Team research project - the evolution from a faculty activity to a universitywide study standard

Abstract

In this article, the authors describe the idea of a university-wide team student project as a tool of modern academic teaching in the era of widespread use of artificial intelligence tools. The emerging tools for automatic content generation, including didactic and scientific content create some issues in contemporary teaching including the question of how to verify students’ qualifications and learning outcomes. A possible solution may be students’ group work on an interdisciplinary problem and a comprehensive approach to solving it. The authors present the current experience of the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics at Gda?sk University of Technology (Gda?sk Tech), Poland, where the combination of several fields of study enabled the implementation of interdisciplinary projects that go beyond one specialisation. The implementation of this idea in other faculties at Gda?sk Tech, and eventually in inter-faculty settings, marks the emergence of a new university-wide standard during Master’s studies.