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Impacts of generative AI usage on the expression of humanity in university teaching
Neculaita-Mocanu, Malina-Andreea (2025) Impacts of generative AI usage on the expression of humanity in university teaching.
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| Abstract: | The integration of generative AI into higher education has rapidly altered pedagogical practices, while also providing new means to automate, personalize and facilitate a quicker and more efficient delivery of instructions. While these technologies are made to improve various areas of the educational process (including content creation, assessment, and feedback delivery), they simultaneously trigger important questions about the humanistic quality of teaching. This thesis will examine the role of generative AI in influencing humanity levels in university teaching, specifically the dimensions of care and empathy, authenticity, relational presence, and ethical responsibility. Focused on qualitative research design and using the Gioia approach, this research is based on data collected from semi-structured interviews with university educators who are currently implementing AI into their teaching practices. It investigates how AI is shaping teacher-student engagement and examines how the use of multiple AI tools can be detrimental or beneficial to academic instruction. By understanding both the possibilities and challenges presented by generative AI, this research aims at identifying key pedagogical and institutional considerations that enable universities to maintain human-centered teaching. The findings are intended to add to the academic conversation on AI in education, developing a conceptual framework for understanding humanity in technology-mediated teaching. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 85 business administration, organizational science |
| Programme: | International Business Administration BSc (50952) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/106895 |
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