On the afternoon of October 23, the Engineering Training Center (School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship) hosted a Xingzhi Forum on the topic of "AI Empowering Project-Based Teaching to Cultivate Top Innovative Talents." The event was held in Room 1438 of the Training Building and featured a keynote speech by Professor Liu Jinku, Director of the Engineering Innovation Practice Center at East China University of Science and Technology and doctoral supervisor. Dozens of faculty members from various schools attended the forum.
Professor Liu shared his experience in transforming two of his own courses, illustrating how to build an efficient and low-cost AI teaching platform on campus. By integrating MOOC videos, virtual simulations, and equipment operation manuals into a large language model, students can engage in multi-round dialogues with AI teaching assistants after receiving open-ended project tasks. The AI system can automatically generate experiment plans, 3D paths, presentation slides, and knowledge maps, forming a closed loop of problem-driven learning, intelligent assistance, and real-time evaluation.
He emphasized that "AI will not replace teachers, but teachers who use AI will replace those who don’t." He noted that professional knowledge remains the foundation, with AI serving as a support tool. Teachers should leverage AI for personalized resource delivery and value-added assessment, making it the norm for students to be visibly engaged and inspired in class.
During the session, Professor Liu also engaged in in-depth discussions with faculty on topics such as plagiarism detection in student papers, the lack of domain-specific large models, and platform maintenance costs. He encouraged teachers to start using AI tools and iterate continuously, working together to explore new paradigms for cultivating top innovative talents in the age of artificial intelligence.