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Mentoring Graduate Student Writing in the Era of Generative AI
Generative AI provides many opportunities for researchers and writers, but it also poses challenges when it comes to mentoring graduate student instructors and writers. Join a panel of WMU experts from the Graduate College, the College of Education and Human Development, the College of Arts and Sciences, and Student Rights and Responsibilities as we consider how to navigate our roles as graduate mentors in this new AI-rich environment. There will be ample time for Q & A.
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Advanced Uses of AI in Foundational Courses
Now that instructors have had time to experiment with Generative AI, some are exploring how chatbots might be used to give students individualized feedback on assignments and personalized answers to their specific questions. Join us to hear how Enas Aref, an experienced graduate instructor in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has experimented with AI to tailor instruction and guidance to individual students.
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Teaching with AI: What Our Colleagues Learned from Fall 2023
Since the fall semester, a number of WMU faculty and colleagues from around the world have been meeting to discuss the AI innovations they are trying in their classroom. Join us for a discussion of practical applications and a Q&A session.
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AI: Where Are We Now?
Generative AI developments are happening so quickly that it can be difficult to keep up. Join us for an update on what’s new with AI in higher education, including demonstrations with various chatbots.
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Your Own Private GPT: Explore OpenAI’s New GPT Agents
On November 7, 2023, OpenAI released its newest innovation: GPTs—tools that allow users to “create custom versions of ChatGPT that combine instructions, extra knowledge, and any combination of skills.” Join Professor Dave Paul and members of the WMUx Teaching and Learning team, as we introduce you to potential uses of a GPT, take you on a tour of a GPT, and link you to resources if you would like to create one yourself. WMUx wants to be sure that we are up-to-date on new AI developments, so feel free to join us whether or not you plan to design a GPT.
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AI Prompting Showcase: A Speed Meeting Session on Prompting Strategies
Please join us for a series of 10-minute sessions with individuals enrolled in WMU's first AI prompting course, English 5970: AI Writing: Prompt + Response, and learn about their research into prompting strategies that work.
- AI Prompting Showcase: Student Research Questions
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ChatGPT’s Distortion of the Professor-Student Relationship
New technologies are often seen as tools that can make existing practices more efficient or help us create new ways of doing things. However, it's important to be mindful of the many ways in which new technologies can completely change the way we do things. ChatGPT, and artificial intelligence in general, could potentially do this when it comes to how teachers and students interact with each other.
Join us as Dr. Matthew Noah Smith, associate professor of philosophy at Northeastern University, gives a talk that explores how ChatGPT has changed the way we approach teaching – moving the emphasis from teaching to monitoring – and raises some reasons why this might be worrisome. Dr. Smith will also examine how this connects to the idea of treating education like a tool and the relationship between teachers and students.
This talk is co-sponsored by the WMU Center for the Study of Ethics in Society, the WMU Department of Philosophy, and WMUx.
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Using AI Prompting to Create an Equitable Learning Environment
Learn two AI prompting techniques for helping students of varying abilities learn foundational concepts in your field: scaffolding concepts and tutoring. After seeing demonstrations, participants will try the techniques with their own subject areas.
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Predictive AI Is Not Google: Using Claude 2 and GPT 4 for Lit Searches and Outlining
Join us as we demonstrate how Large Language Models (LLMs) such as Claude 2 and GPT 4 can help reduce the amount of time it takes to review, synthesize, and develop literature searches, and to develop outlines for scholarly articles. This session will also cover common misconceptions about how LLMs work so scholars can make ethical choices about how to use these tools.
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Developing and Communicating Your AI Policies for Fall 2023
Learn the latest about the capabilities of generative AI such as GPT-4, find out about the reliability of GPT detectors, hear from Student Affairs professionals about handling academic honesty, and develop strategies for talking to your students about AI. This session will help you plan a strategy for teaching in an AI-saturated environment in Fall 2023.
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Ethical Approaches to Using AI's Information Synthesizing Abilities in Your Teaching and Research
David Paul, Chair of the WMU Department of Philosophy, demonstrates how Large Language Machines (LLMs) such as Bing, Claude2, and GPT-4 synthesize information contained in PDFs and other files to aid in research and teaching. He focuses on how to evaluate the LLMs’ responses and how to convert those responses into learning opportunities for our students and ourselves. Paul also shows how our roles as content experts can help us to use LLMs ethically.
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Navigating GPT-4 Powered Tools: Curating and Ensuring Data Privacy in Education
As GPT-4 becomes increasingly prevalent in the world of education, it's essential to explore the wide array of tools available to teachers and students. In this session, we will demonstrate how to evaluate and select GPT-4 powered tools while prioritizing data privacy and security. Join us to learn strategies for adopting these technologies in a responsible and effective manner.
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GPT-4 Prompt Generation Strategies 2
The way a GPT-4 user develops and deploys prompts determines the quality of the responses that the AI generates. In this interactive workshop, you will create prompts, test them, and regenerate them until you are satisfied with the responses. Note: While this is a repeat session type from earlier in the summer, the prompts attendees bring will vary, so feel encouraged to attend again to see new prompts and engage in further discussion.
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Using AI in Course Planning and Design
Join us as we explore how we might use content generation tools in course planning and design. Learn how this technology can help you to ideate and think outside the box to hone in on your learning goals and create meaningful, engaging learning experiences for your students.
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“AI, Ethics, and Bias – What You Need to Know”
with Pierrette Renée Dagg, Expert on AI and Education
Pierrette Renée Dagg, Director of Technology Impact Research at Merit Network, has authored a study that advocates for an ethical framework for AI in Education that capitalizes on the advantages of the technology’s use while mitigating harms and inequities to students, educators, and society. She will provide us with an understanding of how Michigan’s educational institutions are responding to AI bias/ethics challenges, and she will answer your questions on this important subject.
Session Readings
- Mollick, Ethan.“Setting Time on Fire and the Temptation of the Button.” oneusefulthing.substack.org, 3 June 2023.
- D’Agostino, Susan.“How AI Tooks Both Help and Hinder Equity.” Inside Higher Ed, 5 June 2023.
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GPT-4 Prompt Generation Strategies
The way a GPT-4 user develops and deploys prompts determines the quality of the responses that the AI generates. In this interactive workshop, you will create prompts, test them, and regenerate them until you are satisfied with the responses.
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Incorporating ChatGPT into your Course
After reviewing a number of GPT-4 assignments and grading strategies, participants will brainstorm with the WMUx instructional development and design team how to use the tool in their course. Every discipline is welcome. By the end of the session, you will have examples of assignments that you can share in your summer or spring courses.
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Writing, Learning, and AI
The availability of AI, and Large-Language Models in particular, has rapidly become a disruptive force in higher education. What happened recently to make these models more powerful and more widely accessible? What are the capabilities of these models and how can they change teaching and learning? Dr. Hart-Davidson, a national expert on AI in higher education, offers some responses to these questions from his point of view as a researcher and maker of writing technologies, and as a teacher and administrator.
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ChatGPT 101: Exploring the Implications of Artificial Intelligence Text Generators for Teaching and Learning
ChatGPT and other Artificial Intelligence (AI) text generators produce human-like written responses to prompts. This technology is taking off at a pace that indicates it is here to stay and is likely to improve exponentially over time. What implications does it have for research, critical thinking, and writing? Join a panel of WMUx experts who will share the latest information on ChatGPT in higher education and offer insights into how AI has the potential to enhance teaching and learning across every discipline.