Hallym University Institute of Humanities Holds Special Lecture on "Horizons and Possibilities of AI and Humanities Education"

Hallym University Presents Educational Model for AI-Utilized Humanities Education
Highlights Need for Developing "AI Tailored to the Humanities"

Hallym University (President Choi Yanghee) held its first special lecture on December 8 at the seminar room in Humanities Building 1 on campus, under the theme "Horizons and Possibilities of AI and Humanities Education: Establishing Standards for AI Utilization in Humanities Education."

Hallym University (President Choi Yanghee) held its first special lecture on the 8th at the Humanities Building 1 seminar room on campus, under the theme "Horizons and Possibilities of AI and Humanities Education: Establishing Standards for AI Utilization in Humanities Education." Provided by Hallym University

This event was co-hosted by the Hallym University Institute of Humanities, the Digital Humanities Research Institute, Glocal University 30, and the AI Convergence Research Institute.

Professor Yoon Sook (Lecturer at the Center for General Education, Incheon National University), who delivered the special lecture, presented on "Practical Design of AI-Utilized Humanities Classes," offering guidelines for designing AI tutors and ethical standards tailored to digital native students.

Professor Yoon introduced real classroom cases from Hallym University and Incheon National University, emphasizing that AI should be used not merely as a tool for producing results, but as a means to expand students' creative thinking. In particular, she stressed that in humanities classes, AI tutors should be designed to prompt questions rather than provide answers, thereby enhancing students' critical thinking skills. She noted that after the introduction of AI, there was a positive change in the quality of students' questions.

Professor Yoon also pointed out the current limitations of AI systems and the need for developing customized tools. She highlighted that AI systems at universities are currently developed mainly for STEM fields focused on deriving correct answers, making it difficult to accommodate humanities-oriented thinking.

Accordingly, she emphasized the necessity of establishing thorough preparatory guidelines in the humanities, such as setting clear objectives and complying with copyright and ethical standards. She concluded her lecture by suggesting that, ultimately, it is necessary to develop and actively introduce AI tools tailored to the humanities at the university level to support students' unique creativity and thinking.

Yang Taekeun, Director of the Hallym University Institute of Humanities, remarked, "This special lecture was meaningful in that it allowed us to confirm the direction that humanities education should take in a rapidly changing digital education environment through practical classroom examples." He added, "Hallym University's College of Humanities will continue to strive to develop educational models that can actively deepen new possibilities in AI research and humanities education."

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