AI Avatar to Deliver Lectures for University of Newcastle Subject

AI avatar to deliver lectures for University of Newcastle subject

An AI avatar will deliver lectures for a computing subject at the University of Newcastle. While a human will write the character’s script, the groundbreaking trial has drawn mixed reactions.

Why the real test of Canada’s AI strategy is in university classrooms

Back to school this fall brings not only syllabi and lectures, but growing uncertainty about how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping Canadian classrooms. That uncertainty is part of a larger shift. Canada’s new AI strategy calls for broader AI literacy, stronger public trust and responsible AI adoption, including AI learning for post-secondary students. In a Canadian university case study on AI policy in higher education that I co-authored…