GET CHATTY WITH ChatGPT: How to Use the AI Chatbot Everyone’s Talking About

Dr. Abd Karim Alias is a former Professor of Food Technology at the School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and the former Director of the Centre for Development of Academic Excellence. He taught at USM for over 28 years (since 1994). In addition, he held several administrative positions, including Deputy Dean and Director of CDAE, Senate member for many years, and Senate representative on the university's Board of Governors. Currently, he is serving as a Distinguished Fellow at UNITEN. In 2008, he received the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia's prestigious National Academic Award for teaching. He has received Malaysia's Rising Star 2015 Award (Highest research citation in Agricultural Sciences/Food Science & Technology), the Malaysia Research Star Award for four consecutive years (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019), and the World's Most Influential Scientific Minds by Clarivet Analytics. On a national level, he is a Master Trainer for AKEPT and a writer to the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2015-2025 (Higher Education). As co-chairman of the National Technical Committee, he led the development of Malaysia's MOOC. Dr. Karim is an ardent supporter of utilising the Internet as an alternative learning and teaching medium. He has created and maintained a variety of teaching-related portals, websites, online courses, and blogs. As of January 2023, his 458 instructional videos on YouTube have received over 1.3 million views from over 190 countries, with an estimated 69 thousand hours viewed and over 8000 subscribers. At IUCEL2022, he was awarded two prestigious national awards, i.e., the Higher Education e-Learning Maestro Award and the Best Trendsetter Award.