TY - CHAP
T1 - The utilization of artificial intelligence at the Kwansei Gakuin University Language Center
T2 - instructor suggestions for enhancing teaching and learning
AU - Stringer, Thomas
AU - Townsend-Nakai, Leon
AU - Gamble, Craig
AU - Wilkins, Michael
PY - 2024/6/3
Y1 - 2024/6/3
N2 - Artificial intelligence (AI) is developing rapidly and affecting how education is co-constructed by teachers and learners. There has been an explosion of exploratory research in the past 5 years as new AI tools such as ChatGPT (OpenAI, 2023) have been made available to the wider public. The Japanese government is also very interested in incorporating these tools into different sectors. Similarly, as an educational institution, Kwansei Gakuin University (KGU) is being influenced by developments in AI technology. Instructors at the KGU Language Center (LC) are experimenting with how to leverage the affordances of AI to best support language teaching and learning. In this paper, suggestions and guidance are given for how to use AI in specific content, testing, and remedial courses offered by the LC, as well as for future research. The suggestions may not only be useful for LC teaching staff, but also transferable to other contexts.
AB - Artificial intelligence (AI) is developing rapidly and affecting how education is co-constructed by teachers and learners. There has been an explosion of exploratory research in the past 5 years as new AI tools such as ChatGPT (OpenAI, 2023) have been made available to the wider public. The Japanese government is also very interested in incorporating these tools into different sectors. Similarly, as an educational institution, Kwansei Gakuin University (KGU) is being influenced by developments in AI technology. Instructors at the KGU Language Center (LC) are experimenting with how to leverage the affordances of AI to best support language teaching and learning. In this paper, suggestions and guidance are given for how to use AI in specific content, testing, and remedial courses offered by the LC, as well as for future research. The suggestions may not only be useful for LC teaching staff, but also transferable to other contexts.
KW - Japan
KW - Artificial intelligence (AI)
KW - Language teaching theory and methods
M3 - Chapter
VL - 27
T3 - Annual Research Report of the Language Center
SP - 3
EP - 34
BT - Annual research report of the Language Center
ER -