GenAI pilots TLC Science Archieven - UvA Teaching and Learning Centres (TLC)

The rise of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has a significant impact on academic education. That’s why the Teaching & Learning Centre Science in February 2024 launched a project integrating GenAI into the teaching process. In these GenAI pilot programmes at the Faculty of Science, various applications of GenAI in higher education are being explored and their added value is being evaluated. The project marks a major step forward in using the potential of GenAI to enhance and personalise learning.

The aim is to effectively deploy GenAI (specifically UvA AI Chat) in teaching, enhancing student learning within a shielded cloud environment that ensures user security and privacy. The video’s below showcase the pilots and provide the viewers with ideas how GenAI may be used in their education in the future, to enrich the educational experience for both students and lecturers.

Project information

Project leader(s):	Merel Pompe, Emma Wiersma, Vincent Tijms, Sabine Uijl
Educational innovation:	Effectively deploy GenAI (specifically UvA AI Chat) in teaching in a responsible way
Duration:	February 2024 till august 2025 (phase 1) – since september 2025 ongoing

BSc Science, Technology & Innovation

Morten Strømme, Mimi den Uijl and Pim Linnebank created a Makerspace bot, which the students could use to ask questions about the Biomimicry minor, to brainstorm on their project, and to find tools and materials in the Makerspace.

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IIS honours course

Coyan Tromp let her students use ChatGPT for all kinds of purposes, for example to visualise the future educational landscape or to generate content for the course they had to design.

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BSc Scheikunde

Anika Jonker let her students use ChatGPT to prepare their laboratory experiment and she created a persona that her students could use to receive feedback on their practicum report.

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BSc Bèta-Gamma

Jasper ter Schegget, Charlotte de Beijer and Daniël Kooij focused on improving the students’ digital literacy. The students discussed the functioning and risks of GenAI, used ChatGPT for a writing assignment, and tested their GenAI knowledge in a Canvas quiz.

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AUC

Paul Verhagen let his students practice their debating skills by using four different persona’s, each with their own ideological beliefs. This exposed the students to counterarguments they may not have considered or encountered before.

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BSc Biomedische Wetenschappen

Lotte Tavecchio, Jorg Brunner and Ricardo Paap let their students use ChatGPT as a writing coach when writing a mini thesis. During the seminars, a lot of time was spent on discussing how to deal responsibly with GenAI in writing and research.

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BSc Informatica

Koen van Elsen had his students use and compare four different LLM models that could help them with programming and writing assignments.

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MSc Physics & Astronomy

Christoph Weniger let his students use ChatGPT to clarify course content, help them with coding homework exercises, and produce mock questions for practicing the exam.

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BSc Future Planet Studies

Anne Uilhoorn created a persona that could give targeted feedback on the research questions of her students.

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BSc Psychobiologie

Jessika Buitenweg let her students use ChatGPT as a writing coach when writing a review paper. During the writing process, the students reflected on the AI generated output with their supervisor.

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GenAI pilots TLC Science

The rise of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has a significant impact on academic education. That’s why the Teaching & Learning Centre Science launched a project integrating GenAI, specifically ChatGPT, into the teaching process. In these GenAI pilot programmes at the Faculty of Science, various applications of GenAI in higher education are being explored and their added value is being evaluated. The project will run for a year and marks a major step forward in using the potential of GenAI to enhance and personalise learning.