Transforming MTRL 251: student-partnered course redesign through digital integration and artificial intelligence
Course: MTRL 251, Materials Engineering Instructor: Dr. Amir M. Dehkhoda, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science Dr. Amir Dehkhoda employed Generative AI to revamp a core engineering course, thermodynamics, to boost student engagement and comprehension. In collaboration with faculty, students, and GenAI specialists, Dr. Dehkhoda explores effective GenAI tools […]
What recommendations do students have for UBC and UBC faculty about Generative AI?
In part one of this series, How are UBC students using Generative AI?, we looked at UBC student responses to three closed-ended survey questions asking about their use of Generative AI. In part two, What do students want you to know about Generative AI?, we explored themes that emerged from students responses to two open-ended […]
What do students want you to know about Generative AI?
In part one of this series, How are UBC students using Generative AI?, we looked at UBC student responses to three closed-ended questions asking about their use of GenAI. In this post, we’ll explore student responses to the two open-ended questions: Most students responding to these questions used the space to share their general thoughts […]
How are UBC students using Generative AI?
The beginning of this article appeared in the February 2025 edition of Edubytes. There is a long history of resistance and concern about how tools educators did not use as students will negatively impact learners. From Socrates, who argued writing would impede learning, to the broad resistance in allowing students to use calculators and later […]
Designing a case-based activity and simulation using an AI chatbot
Program: Integrated Curriculum Faculty/Unit: UBC Health UBC Health is set to pilot a GenAI-powered chatbot into the Integrated Curriculum, a series of interprofessional workshops and online modules embedded in the core curricula of UBC’s health professional programs. These learning activities are specifically designed to support the development of competencies needed for collaborative practice. The […]
Student reflections on how GenAI supports learning in a Graduate Hydrology course
Course: EOSC 533, Advanced Groundwater Hydrology Instructor: Dr. Roger Beckie, Professor, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science In EOSC 533, Advanced Groundwater Hydrology, Dr. Roger Beckie encouraged his 36 students to reflect on their experience with GenAI, specifically how students use AI to enhance their learning. He shared a blog post […]
Q&A – How Dr. Maryam Aliabadi uses Generative AI to automatically grade exams in her Cloud Computing course
Dr. Maryam Raiyat Aliabadi is a postdoctoral teaching and research fellow in the Faculty of Computer Science. In this Q&A, she explains how she and her team are using GenAI to automatically grade exams for her cloud computing course. Responses have been edited for clarity. Q: Can you describe what led you to develop a […]
Firas Moosvi explores the ethics of generating course materials in his computer fluency class
Firas Moosvi, lecturer in the Department of Computer Science, explores the use of AI for generating his own class materials, and contemplates the ethics of such a choice, given that it draws from the hard work of other educators who have posted their materials on the Internet. By Firas Moosvi Introduction Over the last year, […]
Kousaku Yui is asking future leaders to think philosophically about the impacts of AI
In his course, Artificial Intelligence and Society: The Impact of Machine Learning Systems, Kousaku Yui, PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy, asks students in the Global Future Leaders Extended Learning program to consider three critical questions: 1) What sort of creativity, if any, do algorithms really exhibit? 2) What possible sources of bias, if […]
Jared Taylor is encouraging Microbiology 418 students to reflect, and take responsibility when using AI tools
In MICB 418: Industrial Microbiology, Jared Taylor allows students to use any available generative AI tools to research and develop their final group presentation about ethical and legal issues within the field of industrial microbiology. The caveat is that each group must take responsibility for any false information provided by these AI tools. They must […]
Patrick Parra Penefather is infusing AI into creative Media Studies student exercises and assessments
In all courses facilitated by Dr. Patrick Parra Pennefather, assistant professor at UBC Theatre and Film, on creativity, sound, user experience, emerging technology development and collaborative co-creation, students are invited to use Generative AI tools in multiple creative ways for assignments, including text-image, text-video, image-image, image-video, video-video, as well as LLMs to develop scripts and […]
Elisa Baniassad explores using ChatGPT to create Computer Science assessments and practice materials
Elisa Baniassad, associate professor of teaching in the Faculty of Computer Science, explores using ChatGPT to create not only quiz questions, but the associated practice questions. by Elisa Baniassad ChatGPT can be a useful tool for designing test questions using prompts. You can provide those same prompts to your students to generate new questions (or […]