AI Tinker Session: An Introduction to Vibe Coding in Education

The LDTI GenAI Tinker Sessions provide an opportunity for academic staff to try out different tools, experiment with their functionality, and think about how they could be used in day-to-day work.

Tinker sessions are intended for academic staff and will include activities focused on teaching activities. 

Join LDTI for a discussion of, and hands on experimentation with, vibe coding using GenAI.

Vibe Coding refers to a coding approach that relies on LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, CoPilot, etc), allowing programmers to generate working code by providing natural language descriptions rather than manually writing it.

In this session we will explore some ways in which educators may use this approach to support their teaching activities.

In the lead up to the session, LDTI will email all registrants with details of any supporting material that will be required. Given the hands-on nature of these sessions, recordings are not available. However, resources (e.g. example prompts etc.) are shared following each session

Related Resources

• Policy on the use of Generative AI in Teaching, Learning and Assessment
• AI in Action: Vibe Coding for Student Engagement
• Vibe Coding: A Low-Barrier Approach for Creating Digital Teaching and Learning Resources with Generative AI - A presentation from the University of Sydney 2026 AI in Higher Education Symposium
• Creating Online Learning Activities – AI in Action 06 September 2024

Tinker sessions support the University's commitment to providing opportunities for staff and students to develop the ability to apply GenAI to real work experiences through the development of resources to support GenAI literacy (Policy on the use of Generative AI in Teaching, Learning and Assessment).

View all upcoming sessions at LDTI GenAI Education Development Series.