Generative AI as a didactic-pedagogical mediator: rethinking human roles and pedagogical design in higher education

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is significantly impacting higher education by offering new pedagogical capabilities like generating explanations, feedback, and learning resources. While it presents opportunities as a complementary tool, institutions also perceive it as a threat to academic integrity, leading to reactive measures like prohibition. Current AI frameworks in education are primarily functional, overlooking how GenAI fundamentally reshapes pedagogical agency, responsibility, and knowledge work.

The rapid integration and dual perception of Generative AI in higher education necessitate a proactive and strategic approach to understanding its systemic impact. Institutions must move beyond reactive measures to develop comprehensive strategies that leverage GenAI's benefits while mitigating risks, ensuring long-term pedagogical integrity and effectiveness.

GenAI is rapidly transforming pedagogical practices in higher education through capabilities such as generating explanations, feedback, simulations, and learning resources.

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