VinUni will soon bring ChatGPT into the curriculum

Tram Ho

OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot has recently caused quite a bit of controversy in the education industry when there was a case where the chatbot was asked to do homework or write a thesis for him. Sharing their views on this application, professors and lecturers at VinUni University said that the school encourages the use of this chatbot as a tool to support students in learning and research and will soon be included in the teaching. teach.

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Since its launch in November 2022, OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot has exploded in many fields, including education. Many schools in New York (USA) have banned access to this website in schools. In addition, the professors also revised the curriculum and teaching methods to prevent students from using this tool to “do homework” and cheat in exams.

At the prestigious University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, which is also the number one business school in the United States, Professor Christian Terwiesch gave ChatGPT a test for the MBA (Master of Business Administration program). The chatbot “does an excellent job at basic operations and process analysis questions, including those based on case studies” and can score B to B- for the test.

Must adapt to ChatGPT

Sharing his opinion, Mr. Daniel Ruelle, Director of the English and Communication Program, VinUni University, said that people massively use and experience ChatGPT without carefully understanding how it works. of this stuff can be a pretty dangerous thing. “In essence, this chatbot has to learn like us. It doesn’t know everything as we think it does. ChatGPT learns from the data entered from the system and also from the information provided by the user, so there will be a lot of incorrect information,” said Mr. Ruelle.

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Mr. Daniel Ruelle, Director of the English and Communication Program, VinUni

Mr. Ruelle compares ChatGPT to a handheld math calculator. “At that time everyone was afraid of this tool but now it has really helped us a lot. Similar to ChatGPT, we are also having the same reaction,” he shared.

According to him, the thing to do now is to “adapt” to this new application. Many schools are afraid that students will abuse ChatGPT to do homework, cheat in exams, so they give students a paper-based exam instead of using a regular computer, but in fact, technology is being widely applied in teaching and learning. life.

“So, instead of banning, VinUni will help students understand artificial intelligence, understand ChatGPT to be able to use this tool most effectively,” said Mr. Ruelle.

He also shared that he himself has been using this chatbot for more than a month now to learn about how this tool works. “I signed up for an account because I wanted to know how this chatbot really works. We have to know how ChatGPT works so that we can help students use it most effectively,” said Mr. Ruelle.

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Professor Wray Buntine, Director of the Computer Science Program, Institute of Engineering and Computer Science, VinUni University

About banning the use of ChatGPT in schools as some schools in the US are doing. Professor Wray Buntine, Director of the Computer Science Program, Institute of Engineering and Computer Science, VinUni University, said that this “doesn’t make much sense”. Professor Buntine said: “It’s like Google. We can ban students from using it when taking the test, but once out of the exam room, no one can control this. One way or another, they will use ChatGPT as a tool to support their work.”

Besides, Professor Rohit Verma, Rector of VinUni University, shared that, from the perspective of a lecturer, he always encourages lecturers and students to innovate and apply technology in teaching and learning. study. “Imagine in the future, there will be more and more tools like ChatGPT. What we need to do is always be ready to adapt to these technologies,” said Professor.

According to the Rector, VinUni has very strict regulations on quoting documents and information for both students and lecturers, even if it is ideas or information obtained from tools like ChatGPT. This helps students to be conscious and responsible for the information they use.

‘Big challenge but must have’

Mr. Ruelle said that this is a good opportunity for the education sector to rethink its approach to knowledge and teaching methods. Especially in the way of testing student knowledge, students absorb to ensure they have enough equipment to pursue their career. Instead of traditional tests, instructors need to think of more creative ways because sample questions are so easy with tools like ChatGPT.

“Our responsibility is to help students use this tool effectively, ethically, and point out the limitations and bad points of chatbots instead of prohibiting them,” said Mr. Ruelle, “This is a challenge. great knowledge but necessary for the education sector”.

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Professor Rohit Verma, Rector of VinUni University

Principal VinUni added: “As educators, we must help students prepare for both the present and the future. The university is ready to support students as much as possible to apply ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to study and research.”

According to Professor Wray, VinUni is in the process of researching and issuing regulations to soon apply ChatGPT in teaching and learning. “As early as March, we can use this tool in teaching,” Professor said.

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Source : Genk