News Media’s Portrayal of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Teaching and Learning (Poster 27): Division J - Section 4: Faculty, Curriculum, and Teaching, 11:51

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to reveal the news media’s portrayal of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education teaching and learning and the underlying assumptions upholding the portrayal. With a critical discourse analysis, three themes emerged in the news discourse of AI in teaching and learning in higher education: a universally applicable technology, technology that frees up educators, and technology that higher education must embrace. In addition, I uncover assumptions underlying these conceptualizations. Considering culturally relevant teaching, disciplinary context, and risks of technology determinism, I argue that the portrayal of AI in higher education teaching and learning by news discourse needs to be interrogated and dismantled.

Author

• Sohee Park, Michigan State University