[40th Anniversary Seminar Series] AI is developing at a phenomenal speed. What is AI literacy and how can it be learnt?

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[40^th Anniversary Seminar Series]

October 2024

AI is developing at a phenomenal speed. What is AI literacy and how can it be learnt?

Recording:

Speaker:

Professor Nancy Law

Associate Dean (Research)

Academic Unit of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Faculty of Education, HKU

Discussant:

Professor Gary Wong

Associate Professor

Academic Unit of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Faculty of Education, HKU

Date: October 31, 2024 (Thursday)

Time: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm 

Venue: MW408-410, 4/F, Meng Wah Complex, HKU [Map] / Online via Zoom

Language: English

Registration: Closed

(Please note that the seminar will be held via hybrid mode. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.)

Many countries and systems, including Hong Kong, have started work on introducing AI literacy in their schools, some years before the public debut of ChatGPT 3.5 on November 30, 2022. Within a period of less than two years, well over a hundred Generative AI (GAI) products are already available on the market and the speed of development is only going to be escalating exponentially. Hong Kong launched its first AI literacy curriculum in June 2023, which unsurprisingly did not include GAI. There is no way that the traditional practice of curriculum and teacher professional development can “catch up” with the explosive speed of technology development.

The questions this raises for education are:

1. Does it matter what technology is being used for teaching AI literacy in schools?

2. How can teachers' professional development catch up with the fast technological advances?

3. What is AI literacy anyway and how can, or should, AI literacy be learnt?

This seminar draws on research in the learning sciences to address these issues.

About the Speaker

Nancy Law is a professor and Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Education at The University of Hong Kong. She served as the Founding Director for the Centre for Information Technology in Education (CITE) for 15 years from 1998 and is currently the Deputy Director for CITE. She is an elected Fellow of the International Society of the Learning Sciences. She received a Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme Award by the HKSAR Research Grants Council in recognition of her research in scalability of technology-enhanced learning innovations. She is known for her contributions to research on learning and assessment of digital citizenship, as well as on learning design and design-aware learning analytics.

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About the 40th Anniversary Seminar Series

The year 2024 marks the 40^th anniversary of the Faculty of Education at The University of Hong Kong. We are delighted to present the Anniversary Seminar Series to celebrate this milestone and the Faculty’s academic achievements over the past decades.

This seminar series, featuring our Faculty members with diverse expertise, offers a historical narrative and a perspective on education that connects the Past, Present, and Future. Our works here at the Faculty are closely linked to the global community of educational research, while at the same time deeply rooted in Hong Kong local society. As we exhibit our proud journey, we are even more excited to look to our bright future as an internationally leading member in the field of Education.

The seminars will cover the major themes of research in the Faculty including Language Education, Early Childhood Education, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Information Technology, International and Comparative Education, and more. Come and join us to explore these topics together!

Stay tuned for more updates on this enlightening journey.