Prof. Ir. Dr. Khairul Salleh bin Mohamed Sahari
Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Quality Assurance), Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA)
Keynote Speech:
Quality Assurance of Higher Education in the Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence
Quality Assurance of Higher Education in the Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence
Abstract
The introduction and advancement of generative artificial intelligence (AI), a powerful tool that can create original contents, especially text-based contents using underlying AI models, such as a large language model (LLM) has drastically change the way how learning takes place. While there is definitely the good side of generative AI in assisting us to learn more, faster and better, there are also risks and threats that come with the use of the technology. Authenticity of learning is now being questioned more than ever, and Quality Assurance of higher education programmes, both internal and external, will have to seriously address the increasing threats posed by generative AI to ensure that the intended learning outcomes of students or learners are met and not compromised, while promoting fairness and equity in learning. This keynote will try to address the various potential and threats of generative AI and recommend the ethical use of AI in learning for institutions, academics and students.
Biography
Khairul Salleh Mohamed Sahari is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Quality Assurance) of the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) since May 2019. He is responsible for all quality assurance (QA) activities of the agency which includes policy and standards development, QA assessor development and deployment, accreditation of higher education programmes and providers in the country, equivalency evaluation of foreign qualifications, comparability exercises on QA processes and outcomes, and accreditation of prior experiential learning, among others.
He is currently the Chairperson of the ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework Committee and President of the Association of Quality Assurance Agencies of the Islamic World. He also sits as a council member in the Engineering Technology Accreditation Council, Malaysia, and chairs the Accreditation Committee Meetings at MQA.
Dr. Khairul obtained his Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from Waseda University, Japan in 2000, and his Master in Mechanical Engineering and PhD in Engineering from Kanazawa University, Japan in the year 2002 and 2006 respectively. His research interest is in the area of robotics, mechatronics, artificial intelligence and control.