Recently, Sichuan University has carried out the mid-term inspection seminars for the \u201cNew Century Higher Education Reform Project (Phase X) \u201d. Dr. Zheng Yang and his team\u2019s project,\u00a0\u201cResearch on Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning Based on ChatGPT\u201d<\/strong>, is one of the University-level projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The inspection seminar from Sichuan University – Pittsburgh Institute (SCUPI) was called by Dr. Zheng Yang. He and his team members have carried out explorations of using AI tools teaching in their courses since last semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Zheng Yang, from General Science, first reported preliminary findings of his research project that explored Large Language Models (LLM) as tools for facilitating cross-cultural discussions about the big ideas of calculus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He and his collaborator from San Francisco State University (USA) Mr. Carlos Lopez-Gonzalez<\/strong>, engaged in a three-week case study with two pairs of undergraduates–one pair from SFSU and one from SCUPI who worked together with an Al agent on collaborative calculus activities.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Their study explored the impact that the Al-based agent had on students’ understanding of foundational ideas of calculus. The particpants also explored ways in which Al impacted cross-cultural communication and dialog.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Dr. Yingjie Wu from Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), believes students can use AI tools to\u00a0ace their studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He demonstrated how LLM can be incorporated into teaching MSE laboratory courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When preparing for the experiment, the students can use AI tools to create learning materials and generate sample pre-lab quizzes. During the lab experiment, the AI agent can provide guidance and real-time assistance. After completing the experiment, students can submit their lab reports to AI tools for an initial review, receiving feedback on their methodology, data analysis, and conclusions.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Dr. Yumei Li, as a member of the SCUPI writing center, demonstrated how AI tools (such as Turnitin) can be used to guide and improve students’ academic writing performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The SCUPI writing center offers courses of English writing, tutorials, and writing-integrated HSS electives. In these courses, AI tools were mainly used to do the following tasks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Detect students\u2019 similarity rate<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Detect AI-generated text in students\u2019 writing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Detect AI-translated text in students\u2019 writing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Check student\u2019s grammar and style<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
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The presentation was followed by a lively discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Ping-Chun Sui wanted to know if the AI determines that there may be AI-generated text in a student’s composition, how will the instructor respond?<\/p>\n\n\n
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Dr. Yumei Li said that the subjectivity of the students and the interaction between instructors and students should always be highly valued. Therefore, when there is a noteworthy case, the instructor will talk with the student before grading.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Dr. TsunZee Mai, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of SCUPI, believed that our students are well aware that AI-based agents exist and are already experimenting with them on their own, but they need guidance about how to use them responsibly.<\/p>\n\n\n
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\u201cTechnology is a game-changer for education,\u201d faculty and staff members who attened the seminar agreed. The exploring of AI\u2019s role in higher education will be an ongoing topic at SCUPI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Recently, Sichuan University has carried\u2026\u2026<\/a>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":16831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-activities-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ppslots88.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ppslots88.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ppslots88.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ppslots88.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ppslots88.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ppslots88.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16852,"href":"https:\/\/ppslots88.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16841\/revisions\/16852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ppslots88.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ppslots88.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ppslots88.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ppslots88.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}