{"id":23027,"date":"2025-04-24T13:41:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/?p=23027"},"modified":"2025-04-24T13:41:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:41:28","slug":"co-creating-gen-ai-guidance-tailored-support-through-student-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/co-creating-gen-ai-guidance-tailored-support-through-student-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Co-creating Gen-AI guidance: tailored support through student partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of Sydney has adopted a \u2018two-lane approach<\/a>\u2019 to balance assurance and human-AI collaboration in assessment design. This approach encourages educators to integrate AI into learning and assessment processes while building students\u2019 Gen-AI literacy. By doing so, we aim to prepare students for a future where AI plays a significant role in various industries, including finance.<\/p>\n

I coordinate a third-year finance capstone unit with approximately 700 students nearing graduation. As the finance industry increasingly adopts Gen-AI in business operations, we recognised the need to ensure our students develop essential Gen-AI literacy for solving finance problems before they graduate. In S2 2024, we implemented a pilot program incorporating the University’s Gen-AI platform Cogniti into our unit, supported by a\u00a0USYD strategic education grant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Phase 1: Piloting Gen-AI in the classroom<\/h2>\n
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Example of co-creating Gen AI prompting resources (click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During the semester, we provided both a vanilla version and a tailored version of Cogniti to students, with the tailored version trained using unit materials and marking rubric for all the major projects. These tools are introduced to students in the first two weeks during the in-class time to ensure all students receive proper training and develop awareness of the tool’s capabilities, rather than leaving them to explore independently. As the unit progressed, additional just-in-time support materials co-created with student partners, Annie Gu and Soham Pathak, were\u00a0introduced through Canvas.<\/p>\n

Identifying student challenges<\/h2>\n

Our end-of-semester student feedback revealed several important challenges regarding effective Gen-AI usage:<\/p>\n