Generative AI in Higher Education:
Understanding Student Attitudes and Behaviors
~ Hear What's Happening at the Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing ~
The TCC 2024 conference team will hold a special, FREE, pre-conference session in partnership with the Department of Learning Design & Technology and LearningTimes. This event is a preview of the main conference on April 16-18, 2024. A featured panel session will be followed by an orientation for presenters and anyone interested in preparing for the main conference.
DESCRIPTION
The Multimedia and Instructional Design Team of the University of Hawai‘i Nancy-Atmospera School of Nursing conducted a mixed methods study using a 43-item student questionnaire to investigate student use, attitudes, and opinions of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) in higher education. While most students view Gen AI as a valuable tool to assist with coursework, many are still undecided whether using Gen AI to assist with coursework is acceptable. Presenters will discuss how the study’s findings informed departmental practices and policies, and professional development workshops for faculty and staff in efforts to shape student attitudes and behaviors regarding Gen AI use in the classroom and broader professional settings.
PRESENTERS
James Callahan is a Senior Instructional Designer at the Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing at the University of Hawai’i (UH) at Mānoa. His research interests are in online learning, online mentoring, and technology adoption.
Avree Ito-Fujita is an instructional designer for the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) Office of the Vice President for Community Colleges. As a doctoral student in the English Department at UH Mānoa, her research interests include online and community writing center pedagogies with a focus on multimodal tutoring and composition methods.
Shayna Katz is a world language coordinator for the Kailua-Kalāheo Complex DoDEA grant project and a graduate assistant for the Multimedia and Instructional Design Team at the University of Hawai’i (UH) at Mānoa. She is currently a doctoral student in Learning Design and Technology (LTEC). Her research interests include the relationship between social, cognitive, and teacher presence in online and hybrid language courses, project and task-based language learning, (multi/inter) cultural competencies, and student self-determination.
Laureen Kodani. Session Moderator is the University of Hawai’i Maui College's Educational, Communications, and Technology Developer. She assists faculty with designing and developing courses, creating optimal student-centered learning environments, and keeping up with the latest learning technology.
CONFERENCE SPEAKER ORIENTATION
An orientation by Rebecca Israel of LearningTimes for TCC 2024 conference concurrent session speakers will immediately follow at 3:00 p.m. HST. Anyone interested is invited to attend.