Using ChatGPT Responsibly in the Classroom

 



Hong Yang is offering some answers to this very current and important question: how we can use the chatbot(s) in a responsible way when we are teaching. The article was published in Nature.

Yang of course recognizing that students could use this technology for cheating, but instead of instantly punishing them, he concentrates on ideas of how to change his own teaching to better accommodate the changing world of academia.

The first of his ideas is rethinking assignments so that students do more hands-on work rather than writing literature reviews. Surely, it seems as an easier solution when we talk about science subjects rather than English, and especially composition, but reconfiguring our assignments will likely be the very first step we have to take.

He also offers some practical tips, out of which my favorites are diversifying our assessments and to be aware of what risks ChatGPT possesses so that you can be ready for what your students may bring to your class by using it.

What are your thoughts? Are you thinking about ways of incorporating ChatGPT? If so, how?

You can find the whole article here: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01026-9  

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