Generative Artificial Intelligence and Encounters with Knowledge in STEM Higher Education Curricula

Wesley Doorsamy, Kershree Padayachee, Alan S. Cornell

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Abstract

Generative artificial intelligence has garnered significant interest in higher education, with growing concerns about its consequences for teaching, learning, and assessment. Educators are now faced with the task of adopting genAI into curricula in ways that are responsive to both the short- and long-term effects of this technological disruption on learning. This study considers these effects, focusing on the impacts of genAI on the intrinsic value of learning and its influences on shaping transformative encounters with knowledge in STEM curricula. The implications of incorporating genAI into outcomes and assessment tasks are examined using a constructivist approach based on taxonomies of cognitive skills involved in learning and STEM competency development namely, Bloom's and SOLO taxonomies, and Luckett's knowledge planes. The study offers insights into how the incorporation of genAI may influence conceptual knowledge building and the development of certain STEM graduate attributes and makes recommendations for teachers of STEM curricula.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEDUCON 2025 - IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, Proceedings
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)9798331539498
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2025
Event16th IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2025 - London, United Kingdom
Duration: 22 Apr 202525 Apr 2025

Publication series

NameIEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON
ISSN (Print)2165-9559
ISSN (Electronic)2165-9567

Conference

Conference16th IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2025
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period22/04/2525/04/25

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Information Systems and Management
  • Education
  • General Engineering

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