Marc Zimmer, Jean C. Tempel '65 Professor of Chemistry, demonstrates how his chemistry students might use large language models constructively to help with learning.
Thinking about ChatGPT as a pedagogy problem, rather than a plagiarism problem, is a way to approach our teaching generatively.
Scaffolding mitigates library anxiety, imposter syndrome, and accidental plagiarism.
Rather than assigning a big, summative paper or project at the end of the course, breaking it up into stages with student reflection reinforces original work and a growth mindset that can reduce the perceived need for students using a tool such as ChatGPT.
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meta(LAB) at Harvard: The AI Pedagogy Project - A collection of assignments and materials for educators curious about how AI affects their students and their syllabi.
Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning: Incorporating Generative AI in Teaching and Learning: Faculty Examples Across Disciplines - Columbia University faculty across disciplines provide a glimpse into their approaches as they experiment with AI in their classrooms and teach AI literacy to their students.
Center for Engaged Pedagogy, Barnard: Generative AI & the College Classroom - Recommendations for classroom activities, assignment design, and academic honesty and ethical considerations regarding the potential risks of generative AI.
Digital Futures Institute, Teachers College, Columbia University: Thinking About Assessment in the Time of Generative Artificial Intelligence - This instructional guide will walk through how to address your concerns with your students using transparency, various ways that AI can enhance student learning in the classroom, and assignment ideas for you to use in your course.
Professors at Play, AI Playbook - This open access source offers an easy-to-read tour of AI. It discusses the reality of AI and the value of play in exploring AI through a collection of 17 AI tools with ideas for how to use them playfully in the classroom.
University of Delaware AI for Teaching & Learning Working Group: Reimagining Pedagogy Workshop Series - Eight different workshop recordings designed to thoughtfully integrate AI tools into your teaching toolset.
Educational Custom Bots Starter Kit: OER by Casandra Silva Sibilin
Generative Artificial Intelligence: Practical Uses in Education - Administrative and pedagogical guides using GenAI are included in Chapter 4, by Troy Heaps, CC BY 4.0 International License, Open Ed Manitoba.
AI in Practice: A Webinar Speaker Series - In partnership with UBalt’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, The Johns Hopkins University, and University of Maryland Baltimore County, this monthly series will explore how AI can influence both what we teach and how we approach teaching this fall. Each session will feature industry leaders offering insights that can inspire the integration of meaningful AI literacy into our courses.
Ethan Mollick, Wharton School at Univ. of Pennsylvania.
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Read his papers:
Mollick, Ethan R. and Mollick, Lilach, Using AI to Implement Effective Teaching Strategies in Classrooms: Five Strategies, Including Prompts (March 17, 2023).
Mollick, Ethan R. and Mollick, Lilach, Student use cases for AI, (September 25, 2023).
Mollick, Ethan R. and Mollick, Lilach, Instructors as Innovators: a Future-focused Approach to New AI Learning Opportunities, With Prompts, (April 21, 2024).