MODERATOR | Kate Dixon
Deakin University
| “I am a mature-age Cloud student in the final year of a Bachelor of Criminology at Deakin University, transitioning to a new career after many years working in horticulture. I will be the first person in my extended family to complete a university degree. I regard the opportunity to study as a privilege, and I am deeply invested in my learning. Primarily, I use AI as a thinking and learning tool, including to recreate some of the informal intellectual dialogue that I have found difficult to access through online study. I am mindful of not outsourcing the intellectual work of learning, while also recognising the importance of developing AI literacy needed for a changing workplace. I believe universities have an important role in helping students use AI critically, ethically and confidently. I am considering postgraduate study and am keen to pursue a career in criminology, although my experiences at Deakin have sparked an interest in student engagement and higher education.” |