Resources for Teaching in the Era of Generative AI
As generative AI tools continue to evolve, educators face a unique challenge when designing and facilitating courses. The Delphi Center has curated the following resources to provide some initial guidance and considerations relating to the impact of generative AI.
Additionally, our SharePoint site, "Teaching and Learning with AI" complements this page with dynamic and regularly updated resources to support your ongoing journey.
General Information on Generative AI in Higher Education
- EdSurge On Air Podcast Episode: MIT Technology Review Article: ChatGPT is going to change education, not destroy it
- WCET Frontiers Blog: “Is AI the New Homework Machine? Understanding AI and Its Impact on Higher Education”
- TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast Episode: “ChatGPT: Friend or Foe?”
Resources for Teaching in the Era of Generative AI
"Generative AI for College Students" is a Blackboard-hosted microcourse created by Ekstrom Library in partnership with the Writing Center and Digital Media Suite. The microcourse consists of six mini-lessons for students all about Generative AI. Each lesson takes approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. The microcourse seeks to enhance students' understanding of and engagement with Generative AI in the college classroom.
Resources
The categories below were devised by Kevin Yee, PhD, Director of the Karen L. Smith Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Central Florida (UCF) and were first used to categorize strategies for teaching with ChatGPT. The following set of resources is intended as a complement to UCF’s strategies page, “Artificial Intelligence.”
Category 1: Neutralize the Software
- Open AI confirms that AI writing detectors don't work
- Evaluating the efficacy of AI content detection tools in differentiating between human and AI-generated text
- Combating Academic Dishonesty, Part 6: ChatGPT, AI, and Academic Integrity
Category 2: Teach Ethics, Integrity and Career-Related Skills
- Add Ethical AI for Teaching and Learning
- ChatGPT Assignments to use in your classroom today
- Teaching with ChatGPT: Assignment Design Tips and Ideas
- On the Tea for Teaching Podcast: “ChatGPT” (Robert Cummings and Marc Watkins, University of Mississippi)
- On the Brookings Institution Blog: “ChatGPT: Educational Friend or Foe?” (Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Elias Blinkoff, Temple University)
Category 3: Lean into the Software’s Abilities
- Slide Deck: “ChatGPT & Education” (Torrey Trust, UMass, Amherst)
- In Medium Blog Post: “Update Your Course Syllabus for ChatGPT” (Ryan Watkins, George Washington University)
- In Wired: “AI Reveals the Most Human Parts of Writing” (Katy Ilonka Gero, Harvard University (post-doc))