4 papers
Designing Knowledge Tools: How Students Transition from Using to Creating Generative AI in STEAM classroom
Qian Huang, Nachamma Sockalingam, Thijs Willems +1
This study explores how graduate students in an urban planning program transitioned from passive users of generative AI to active creators of custom GPT-based knowledge tools. Draw…
To Use or to Refuse? Re-Centering Student Agency with Generative AI in Engineering Design Education
Thijs Willems, Sumbul Khan, Qian Huang +3
This pilot study traces students' reflections on the use of AI in a 13-week foundational design course enrolling over 500 first-year engineering and architecture students at the Si…
Empowering Educators in the Age of AI: An Empirical Study on Creating custom GPTs in Qualitative Research Method education
Qian Huang, Thijs Willems
As generative AI (Gen-AI) tools become more prevalent in education, there is a growing need to understand how educators, not just students, can actively shape their design and use.…
Assessing employment and labour issues implicated by using AI
Thijs Willems, Darion Jin Hotan, Jiawen Cheryl Tang +4
This chapter critiques the dominant reductionist approach in AI and work studies, which isolates tasks and skills as replaceable components. Instead, it advocates for a systemic pe…