Teaching Practices with AI – Panel Discussion

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What are LLMs? Why Should I Care?

What do you mean by AI is language agnostic?

How Does All of This Affect My Classroom?

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Persona Panel

Ok, So You Like AI, James, but How Does All of This Affect My Classroom?

Discussion Prompts

What opportunities or concerns do you see with AI writing tools like Grammarly and Copilot entering the classroom and the workforce? How might it impact the teaching of writing skills?
How do you think using AI writing assistants like these could change the way students learn to write? Do you see more pros or cons?
What are your thoughts on research writing assistants like elicit?

Let’s Play Devil’s Advocate

Much like the ubiquity of smart devices was inevitable, so to is the ubiquity of AI writing assistants like Grammarly, Copilot and Elicit. These tools, and others like them, will become widespread in society, regardless of what we as teachers have to say about their use. Within the next few years, students will likely have free access to them. Given this, what can and should teachers do now to prepare students to use these tools ethically and effectively? To what extent are today’s teachers (experts in their respective fields) responsible for learning about and modeling best practices with AI within their own disciplines? How can teachers best help students understand the implications, possibilities, and limitations of AI reading & writing technologies?

Picking a Team, Which AI Should I Learn?

ChatGPT: ChatGPT is an advanced language model by OpenAI, based on GPT-3.5. It excels in natural language understanding and generation. Trained on vast internet text data until September 2021, it’s proficient in answering questions, providing explanations, and assisting with diverse tasks. It’s a valuable tool for various applications, including virtual assistants and content generation.

Bard: Bard is a large language model developed by Google, also known as a conversational AI or chatbot trained to be informative and comprehensive. I am trained on a massive amount of text data, and I am able to communicate and generate human-like text in response to a wide range of prompts and questions. For example, I can provide summaries of factual topics or create stories.

Claude: Claude is an artificial intelligence created by Anthropic to be helpful, harmless, and honest. I’m designed to have natural conversations and provide useful information to users.