The Future of Learning AI, Ethics, and Sustainability in Higher Education

1. Introduction to AI, Ethics, and Sustainability in Higher Education

Mazni Omar, Samsul Ariffin Abdul Karim, and Yuto Lim

Section 1: Artificial Intelligence (AI)

2. Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: A Systematic Review of Human, Ethical, and Sustainability Challenges

Jia Qi Cheong, Jaratin Lily, and Kai Yee Hon

3. Augmented Reality for Inclusive Digital Literacy in Orang Asli Communities in Malaysia

Husna Sarirah Husin, Cheng Kin Meng, Suhazlan Suhaimi, Suriana Ismail, Afizan Azman, and Norhidayah Hamzah

4. Opportunities and Disconnections: A Review of the Current State of Integration between AI Simulators and TVET Based on Bibliometric Analysis

Qin Qin, Hapini Awang, and Nur Suhaili Mansor

5. From Automation to Accountability: The Promise and Perils of AI in Formative and Summative Assessments in Higher Education

Nurliyana Bukhari and Amrita Kaur

6. AI in Instructor Support: Enhancing Teaching Efficiency and Content Delivery

Mazida Ahmad, Lanto Ningrayati Amali, Muhammad Rifai Katili, and Mawarny Md Rejab

Section 2: Ethics

7. AI-Enabled Assessments and Competency-Based Learning: Policy and Ethics in Implementation

Kamal Imran Mohd Sharif, Hwang Ha Jin, Timur Raskaliyev, Bogdan Petrov, Mazni Omar, and Mahadi Hasan Miraz

8. Ethical AI Policies for Higher Education: A Framework for Responsible AI Integration

Abdul Rehman Gilal, Mazni Omar, Ruqaya Gilal, Kamal Imran Mohd Sharif, Mohammad Muhiuddin Abro, and Muhammad Yahya Gilal

9. Retrieval-Augmented Generation in Education: Architecture, Distance Metrics, and Agentic Design

Ivy Do and Samsul Ariffin Abdul Karim

10. OpenAI and Large Language Models in Higher Education: Opportunities and Threats

Siti Hajar Khairuddin

11. Authorship Detection with Effective Indexing and Ethical Architectures

Ivy Do and Samsul Ariffin Abdul Karim

Section 3: Sustainability

12. Sustainable Teaching through GenAI: Enhancing Instructor Support and Teaching Efficiency

Anitha Anandhan, Anitha Subbarayan, and Vijayalakshmi Kumarasamy

13. AI for Knowledge Synthesis in Future Learning: Advancing Ethical and Sustainable Education

Ivy Do and Samsul Ariffin Abdul Karim

14. The Opportunities and Impacts of Large Language Models in Higher Education

Jeffrey Cheong, Wai Leong Pang, Hui Hwang Goh, Kian Lun Soon, Wei Hown Tee, Fazliyatul Azwa Md Rezali, and Kah Yoong Chan

15. AI-Infused Value-Driven Design Thinking Framework for Engineering Education

Chockalingam Aravind Vaithilingam, Kandappan Balasubramanian, and Samsul Ariffin Abdul Karim

16. Sustainable AI in Education: Tools, Challenges, and the Way Forward

Mazni Omar, Samsul Ariffin Abdul Karim, and Yuto Lim

Biography

Mazni Omar is an Associate Professor at Universiti Utara Malaysia and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced and Smart Digital Opportunities (IASDO). Specializing in software engineering, her work covers agile management, software quality, processes, and AI-driven data mining. She publishes, secures grants, participates in Erasmus+ collaborations, and contributes to Scopus-indexed journals as an editorial board member and a guest editor.

Samsul Ariffin Abdul Karim is an Associate Professor and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Strategic Industrial Decision Modelling (ISIDM) at Universiti Utara Malaysia with a PhD in mathematics from Universiti Sains Malaysia and a registered MBOT Professional Technologist. His research includes numerical analysis, machine learning, and optimization. Dr. Karim has over 239 publications and 25 books, and he has received multiple awards, including Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Quality Day recognitions.

Yuto Lim earned a BEng (Hons) and an MInfTech from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak and a PhD from Kyoto University. He was a Researcher at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan, before joining the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), where he is now a Professor. His research includes quantum networks, wireless communication, IoT, smart cities, and cyber-physical systems.