Rene Kizilcec
Chief Scientist,
Cornell University
HiTA: A Controllable and Trustworthy AI Platform for Educational Institutions
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 | 4:00PM–4:45PM CT | EDUCAUSE Commons, Posters Plus
Session Type:
Poster Session
Delivery Format:
Poster Session
Students want it. Instructors want it…maybe. An innovative team of faculty members and expert technologists have cracked the code to making generative artificial intelligence a friendly force in their classrooms by creating a virtual teaching assistant. This virtual TA uses large-language models that are trained on your unique classroom curriculum and course materials. Your instructors can curate how their virtual TA interacts with their students and the type of support it provides. It doesn’t just give students the answers but guides them thoughtfully through learning and exploratory steps. Instructors in turn can get instant, concise insights into the questions and topics that their students seek help with so they can curate their own course teaching activity and update their materials accordingly. How does it work? Hear from institutions who are actively piloting a virtual TA solution in their classrooms. You will learn about the needs these solutions address, early experiences shared by instructors and students, and the foundational work that is important with these types of technology implementations.in order to address data protection, user security, and institutional content.
