial intelligence (AI) – (Crawford et al., 2023) https://open-publishing.org/journals/index.php/jutlp/article/view/645

Ethical principles for artificial intelligence in education - (Nguen et al., 2022). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10639-022-11316-w

Episode guests: Jack Carter and Shaska Nicholson, who are studying BSc Biology, and Montasir Ahmed, BSc Pharmacology

Episode host: Prof Simon Kemp

Episode producers: Libby Kale and Ellie Howell

Episode editor: Ellie Howell