Team to analyse how teachers and students are using AI in curriculum design and delivery
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PIctured: Joe Gibbs, Lero; Ian McGarry, AWS Ireland; and Prof Stephen Kinsella, University of Limerick
Software research centre Lero has begun a project worth more than €1 million aiming to develop strategies that will equip educators to integrate and deploy artificial intelligence (AI) based code-generation tools and practices into curriculum design and delivery.
The project, led by researchers within the immersive software engineering programme (ISE) at UL, will explore how computer science education is evolving in response to emerging technologies, with a particular focus on preparing students for careers in modern software development.
The team will be Prof Chris Exton, Academic Director of ISE at University of Limerick and will be joined by Prof Jim Buckley and Dr. James Patten.
Prof Exton said: “This research will help us understand how to best prepare students for careers where technology is constantly evolving. We are examining fundamental questions about how students learn and develop the skills they need to succeed in a software industry that is rapidly changing due to AI.”
The project is supported by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and builds on UL’s existing collaboration with the company. In August 2022, UL announced the launch of its Global Fellowships programme as part of its BSc/MSc in Immersive Software Engineering, which is funded through a philanthropic gift from AWS, allowing UL to establish and fully fund the programme in perpetuity.
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