NSA 2025 You must pre register to attend this workshop.
Location: Griffith University, Ian O'Connor Building (Griffith Health Centre) G40, Level 4, Room 4.113
Workshop facilitators: Megan Rollo, Curtin University, Katya Clark, Curtin University, Susan McLeod, La Trobe University & Rebecca Russell, Curtin University
Description: The launch of the first publicly available Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tool, ChatGPT, three years ago has seen significant disruption. As the number and functionality of GenAI tools continue to rise, the impact on higher education, teaching academics and students has been rapid and profound. Educators are grappling with a ‘new normal’ with increased assessment demands to assure students satisfactorily demonstrate course-level learning outcomes, while also supporting students to develop skills to use GenAI tools ethically, strategically, and whilst maintaining oversight. Nutrition science educators play a critical role in empowering students to use GenAI tools responsibly to support learning and development of domain expertise, along with skills needed by nutrition professionals to thrive in dynamic work environments with these tools. Through a series of interactive activities and discussions, this workshop hosted by the SIG Nutrition Education & Tertiary Teaching (SIGNETT) will provide a forum to share existing and planned uses of GenAI tools in teaching, learning and assessments, and explore implications of GenAI tools for current and future nutrition-related work.
Expected outcomes: Participants will connect with fellow educators to discuss current uses of GenAI tools and practices to support their teaching, foster student learning, and course and assessment design in nutrition science programs. With increasing recognition of the potential opportunities and challenges that GenAI presents for the current and future workforce, participants will discuss the implications of GenAI tools in relation to preparing students to be confident and agile nutrition professionals. Finally, participants will identify teaching and learning strategies to support the intentional use of GenAI tools to effectively guide this future focused skill development in our nutrition graduates.