- There are productive, ethical uses of AI tools. In fact, many industries are already using AI and will expect new hires to understand how to use AI effectively.
- We all have a role to play in getting students to understand when AI use is appropriate and when it is not.
- We need to stress the benefits of students doing their own work:
- The writing process helps students synthesize information and learn how to apply it to their own lives and careers.
- The writing process develops critical thinking skills as well as communication skills.
- Likely outcomes if students do not generate independent work:
- Unable to speak well about the discipline and their knowledge/skills during an interview
- Will struggle to perform on the job – ChatGPT, online test banks, word spinners, ghost writers will not be there to help them be efficient and productive in industry. It will not help them write work reports, communicate intelligently with peers and supervisors, or respond to urgent, in-the-moment situations that call for knowledge and critical thinking skills.
- Importance of programs/departments talking about this and coming to a consensus on approach so there is consistency within a program/department.
Although many faculty are understandably concerned the academic integrity implications of students using tools like ChatGPT (Marche, 2022), generative AI can also be used to enhance and support teaching. Here are some of the ways that you can incorporate AI tools into your teaching:
- Generate responses to common student questions or emails.
- Create test questions or test question answer options.
- Draft lesson plans or assignment instructions.
- Generate feedback comments to create a comment bank for assignments.
- Create examples or samples for students to compare their own work to or analyze.
- Walk students through how to use ChatGPT like a sophisticated version of Grammarly to revise and edit their writing.
- Demonstrate how to use ChatGPT as a basic tutoring tool to help students get explanations for confusing concepts.
- Use ChatGPT to give students’ real-time feedback on their writing in language learning classes.
- Summarize qualitative student feedback from OMETs.