Dear reader, Fall 2023. What an exciting time to be in engineering education! Gunter Bombaerts and Diana A. Martin We all have been preaching our entire careers, be it months or decades, that engineering students should be scaffolded to develop…
This year the Best papers were awarded in 4 categories, including a diversity and inclusiveness award in memory of Prof Susanne Ihsen. We sincerely congratulate the 2023 SEFI Best Paper winners: Best Student Paper Award: Francisca Trigueiros, Jenni Kaipainen, Frederico Silva,…
José Carlos Quadrado from ISEL Portugal on Recognition with Neil Cooke and Natalie Wint Higher education stakeholders make increasing calls for teaching professionalisation. However, academics face varying levels of training for their teaching careers dependent on their context, with development…
Cécile Hardebolle, EPFL, Switzerland A paradigm shift has occurred in the discourse around the influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on our livelihood over the past year 2022 due to the release of multiple Generative AI-tools i.e., tools that generate audio/visual/text-based…
Andrew Katz, Virginia Tech, USA Almost one year ago, OpenAI released ChatGPT for public use. In the following months, other large organizations started releasing competitor large language models for text generation. To some observers, these technologies opened a Pandora’s box.…
Vlasta Sikimić, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands The potential use of advanced digital tools in education extends over algorithmic grading, individualized feedback, attention measuring using eye-tracking and other tools, the use of virtual reality or augmented reality in classrooms, etc. Moreover,…
Dr. Scott Daniel, University of Technology Sydney, Australia ChatGPT and other generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools are having a massive impact on many different aspects of society, causing alarm and excitement in equal measure. Its powerful creative abilities are challenging…
Constantin Vică, University of Bucharest, Romania Another text on Artificial Intelligence, another opinion about the quicksand of today's technological world. The saturation we have reached in this vast subject, although we have by no means exhausted the analysis of the…
Maximilian Rossmann, Maastricht University, The Netherlands In the ever-evolving landscape of education and technology, the spotlight has recently been seized by innovations in the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI). One particular manifestation of AI, transformer-based models like GPT-3, has been…
Mihály Héder, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary A consortium of four European universities - three of them SEFI members-, together with research institutes and AI companies have established the Human-Centered AI Masters Programme (HCAIM), which has launched last…