EDGE-AI Insights: Navigating the Future of Learning with Generative AI

Abstract

In Spring 2023, the CEI invited faculty and teaching staff to propose Education and Generative AI (EDGE-AI) projects looking to explore new teaching and learning methods utilizing GenAI. A year and a half later, these projects are yielding important findings for innovative teaching practices. In the second workshop of our EDGE-AI series, two of our projects share their work so far, and how their findings can help shape HKUST's teaching and learning landscape.

Light refreshment will be served.

Workshop Details

Part 1 | Solving Business Problems with Generative AI as Your Wingman: Developing Experiential Learning Exercises for Critical Thinking

Recent advances in generative AI have demonstrated that it has the potential to be an invaluable tool for solving problems in knowledge intensive domains, from consulting to professional negotiations. Yet, in order for individuals to use generative AI effectively it is essential for them to understand which aspects of the analysis can be delegated to generative AI and which aspects are best suited for people. Stephen Nason and T. Bradford Bitterly have subsequently been utilizing Generative AI in experiential negotiation exercises for business students and have also begun researching how the use of Generative AI can impact students’ trust in peers. In this presentation, they will share some of the findings of their EDGE-AI project so far and what they mean for best teaching and learning practices.

Speakers:

Prof Stephen Nason has taught at HKUST since 1995, where he is a faculty member in the Department of Management and the Director of the World Bachelor in Business Program. Professor Nason has taught in a wide range UG and post graduate programs at HKUST, including the full time, part time, executive, and company specific MBA programs. Most of his teaching revolves around Negotiations, Decision Making, Leadership and Teams, Critical Thinking and Presentations, and Organizational Transformation. He has received multiple teaching awards, including the Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching, Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence, and Best Ten Lecturers Award.

Prof Brad Bitterly is an Assistant Professor of Management at HKUST Business School. His research interests include trust, communication, and negotiations.

Part 2 | Music and Video Creation with GenAI as a Creative Assistant

GenAI is radically changing how human creators work with music and video, and is full of unrealized potential. It allows a DJ culture of mixing and matching musical and video elements to an unprecedented degree. For example, automated musical mashups of two or more pieces of music can intertwine their lyrics and phrasings in ways that twist and nuance their messages in delightful ways. Similarly, in the video domain, the combination of the characters from one video with the characters or setting of another offers endless new adventures. This presentation will show inspiring creative examples made by students and researchers with the creative assistance of AI tools that combine and recombine different sources to make plot twists, parodies, and wonderful surprises. In many of these examples, the magic is created by the human, but would not have been possible without the creative and expert assistance of the AI tools.

Speaker:

	Prof Andrew Horner is a Professor in the Division of Arts and Machine Creativity and the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at HKUST. His research interests include generative music, music mashups, music emotion, music therapy, and analysis and synthesis of musical instruments. He teaches experiential courses in Music Video Creation and Creative Sound and Video design.