Collaborative Research with ChatGPT
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.
Assignments
Translinguo: Critically Making Chatbot Prototypes by Learning How to Write Generative AI prompts
Students engage in the hands-on development of chatbot prototypes, applying their prompt writing skills to create functional and responsive AI applications.
Rhetorical Prompt Engineering
Students develop their rhetorical analysis skills by examining and creating prompts, learning how to craft questions that elicit thoughtful and effective responses. Their revision work focuses on documents related to the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster.
Writing for Career Readiness: Engaging ChatGPT to Develop Resume Bullet Points
Students learn how to tailor their resume bullet points to specific job descriptions and then participate in a peer review process with class members.
The “First Pass, Second Pass” Strategy of AI and Traditional Methods of Data Transcription in Qualitative Research
Students use AI tools to perform the initial transcription of qualitative data, and then they manually verify and correct the AI-generated transcriptions. The assignment concludes with discussion of the differences between the two methods of transcription.
From Consumer to Creator: Analyzing and Producing Machine-Made Stories
Students first analyze stories generated by AI, developing their ability to assess the strengths and weaknesses of machine-made narratives. Next, they create their own stories using AI, allowing them to explore the creative process from a technological perspective.
Writing Imagery: Multimodal AIs in History and Digital Art
Students engage in multimodal composition, blending written text with digital images, sounds, and other media forms to create a rich, layered project. Students also conduct in-depth historical research to inform their creative work
My Summer with ChatGPT
The assignment emphasizes creative storytelling by encouraging students to co-create stories with ChatGPT, and then they document their interactions with AI in a reflective journal, analyzing their learning experiences and the impact of AI on their writing development.
Wrestling with A.I.
Students first read and reflect on articles on the social implications of AI and then participate in class discussions of the ethical dilemmas that AI presents. Additional ideas in the chapter include asking students to play with predictive text and to write position statements on the use of AI.
Co-Creating Intersectional Design Narratives with AI
The assignment emphasizes collaboration with AI tools to enhance creativity and innovation in design, allowing students to explore how AI can contribute to the narrative creation process.
Uses, Benefits, and Limitations of AI Chatbots: Implementing ChatGPT in the First-Year Writing Classroom
Students receive instant feedback on their writing from ChatGPT, allowing them to revise and improve their drafts based on the AI’s suggestions. Students then reflect on their experience using ChatGPT, analyzing its impact on their writing process and understanding its strengths and limitations.
Automated Aid or Offloading Close Reading? Student Perspectives on AI Reading Assistants
The assignment encourages students to critically evaluate AI tools, considering their benefits and limitations, and developing a nuanced understanding of their impact on the reading process.
Empowering Educators in the Age of Generative AI: A Critical Media Literacy Approach
The activities in this article emphasizes the importance of critical media literacy, encouraging students to critically analyze and evaluate the use of generative AI in various media contexts.
Using Generative AI to Perform Stacked Evaluations of Educational Documents: Provoking Students to Think on Successively Higher Levels
This assignment asks students to examine and evaluate documents using generative AI by thinking on successively higher levels to assess the documents.
Using Generative AI in the Music History Classroom
This assignment uses generative AI to help students explore and analyze different music styles and historical contexts, providing an innovative approach to studying music history.
Collaborative Writing and AI: A Research Assignment for an Undergraduate Professional Communication Course
This assignment integrates AI tools into the collaborative writing process, includes a research component where students investigate the implications of AI in professional communication, and asks students to use their research findings to create a professional document using AI tools.
Creating Constitutions with ChatGPT
Students work collaboratively in groups to draft their constitutions, fostering teamwork and communication skills while allowing them to benefit from diverse perspectives and ideas.
Harnessing Pandora’s Box: At the Intersection of Information Literacy and AI
Through six templated lesson plans, this resource covers information literacy and visual literacy. The assignment provides a structured framework for understanding and applying ethical principles in AI usage.
Revisioning a Bibliography Assignment to Center Discovery and Critical Source Engagement
The assignment shifts the focus from traditional bibliography compilation to a discovery-centered approach, encouraging students to explore and engage deeply with sources.
How RNNs (Recurrent Neural Networks) + Transformers Work
This curriculum introduces the technical details of how AI systems generate content using context, allowing students to engage actively with the material.
How GANs (Generative Adversarial Networks) Work
This activity provides an interactive and engaging approach where students can play with AI tools and explore GANs and discrimnators through activities like a password guessing game and painting with a generator.
AI & Ethics
Students engage in role-playing activities where they run their own companies and make ethical decisions. This hands-on approach helps them understand the practical implications of AI ethics.
AI & Facial Recognition
The activity addresses biases in facial recognition, particularly how it fails more often on women and people with darker skin. It also discusses the ethical implications and legal responses to surveillance technology, fostering critical thinking and informed discussions among students.
How Neural Networks Work
This activity allows students to actively engage in the learning process by acting out different layers of a neural network and teaching others what they have learned.