Four strategies for implementing custom AIs that help students learn, not outsource
byThe launch of Cogniti has opened new opportunities for teachers at the University of Sydney to design customised AI agents that align with unit…
Generative AI
The Futures of Open Student Longform Writing at the University of Sydney
byIn 2022, just as ChatGPT became widely available, Stephen Marché declared in a much-quoted article that “The College Essay is Dead”[1] . Marché’s clickbait…
The partnership approach: Integrating AI and human feedback for enhanced learning
byFeedback has long been recognised as a cornerstone of effective learning, enabling students to identify strengths and areas for improvement in their academic work….
How to design custom AIs that can propel learning
byCogniti, a platform that lets educators easily build their own generative AI ‘agents’, offers exciting opportunities to enhance teaching and learning. The key to…
From Confused to Confident: How AI Chat Agents Enhanced Finance Learning
byLearning complex financial concepts like derivative securities is challenging. Students can struggle with the technical terminology, the trading platforms, and find it difficult to…
From Compliance to Creativity: Teaching Problem-Reframing with GenAI in the Capstone
byWhen generative AI first entered the mainstream, universities worldwide scrambled to respond. Many adopted a prohibitive stance. Thankfully, the University of Sydney has taken…
Simplify communication using AI: Easy Read and Plain English
byUniversity communications can be overwhelming and confusing for students, especially as they contain unfamiliar or very technical language. So, we built a custom AI…
AI-enhanced Socratic teaching for medical emergency management in dental education
byMedical emergencies are common in dental settings, yet many practitioners feel underprepared. A 10-year study in Great Britain found 70.2% of dentists encountered at…
Co-creating Gen-AI guidance: tailored support through student partnership
byThe University of Sydney has adopted a ‘two-lane approach’ to balance assurance and human-AI collaboration in assessment design. This approach encourages educators to integrate…
The Sydney Assessment Framework
byThe 6,700 unit of study availabilities in 2024 each had an average of 4.4 assessments. Students took around 30,000 individual assessments and there were…