HelpMe: An AI-Enhanced Student Support System Hosted at UBC
Dr. Ramon Lawrence, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, Faculty of Science, UBC Okanagan Courses: COSC 304, Introduction to Database Systems, INDG 100, Introduction to Decolonization: Indigenous Studies, and others Our group developed HelpMe, an AI-enhanced student support platform that unifies multiple help channels including an AI chatbot, asynchronous questions, and office […]
Boosting Engagement with GenAI: How Interview Practice Improves Learning
Dr. Angèle Beausoleil, BAA (Toronto), MA (UBC), PhD (UBC), Assistant Professor of Teaching, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability and Innovation Group Sauder School of Business, UBC Courses: COMM280 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship; COMM386M Green Entrepreneurship and Sustainable StartUps; BA562, Creativity for Business Dr. Angele Beausoleil, a UBC Sauder entrepreneurship educator, designs a Generative AI (GenAI) exercise to simulate empathy […]
Enhancing Clinical Skills with GENRx: A Generative AI Approach to Pharmacy Education
Faculty: Pharmaceutical Sciences Team: A team from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences shares what sparked their use of Generative AI in a teaching and learning activity—and key insights they’ve gained through this experience so far.
Transforming MTRL 251: student-partnered course redesign through digital integration and artificial intelligence
Dr. Amir M. Dehkhoda, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science Faculty of Applied Science, UBC Courses: MTRL 251, Materials Engineering 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 […]
What recommendations do students have for UBC and UBC faculty about Generative AI?
The data referenced in this article was collected December 2024-January 2025 and may not fully reflect current student practices or perceptions. 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?
The data referenced in this article was collected December 2024-January 2025 and may not fully reflect current student practices or perceptions. 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 […]
How are UBC students using Generative AI?
The beginning of this article appeared in the February 2025 edition of Edubytes. The data referenced in this article was collected December 2024-January 2025 and may not fully reflect current student practices or perceptions. There is a long history of resistance and concern about how tools educators did not use as students will negatively impact […]
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 […]