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Innovative Teaching Methods in Higher Education: The Case of University of Primorska

Table 5 The Application of AI Tools
AI tools and resources Always Often Sometimes Never
f f % f f % f f % f f %
ChatGPT 3 4,1 9 1, 35 47,3 7 36,5
Bing AI 1 1,4 4 5,4 69 93,
Google Bard 5 6,8 69 93,
Copilot 1 1,4 5 6,8 68 91,9
DALL–E 3 9 1, 65 87,8
Midjourney 1 1,4 73 98,6
ASReview Lab 1 1,4 73 98,6
ResearchRabbit 3 4,1 71 95,9
SciSpace 1 1,4 5 6,8 68 91,9
Invideo 1 1,4 3 4,1 7 94,6
AIVA 1 1,4 73 98,6
Soundful 1 1,4 73 98,6
Mendeley 1 1,4 5 6,8 15 ,3 53 71,6
Otter.ai 1 1,4 1 1,4 5 6,8 67 9,5

traditional teaching methods. Implementing innovative teaching methods
often requires investment in training, technology, and infrastructure, which
some institutions may struggle to allocate due to budget constraints. Faculty
members may feel overwhelmed by their existing workload and find it chal-
lenging to invest time in learning and implementing new teaching methods
effectively.’
However, it also needs to be stressed, that 1 respondents clearly stated
they see no obstacles for implementing innovative teaching methods.

Higher Education Professors Training Needs Regarding Better Implement
Innovative Teaching Methods into their Teaching
A total of 36 respondents stated they need courses in which they would gain
the knowledge of using digital skills and digital tools used for teaching, with 11
of them specifically pointing to the use of AI in teaching. They also expressed
the need to learn about digital and cyber security teaching methods, innova-
tive didactics, introducing games into course teaching, using digital content
in teaching, using digital technologies to adjust curriculum and how to adopt
innovative method to subjects hey teach. Interestingly, teachers also suggest-
ed topic which are not directly connected to innovative teaching methods in
sense of using digital tools, but are more generally related to pedagogy and
didactics. These are: efficient student management, participatory teaching
methods, methods that are appropriate to use to teach with new generations,

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