{"id":277165,"date":"2026-06-18T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/harnessing-generative-artificial-intelligence-to-create-authentic-learning-activities\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T14:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T18:56:09","slug":"harnessing-generative-artificial-intelligence-to-create-authentic-learning-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/harnessing-generative-artificial-intelligence-to-create-authentic-learning-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Harnessing generative artificial intelligence to create authentic learning activities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harnessing generative artificial intelligence to create authentic learning activities<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.ualberta.ca\/en\/the-quad\/2026\/06\/harnessing-generative-artificial-intelligence-to-create-authentic-learning-activities.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-18 14:05:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.ualberta.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

The <\/span>AI with Purpose<\/strong> series showcases how faculty and staff are thoughtfully using AI to enhance student learning, improve efficiencies and model critically informed use \u2013 while clarifying the university\u2019s values, building AI literacy and strengthening U of A leadership in this rapidly evolving\u00a0<\/span>space.<\/span><\/p>\n

A small team of academics in the College of Health Sciences is making a big impact by exploring the effects of integrating generative AI into authentic learning activities in health professions education.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Ken Cor, assistant dean Assessment and Evaluation in the Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Dr. Tim Konoval, assistant teaching professor <\/span>of Interdisciplinary Health in the CHS Office of Education<\/span>, alongside <\/span>PhD<\/span> students <\/span>Rojin Adabdokht and Ehsan Misaghi, <\/span>have leveraged a $25,000 grant from t<\/span>he <\/span>Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (<\/span>TLEF)<\/span> at the U of A to examine <\/span>how connecting learning activities with practical application of GenAI impacts students\u2019 self-efficacy and beliefs about its use. The study ran nine times <\/span>across<\/span> eight courses, from pharmacy to physiotherapy and kinesiology over the past year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One instance of using GenAI in the classroom to support learning involved training Gems, custom-configured personalized AI assistants, using <\/span>Google Gemini<\/span> to act as interprofessional learning coaches. Students utilized their Gems to learn and ask questions about the roles of other health-care professionals. For example, nursing students can better understand what medical laboratory scientists do and how they might interact with them through a Gem. \u201cRole clarity is really important,\u201d says Tim, adding the information should be verified by real health professionals or faculty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe most important thing is to be transparent about how you\u2019re using GenAI as an instructor, how you see students using it and then co-create those guidelines with students,\u201d says Tim.<\/span><\/p>\n

The team is using their findings to…<\/span><\/p>\n

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