Meliora: a podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute
Welcome to the Meliora Podcast from the Sustainability and Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton!
This podcast explores the greatest and most wicked problem that is sustainability, whilst looking at how we are collectively addressing this critical global challenge.
Sustainability needs to be addressed by understanding how the economy, society, culture, politics and environment intersect, and this is the focus that informs each episode of the Meliora podcast.
In each episode, host Professor Simon Kemp and guest hosts are joined by a variety of guests, including academics, students, staff, researchers, alumni, community groups and business leaders.
The aim of the podcast is to shine a light on the vast range of topics surrounding sustainability and to allow listeners to learn about the critical challenges we face, as well as how they can be part of the solution. We also ensure our fantastic students have the opportunity to share their brilliant work with the world.
Podcast host: Professor Simon Kemp, Deputy Director of the Sustainability & Resilience Institute, University of Southampton
Podcast editors: Lily Killner, Sophie Green, Libby Kale, Jack Dinham, Ellie Howell, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton
Podcast communications: Hannah Parish, Alexander Ayerst, Maya Stevens, University of Southampton
Please do get in touch to discuss this podcast and any of the issues we raise by emailing sri@soton.ac.uk
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Meliora: a podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute
Jack Carter, Shaska Nicholson, Montasir Ahmed: ‘The Use of GenAI in Higher Education’
We’re joined by three of our students - Jack Carter and Shaska Nicholson, who are studying BSc Biology, and Montasir Ahmed, who is studying BSc Pharmacology to discuss their research project ‘The Use of GenAI in Higher Education’
Over the past 6 months, they have been working on their Capstone Research Project as part of their School of Biological Sciences ‘Science Communication’ module. They investigated how students in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton are using Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) for learning purposes.
In this episode, they discuss how widely GenAI is being used by students, which AI platforms are most popular, and student opinions on whether GenAI has improved their learning experience and academic performance. They also explore how education might adapt in the future, either by integrating GenAI more fully into everyday learning or by finding ways to mitigate its potential negative impacts through changes to assessment.
Recommended papers:
Exploring the integration of ChatGPT in education: adapting for the future – (Elbanna et al., 2024).https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/msar-03-2023-0016/full/html
Leadership is needed for ethical ChatGPT: Character, assessment, and learning using artificial intelligence (AI) – (Crawford et al., 2023) https://open-publishing.org/journals/index.php/jutlp/article/view/645
Ethical principles for artificial intelligence in education - (Nguen et al., 2022). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10639-022-11316-w
Episode guests: Jack Carter and Shaska Nicholson, who are studying BSc Biology, and Montasir Ahmed, BSc Pharmacology
Episode host: Prof Simon Kemp
Episode producers: Libby Kale and Ellie Howell
Episode editor: Ellie Howell
