Future of Writing In the Disciplines and Professions
I find this white paper and the recommended tool (myScribe) fascinating in the sense that it gives us educators a different perspective on how GenAI can enhance the writing process, while allowing students to focus on higher cognitive skills of critical thinking, analyzing, evaluating and creating.
While AI that creates content may seem to undermine the work of writing educators and the advancements in written communication, we see a different future. We believe that properly harnessed, AI can enhance the writing process, making it more fluid, democratic, and inclusive.
Our vision is guided generative AI, which will free up writers’ time to focus on critical thinking skills, planning, and communicating substantive ideas. This approach will also address the cognitive and motivational barriers that have hindered the scaling of writing education.