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Generative AI in Higher
Education
Understand the uses and limitations of
generative AI to address its challenges and
harness its potential for higher education.

Generative AI in Higher
Education
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Learn how generative AI could

transform teaching, learning,
and assessment
From the arrival of chatbots like ChatGPT to the
spread of uncannily convincing AI-generated
images, we are seeing increasingly dramatic
advances in the development of artificial
intelligence. Higher education is just one of
many sectors set to be impacted by the
changes.

On this two-week course from King’s College

London, you’ll review the latest developments in
generative AI. As you investigate the potential
uses and limitations of GenAI tools, you’ll
prepare for the future of higher education.

Explore the capabilities,

limitations, and ethics of AI
You’ll start the course with an overview of
generative AI. You’ll examine the technology
behind chatbots and image generators, and
learn about their main capabilities and
limitations.

You’ll also debate ethical and environmental

concerns around AI.

Understand the potential

impact of AI in education
Once you’ve explored the potential of generative
AI, you’ll home in on its specific impact on higher
education.

You’ll learn how generative AI tools could

transform the way we teach, learn, and evaluate
students, potentially threatening academic
integrity but opening up new opportunities to
improve educational practices.

Consider the wider influence

of AI on the job market
Last but not least, you’ll consider the impact
generative AI is having on the employment
landscape.

You’ll investigate the emergence of new roles

and erosion of others, discussing how courses
and curricula should evolve to meet the needs of
the new job market.

By the end of the course, you’ll have the

knowledge you need to take on the future of
artificial intelligence.

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Week 1

What can and should we do with

generative AI?

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Week 2

The impact of using generative AI

in education

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What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

Summarise how artificial intelligence and

generative AI work, emulate human
intelligence, and create novel content .

Describe the key capabilities, limitations,

challenges and opportunities of generative
AI in higher education teaching, learning,
feedback and assessment .

Discuss the importance of considering social,

ethical, inclusivity and sustainability
dimensions while utilising generative AI in
education .

Explain the influence of generative AI on the

employment landscape, including the
emergence of new job roles, and the
implications for disciplinary curricula of
changing skill requirements.

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for anyone interested in
learning more about the impact generative AI is
having on higher education.

It will be particularly valuable for academics,

teachers, and other educators, university
professional services staff, policy makers and
students.

Who will you learn with?

Martin Compton
Dr. Martin Compton leads on
programme and assessment design at
King's College London.
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/martin-
compton

Oguz A. Acar
Oguz A. Acar is a Professor in
Marketing & Innovation at King's
Business School, King's College
London. Find out more about him
here:
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/oguz-
a-acar

Charlotte Haberstroh
I'm a Lecturer in Education at KCL.
My expertise includes active learning,
educational inequalities and the
political economy of education.
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/charlotte-
haberstroh

Who developed the course?

King's College London

King’s College London, established in 1829 and a

founding college of the University of London, is
one of the world’s leading research and teaching
universities, based in the very heart of London.

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