GenAI Research
GenAI Research Focus Areas
GenAI Assessment Integrity
ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, SciSpace and Wolfram versus higher education assessments
Sasha Nikolic, Carolyn Sandison, Rezwanul Haque, Scott Daniel, Sarah Grundy, Marina Belkina, Sarah Lyden, Ghulam M Hassan, Peter Neal
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After a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional stress testing, Table 10 provides an overview of academic integrity risks, short and long term assessment security options, and GenAI integration opportunities. We also provide procedures for risk assessment. Published: July 2024
2025
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Assessment integrity and validity in the teaching laboratory: adapting to GenAI by developing an understanding of the verifiable learning objectives behind laboratory assessment selection - European Journal of Engineering Education
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2024
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ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, SciSpace and Wolfram versus higher education assessments: an updated multi-institutional study of the academic integrity impacts of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) on assessment, teaching and learning in engineering - Australasian Journal of Engineering Education
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Engineering Assessment in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence: A Critical Analysis - 2024 World Engineering Education Forum-Global Engineering Deans Council (WEEF-GEDC)
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2023
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ChatGPT versus engineering education assessment: a multidisciplinary and multi-institutional benchmarking and analysis of this generative artificial intelligence tool to investigate assessment integrity - European Journal of Engineering Education
GenAI Ethics
Student identification of the social, economic and environmental implications of using GenAI
Zach Quince, Sasha Nikolic
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This study identified 32 ethical implications associated with GenAI use. The study discovers the limited ethical understanding students have. Students connect more with the positive implications.
Published: March 2025
2025
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Student identification of the social, economic and environmental implications of using Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI): identifying student ethical awareness of ChatGPT from a scaffolded multi-stage assessment - European Journal of Engineering Education
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2024
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The current ethical considerations of using GenAI in engineering education and practice: A systematic literature review - 35th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2024)
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GenAI Project Work
Project-work Artificial Intelligence Integration Framework (PAIIF)
Sasha Nikolic, Zach Quince, Anna Lidfors Lindqvist, Peter Neal, Sarah Grundy, May Lim, Faham Tahmasebinia, Shannon Rios, Josh Burridge, Kathy Petkoff, Ashfaque Ahmed Chowdhury, Wendy SL Lee, Rita Prestigiacomo, Hamish Fernando, Peter Lok, Mark Symes
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Developed by 16 academics from 9 Australian universities, a framework for AI integration within project work, using a CDIO base is presented. A starting point for teachers, not knowing where to begin!Published: March 2025
2025
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Project-work Artificial Intelligence Integration Framework (PAIIF): Developing a CDIO-based framework for educational integration - STEM Education
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Supporting Engineering Project-based Learning through the Use of ChatGPT and Generative AI: A Case Study -Artificial Intelligence Applications in Higher Education
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2024
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Piloting Implementation of Strategic Guidelines for Generative-AI use within an Engineering Design-Thinking Project - 35th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2024)
GenAI Integration
Implementing GenAI in Higher Education: A Systematic Review of Case Studies
Marina Belkina, Scott Daniel, Sasha Nikolic, Rezwanul Haque, Sarah Lyden, Peter Neal, Sarah Grundy, Ghulam M Hassan
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This study provides an analysis of literature through the lens of the Substitution, Augmentation, Modification and Redefinition (SAMR) framework, the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework, and Laurillard's Conversational Framework (LCF).
Published: June 2025
2025
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Implementing Generative AI (GenAI) in Higher Education: A Systematic Review of Case Studies - Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence
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Supporting Engineering Project-based Learning through the Use of ChatGPT and Generative AI: A Case Study - Artificial Intelligence Applications in Higher Education
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2024
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A Systematic Literature Review of Attitudes, Intentions, and Behaviours of Teaching Academics Pertaining to AI and Generative AI (GenAI) in Higher Education: An Analysis of GenAI Adoption using the UTAUT Framework - Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
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Systematic Literature Review of GenAI Integration in Higher Education and Analysis of Opportunities for Engineering Education - 35th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2024)
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GenAI Tutor
Prompt Potential: A Pilot Assessment of Using Generative Artificial
Intelligence (ChatGPT-4) as a Tutor for Engineering and Maths
Sasha Nikolic, Ashley Heath, Bao Anh Vu, Scott Daniel, Armin Alimardani, Caz Sandison, Xiaoping Lu, Brad Stappenbelt, David Hastie
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Pilot testing of ChatGPT's capability to provide accurate and supportive learning experiences via a tutor prompt
Published: September 2024
2025
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Papers under review
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2024
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Prompt Potential: A Pilot Assessment of Using Generative Artificial Intelligence (ChatGPT-4) as a Tutor for Engineering and Maths - SEFI 52nd Annual Conference