AI at VU Show & Share

Supervising and assessing an AI-aware academic writing process
Lotte Tavecchio and Joost Krijnen (AUC)

In the course ‘Advanced Academic Writing’, AUC has developed a teaching method to coach and assess students in a way that acknowledges and promotes responsible use of generative AI. Students work in three phases on their work. Each phase is finalized with an interview of 15 minutes after which they are assessed about their progress. Discussing the (not prohibited) use of generative AI is an important part of these interviews.
Learn in detail in this session how AUC conducts this course, their experiences and outcomes.

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Generative AI, quality assurance and the role of the Examination Board 
Duco Bannink (FSS, KnowVU)

Target audience: Examination Board members

Are you a member of an examination board? Then join this closed session on developments and experiences related to generative AI and quality assurance. We will discuss new insights (such as the two-lane approach), the role and responsibilities of the examination board, and how boards can address the impact of generative AI on education from this position.

Increasing AI literacy through a systematic approach at the VU University Library
Kim Dibbets and Jordy Gevers (VU University Library)

The University Library has developed its own internal approach to make its employees more AI literate.
Employees follow a programme consisting of four sessions of about an hour covering an introduction, effective prompting, responsible use and AI tools and work. During this session, the approach will be explained in more detail and experiences will be discussed. Find out whether this training could also be suitable for your situation (department, team or service).

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What are best practices for using AI to teach students critical thinking?
Charlotte Meijer (VU CTL) and Marieke Toffolo (FBMS)

Generative AI can be used as an instrument to promote critical thinking. However, this requires implementing activating learning methods. In this session, you will learn about several exercises and try them out yourself. You will be able to assess if you can or should implement these in your own course.

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Teachers can create their own AI bots for students in Canvas with Cogniti
Rob van Leeuwen, Erik Boon and student colleagues (VU Education Lab)

Over the past two years, the VU Education Lab has helped develop several AI bots for a range of purposes. To put the possibilities more in the hands of teachers directly, the VU Education Lab set up the Cogniti system. Teachers can build bots themselves and offer them to students in Canvas. But teachers can also give students the opportunity to build bots themselves. Learn in this session about Cogniti and how you can make direct use of it.

Location: NU 2A-55

Psychometric methods with human oversight to ensure compliant, valid and reliable AI-generated scores for open ended questions of exams
Luke Korthals (UvA, VU) and Silvester Draaijer (VU CTL)

Using large language models (LLMs) to grade open-ended questions seems promising. However, empirical evidence is needed on the validity and reliability of scoring methods, alongside compliant human oversight in line with the EU AI Act. In this session, we present the current situation based on our own research and the current scientific studies that are being conducted. After this session you will get a good understanding of the methods used and their fit-for-purpose as well as the risks still present and work that needs to be done.

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AI literacy in your Curriculum
Tim Lampe and Esther Schagen (VU CTL)

Target audience: Educational directors, programme directors, programme coordinators and learning trajectory coordinators.

In this closed session, you will discover how to approach the role of generative AI at curriculum level. We will explore how students can learn about, through, and with AI, tailored specifically to your field of study. You will gain concrete insights into what is required to give AI literacy a structural and sustainable place within your educational programme.

Exploring the grey areas of AI integrity through research and case discussions
Mary-Jo Diepeveen and Denise Batenburg (Faculty of Science)

The department of Pharmacology is researching how students and teachers can be guided towards responsible and transparent use of AI in education. PhD candidate Mary-Jo Diepeveen and Denise Batenburg will explain their design-based research and the interventions developed so far. After that, you can join in interactive case discussions around AI integrity. Although the research focuses on pharmacology education, the approach is applicable across all disciplines.

Using generative AI to support teaching and using MS Teams to coach students in their writing process
Sharon Klinkenberg (UvA)

Sharon Klinkenberg (UvA, FMG), lecturer in methods and techniques and head of TLC FMG, demonstrates how he uses generative AI to develop and implement his teaching methods. Learn about the latest methods in which he uses multiple tools simultaneously, including Github. He also has an innovative way to support students in their thesis writing process using Microsoft Teams. And as a bonus, learn how he uses these resources for his research.

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Optimal use of new AI functions of the most used VU educational tools
Charlotte Meijer (VU CTL)

The most used educational tools at VU Amsterdam, like Canvas, FeedbackFruits and Mentimeter, are all adding AI functionalities for everyone to use. But what are these new AI functions? And how can you use them to your advantage for the best possible education for both you and your students? During this session, we will show you these functions you all have access to with your VU account and give you practical ideas on how best to use them. Bring your laptop to this session to try it out yourself.

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