What is the actual impact of measuring academic notions of impact?

Allen, Kelly‐Ann

doi:10.1017/edp.2019.16

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“…Various factors, such as better access to higher education, the growth of distance learning, social expectations regarding degrees for stable employment and competitive job markets (Kenny & Fluck 2022;United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2020) have contributed to the rise in university student enrolments over the last few decades. Over a similar period, academic staff have also reported increased workloads, particularly in respect to administrative tasks (Allen, 2019;Allen et al, 2020;Allen et al, 2021). Some academic institutions have been criticised for operating under a businessoriented model, prioritising profitability over education (Pucciarelli & Kaplan, 2016;Spinrad et al, 2022); however, there are several changes that may also contribute to increased workloads.…”

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Using leadership to leverage ChatGPT and artificial intelligence for undergraduate and postgraduate research supervision

Cowling,

Crawford,

Allen

et al. 2023

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ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) have hit higher education by storm. Much of the research focuses on how this – and similar – tools can be leveraged for effective education of undergraduate coursework students. In this study, we explore the emerging benefits and limitations of ChatGPT and LLMs in the context of undergraduate and postgraduate research supervision. What we found was that psychological need fulfilment, research student autonomy and relatedness were key outcomes that could be cultivated at the student level. At a unit or subject level, the opportunity for formative feedback was seen as a strength. We also discuss some key limitations to the tool, including how limited its ability to deconstruct social injustice and generate content appropriate to context. We used an example of leadership research to highlight that it may preference good outcomes and likewise present information related to current and normative practices rather than desired future practices. We conclude by considering the broad implications of this work on research supervision relationships. Implications for practice or policy: ChatGPT has the ability to enhance research higher degree research practices. AI and LLMs may support student psychological need fulfilment, autonomy, competence and relatedness. ChatGPT could provide preliminary formative feedback support for research and doctoral students prior to submitting drafts to supervisory teams. Policy safeguards are needed to ensure research responses to lack of context, data bias, equity concerns and lack of an ethical framework.

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