AI Tools Faculty Use Cases

Earth Commons

In Rebecca Helm’s class, students were first asked to prompt ChatGPT to write a four-paragraph essay on an expert-level topic of their choosing. Then, students were asked to write a companion piece analyzing each paragraph of ChatGPT’s essay. For each paragraph, they should comment on what GPT got right where it left gaps, and what important information or context is missing. The final submission included the prompt, the ChatGPT essay, and the companion piece. Read more about the assignment on our AI Assignments page.

Liberal Studies

In Janet Gomez’s class, students examine their perceptions of a female ruler, share their perceptions using visuals, and reflect on their biases on female leadership. Using characteristics they believe female rulers should have, students are asked to prompt AI tools such as hotpot.ai or DALL-E to generate images of female rulers.

Government

Without simply trying to ban AI, Mark Fisher used AI tools in his class to understand how to re-incorporate essay writing back into elements. He broke up essay writing into sections and had students walk through generating thesis statements and outlines with the aid of a chatbot, including how to effectively prompt the chatbot and judge its responses. He then asked students to generate prompts, choose between lists of chatbot generated answers, and edit for precision/ personalization. Lastly, students discussed advanced uses of AI in research papers.

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