{"id":5063,"date":"2025-06-19T23:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T23:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/editorial-moving-artificial-intelligence-scholarship-navigating-the-ai-frontier-in-higher-education\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T03:19:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T03:19:55","slug":"editorial-moving-artificial-intelligence-scholarship-navigating-the-ai-frontier-in-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/editorial-moving-artificial-intelligence-scholarship-navigating-the-ai-frontier-in-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial: Moving Artificial Intelligence Scholarship: Navigating the AI Frontier in Higher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: <strong>Editorial: Moving Artificial Intelligence Scholarship: Navigating the AI Frontier in Higher Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/1719' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download PDF: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/1719\/1032' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>The swift and pervasive rise of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly Generative AI (GenAI), is reshaping the educational landscape globally. As we navigate a future shaped by developments in AI, the need for critical engagement, ethical frameworks, and innovative learning designs becomes paramount. This special issue of AJIMS, titled Moving Artificial Intelligence Scholarship, emerges at a crucial juncture. Employers today expect graduates to embody an entrepreneurial mindset, possess higher-order literacies, and demonstrate global relevance beyond discipline-specific expertise. This issue interrogates how AI intersects with these expectations, advancing conversations about the future of higher education and professional practice development, particularly navigating the perspectives from China and South Africa. The eight papers in this issue reflect the complexities of integrating AI into education, offering perspectives that span disciplinary, institutional, and cultural contexts. They collectively underscore the transformative potential of AI while highlighting the ethical, relational, and pedagogical challenges it introduces. \u00a0In this editorial, we synthesise the contributions of these works and their implications for academia.<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Anisa Vahed (Xi&#8217;an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China)<\/li>\n<li>Charlie Reis (https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8985-5061)<\/li>\n<li>Shalini Singh (Durban University of Technology, South Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Louise Drumm (Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>artficial intelligence, higher education, scholarship<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: Editorial: Moving Artificial Intelligence Scholarship: Navigating the AI Frontier in Higher Education Original Article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[2153,1648,1331,1649],"class_list":["post-5063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-ajims","tag-artficial-intelligence","tag-higher-education","tag-scholarship","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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