Instructor Uses
Things to remember if you are considering using GenAI:
- Be transparent with your students about your use of generative AI in your teaching materials or assessment practices both in the course outline and in class. Sharing your use of generative AI with your students is intended to build trust and transparency, and to acknowledge that you are also using and learning about generative AI.
- Check the accuracy of any AI-created content. Recognizing that these tools “hallucinate” or deliver factually incorrect responses. It is important that you check the accuracy of any content you might use in class. You are responsible for the information you provide your learners.
- Keep your learners and inclusion top in mind as you decide if/what GenAI outputs to use.
GenAI can be used by educators to help them design and develop their courses. Ethan Mollick, an Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania who studies the impact of GenAI in education has written this highly readable article Using AI to make teaching easier & more impactful where he suggests five (5) ways in which educators may use GenAI in their work.
Here are some broad categories where generative AI may be useful to you as an instructor:
The best way to think of the GenAI is as your ‘thought partner’. It will provide useful resources but likely won’t be able to replace your work and do it for you. It works under your guidance.
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Generative Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Learning Copyright © 2023 by Centre for Faculty Development and Teaching Innovation, Centennial College is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
