The Centre for Digital Humanities cordially invites you to a webinar, presented by Prof Mariska Nel.
This webinar examines Adaptive AI and immediate feedback, asking how fast formative responses from a tutorbot could change learning in your module. Through a short live demo, an exploratory role‑play where lecturers use a tutorbot as a student, and a hands‑on prompt‑building breakout, participants will experience the learner perspective, practise three compact prompt techniques, and leave with a classroom‑ready interaction that delivers meaningful, immediate feedback. The session balances practical skills (prompt design; a simple analytics heuristic) with critical reflection on usability, equity, and ethical oversight, and is scoped for mixed technical skill levels so every lecturer can take away a usable classroom tool.
Prof Mariska Nel is an Associate Professor in Academic Literacy at the North-West University. Her research is focused on integrating technological advances into higher education, with a specific emphasis on academic literacy. This includes several key areas such as HyFlex (multimodal) teaching and learning, online content development, effective electronic feedback, fostering student success through acculturation, and the integration of artificial intelligence and digital literacy into academic pedagogies. She is enthusiastic about any technology that can enhance the teaching and learning process and is committed to exploring its practical application.
Key outcomes:
- Understand and experience the possibilities of Adaptive AI for immediate feedback
- See the learner’s perspective and surface equity implications
- Build a tutorbot interaction that gives immediate feedback on one question
For more information, kindly contact Glenda Kgosana.