Experts from Fachhochschule Dortmund and their project partners have added an exciting new module to the SecAware.nrw(Opens in a new tab) online self-learning platform: it's all about artificial intelligence, ChatGPT and deepfakes.
Short videos and easy-to-understand texts explain technical hallucinations of language models such as ChatGPT, playfully analyze various chatbot responses and point out pitfalls in dealing with AI. "We have placed an emphasis on student work in the new module and therefore also published it at the start of the semester," says Prof. Dr. Andreas Harrer, project manager for the Fachhochschule Dortmund SecAware team. New technologies such as the ChatGPT language model have become an integral part of students' everyday lives. "This is precisely why we want to raise awareness of critical use," adds Tabea Dobbrunz. She is a research assistant in the SecAware project and studied computer science at Fachhochschule Dortmund for her Bachelor's and Master's degrees.
The online self-learning platform SecAware.nrw is a project of the Institute for the Digital Transformation of Application and Living Domains (IDiAL), the Faculty of Computer Science at Fachhochschule Dortmund and the Institute for Internet Security at Westfälische Hochschule in Gelsenkirchen. The comprehensive offering teaches the basics of IT security - on topics such as passwords, phishing and social engineering, but also on fake news, data protection and cloud services. Users can decide for themselves whether they prefer to watch explanatory videos or read through texts. They can quickly test their knowledge in quiz sections and interactive elements provide variety while learning.
Another exciting feature is the module on dealing with copyrights. "If you need illustrations for your dissertation or other scientific publications, you can't just pick images from the internet and use them," emphasizes Tabea Dobbrunz. But this happens again and again. For the creators of SecAware.nrw, the topic of copyright was therefore of great importance. In the module, users therefore also learn the basics of Creative Commons licenses, among other things.
The offer is continuously being expanded and is available to everyone free of charge. The project is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the state of NRW.