Before you do that, please
- have an open conversation about GenAI and how it works, what it can do, and what it can't do. Defining your perspective on the tool facilitates transparency and reduces ambiguity.
- go over the GenAI tool's privacy policy with them.
- develop a formal syllabus policy.
Assignment Ideas:
- Critiquing or revising ChatGPT responses. For example, Computer science students might identify potential ways to revise ChatGPT generated code to reduce errors and improve output.
- Brainstorming ideas for a project or a paper.
- Ask ChatGPT to design a board game or invention related to the course content and then have students build a physical or digital model for the design/invention.
- Ask ChatGPT to explain a concept for a 5 year old, college student, and expert. Analyze the difference in the way ChatGPT uses language.
- Use ChatGPT as an example machine. ChatGPT can generate any number of contrasting examples in a few minutes.
Adapted from:
Trust, Torrey. "ChatGPT & Education." April 2023. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Vo9w4ftPx-rizdWyaYoB-pQ3DzK1n325OgDgXsnt0X0/edit?usp=sharing.
Mah, Chris."How to Use ChatGPT as an Example Machine." Cult of Pedagogy. 19 February 2023. https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/chatgpt-example-machine/.