This assignment, by John Gordon, is from the TextGenEd January 2024 Continuing Experiments collection in the WAC Clearinghouse Repository.
The abstract from the site explains:
This assignment actively integrates ChatGPT as a virtual research team participant in a student group research project. Each team is assigned a specific topic prompt and a theoretical framework to guide their research. All team members, both humans and ChatGPT (through a moderator), formulate research questions, undertake research to address these questions and participate in cross-team peer reviews to evaluate the outcomes of each group. A unique aspect of this assignment is for each team member to collaboratively identify the distinctions in writing style and research approach between their human peers and ChatGPT.
Key Features of This Assignment
- Collaborative Writing
- Students work together to engage with ChatGPT, developing and refining their research questions and prompts through joint effort.
- Rhetorical Analysis
- Students conduct a rhetorical analysis of the outputs generated by ChatGPT, critically evaluating the AI’s responses and the effectiveness of their own writing in eliciting meaningful and accurate information.
- Research Skills Enhancement
- Students integrate AI tools into their research process, exploring new methods of gathering and synthesizing information through interactive dialogue with ChatGPT.
Find the full version of this resource at the WAC Clearinghouse.