Adapting to AI in the Classroom for Time-Strapped Instructors
I recommend this blog post because it delivers on the promise to support instructors “that have not had the time or capacity to redevelop their courses, their assessments, or their activities to accommodate an AI world.” You’ll find concrete and manageable steps to take to help you get acclimated with AI.
In the past few months, we have spoken to many instructors – faculty, graduate students, even undergraduate teaching assistants – who are doing very interesting things with artificial intelligence tools in their classes this coming fall. Some are writing grants to support research into classroom uses of AI, some are designing interactive online modules to help teach about the ethics of AI, and some are integrating AI tools into their instructional activities.
This blog post is for another instructor population: those that have not had the time or capacity to redevelop their courses, their assessments, or their activities to accommodate an AI world. “Redesigning assessments with AI in mind” might be the 20th item on a long list of to-dos for the coming semester. Adapting to new technologies that could change the classroom experience – and AI is certainly one of them – seems like an overwhelming task. Classes start in one week, and wrestling with the teaching and learning opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence may not be an achievable goal.
However, there are some concrete steps and curated resources to take into account in terms of AI when planning and teaching your courses.