Symposium Presentation Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting 2024

Decoding Complexity: Engage Students through AI-Enhanced Science Communication (105861)

Jack Wang 1
  1. The University of Queensland, BRISBANE, QLD, Australia

The impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Education should not be limited to concerns around academic integrity.  While the misuse of AI as part of student assessment poses real problems that must be acknowledged [1, 2], educators should not ignore AI’s potential to improve effective communication of complex scientific ideas [3].  AI tools can be used to bridge the communication gap between teachers and students through the refinement of assessment guidelines via the expansive corpus of text used to train its large language models [4].  This project outlines the specific use-case for integrating AI into the creation of online educational resources including standardised marking rubrics, lesson plans, as well as animations, video and podcast assets that facilitate effective science communication to a range of different audiences.

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