This Connect&Learn explores the pervasive presence of AI in education, questioning whether it is a blessing or a curse. It emphasises the importance of understanding AI for its effective use and discusses the rapid pace at which AI-related challenges are emerging.

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What to Expect?

  • Understanding AI: Discover what AI, especially generative AI, truly is and how it creates new content like text, images, and videos
  • Applications in Education: Learn about the various ways AI is being utilised in educational settings, from predicting student success to creating adaptive learning paths and detecting plagiarism
  • Ethical Considerations: Discuss the ethical challenges, biases, and environmental impacts associated with AI in education.

This Connect&Learn promises to be an enlightening experience for educators and policy makers interested in the intersection of AI and education. Don't miss this opportunity to broaden your understanding of AI and its potential to transform the way we teach and learn!

What is AI?

AI, particularly generative AI, is defined as technology capable of creating new content such as text, images, music, or videos based on training data. One example of AI in action is generating stories or producing artworks.

Meet our speaker

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Tinne De Laet

Professor at the Faculty of Engineering Science of KU Leuven

Tinne De Laet is professor at KU Leuven’s Faculty of Engineering Science and the Leuven Engineering and Science Education Center. Her research focuses on engineering education, Learning Analytics, and self-regulated learning in STEM. She leads Tutorial Services for Engineering Science, supporting first-year students.

She coordinates interdisciplinary projects that link research to educational practice, such as Explanations in AI, Reflect, and the Erasmus+ projects ABLE, STELA, and LALA. These projects aim to improve student learning and transitions into higher education.

Tinne is active in educational policy at KU Leuven and VLIR, and serves on the executive board of Leuven.AI and the KU Leuven Institute for Educational Research. She has published extensively and was selected for the Lighthouse Educational Leadership programme.

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