How Should Higher Education Respond?

 


Nancy Gleason was ahead of the flood when she published an articleback in December on the use of ChatGPT in higher education. At the time it was still fairly new and the version most people could access produced less “ready” text than what today’s version does, but it was already obvious that this was going to be a huge new tool.

While she warns that we should be very careful to make sure we evaluate our students rather than AI, she also offers ideas on how to incorporate the chatbot into a writing class by providing a sample class activity: let your students use the bot during class time, and then have them discuss its generated text, so that they can assess what the AI came up with. I do not think this will end academic dishonesty, but it is a great first step in teaching our students how to use the chatbot in an ethical way.

What are your thoughts? Would this work in your classroom?

You can find the article here:  https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/chatgpt-and-rise-ai-writers-how-should-higher-education-respond


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