Greeting:
Engineering Academic.
My name
is Dr Godfrey Marumure, a Principal Academic Development
Officer, from CASSE, College of Agriculture, Engineering & Science (CAES),
University of KwaZulu-Natal.
You are being invited to consider
participating in a study that involves Engineering Academic staff perception
towards students’ use of Generative Artificial Intelligence:
Implication on teaching and assessment. The study aims to explore academic
staff perception towards students use of GenAI tools in their academic
activities and how the staff respond to maintain teaching and assessment
integrity of their courses.
The study participants to respond
to self-administered online questionnaire with
varied items for approximately 15-20 minutes. The study is part of
College of Agriculture, Engineering & Science Teaching and Learning
researches.
The study does not involve any risks or
discomforts. The students' use of Generative AI tools in engineering at UKZN is
not documented, including the academic staff's perception towards their
use. The expectation is for academic staff to adjust their teaching and
assessment to remain relevant and maintain the academic integrity of the BScEng
degree. The study provides academics the opportunity to share their
practices in responding to students' use of GenAI tools as the research results shall be made available to the school.
This study has been ethically reviewed and approved
by the UKZN Humanities and Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee (approval
number HSSREC/00008820/2025).
In the event of any problems or concerns/questions
you may contact the researcher at email address: marumureg@ukzn.ac.za. Contact number
+27 312602781 or +27 780121616 or the UKZN Humanities & Social Sciences
Research Ethics Committee, contact details as follows:
HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES
RESEARCH ETHICS ADMINISTRATION
Research
Office, Westville Campus; Govan Mbeki Building; Private Bag X 54001; Durban; 4000; KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH
AFRICA; Tel: 27 31 2604557- Fax: 27 31 2604609; Email: HSSREC@ukzn.ac.za
Access
questionnaire via link:
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/dPAbAqPTGi
Kind
regards
Godfrey
