Plenary Panel: Empowered or overpowered: How should students and educators respond to AI?

Danny Liu; Ryan Brunton; Liam McClaren; Sarah-Jane Gregory; Miriam Sullivan

Authors

Danny Liu Associate Professor in the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) Portfolio, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Ryan Brunton Manager Digital Futures in the College of Sciences and Engineering, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7005, Australia
Liam McClaren University of Tasmania Student Association President and honours student in geography, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7005, Australia
Sarah-Jane Gregory Lecturer in the School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia
Miriam Sullivan Team Leader, Learning Advisers Centre for Learning and Teaching, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia

Abstract

Join Liam McLaren (University of Tasmania Student Association President and honours student in geography), Sarah-Jane Gregory (Lecturer in the School of Environment and Science, Griffith University), Miriam Sullivan (Learning Advisors Team Leader, Edith Cowan University), Ryan Brunton (Manager Digital Futures in the College of Sciences and Engineering, University of Tasmania), and Danny Liu (Associate Professor in the DVC (Education) Portfolio, University of Sydney) for a frank discussion about generative AI impacts on educators, leaders, and students. Bring your tricky questions and open minds to consider whether generative AI is overpowering or empowering – or both.

Author Biography

Danny Liu, Associate Professor in the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) Portfolio, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

Danny Liu is a molecular biologist by training, programmer by night,
researcher and academic developer by day, and educator at heart. A
multiple international and national teaching award winner, he works at the
confluence of learning analytics, student engagement, educational
technology, and professional development and leadership. He is an
Associate Professor in the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) Portfolio at
the University of Sydney, where he leads staff across the institution in
educational innovation, blended and online teaching, and the effective use
of learning analytics and artificial intelligence to improve student learning
and experience.