What is Generative AI
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a term that refers to a type of “AI algorithms that can create a variety of content types—including alphabetic text, images, and sound—based on patterns it has identified within a data set.” (Dobrin, 2023, p. 7) This allows the algorithm, once trained, to produce a wide variety of content. As of early 2023, several open-source (free to all) language models, were made available, including the well-known ChatGPT.
AI resources to support teaching and learning
Artificial intelligence technology is readily available to the public and is currently being integrated into more tools our students use such as Grammarly, Microsoft Office, Google Docs, search engines, etc.. It is important to consider if and how you will allow your students to use generative AI in your courses.
The Teaching Centre and the Library are working together with SEARS and faculty to create updated resources to support teaching and learning in a world of AI. These resources will be updated regularly given the rapid adoption and constant changes in these technologies.
The University of Lethbridge Library AI for faculty LIB guide hosts the most up to date information on how to manage AI use in your courses.
https://library.ulethbridge.ca/AI_for_faculty/teaching
Articles
Seven Major Developments in AI and the Assessment of Learning
March 6, 2023
https://teachonline.ca/tools-trends/seven-major-developments-ai-and-assessment-learning
Five Steps to Leverage ChatGPT in Your Teaching
March 6,2023
https://teachonline.ca/tools-trends/five-steps-leverage-chatgpt-your-teaching
Is ChatGPT Triggering a New or Transformed Pedagogy?
March 7, 2023
https://teachonline.ca/tools-trends/chatgpt-triggering-new-or-transformed-pedagogy
How ChatGPT Can Help Foster Purposeful Learning
March 7, 2023
https://teachonline.ca/tools-trends/how-chatgpt-can-help-foster-purposeful-learning
Rethinking university writing pedagogy in a world of ChatGPT
A solution may be found in focusing on the process of writing, rather than the final product.
BY JAMES SOUTHWORTH | FEB 03 2023
https://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/rethinking-university-writing-pedagogy-in-a-world-of-chatgpt/
CEO of ChatGPT maker responds to schools' plagiarism concerns: 'We adapted to calculators and changed what we tested in math class'
Aaron Mok | Jan 19, 2023, 10:47 AM
https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-chatgpt-ceo-sam-altman-responds-school-plagiarism-concerns-bans-2023-1
A College Kid Built an App That Sniffs Out Text Penned by AI
Tony Ho Tran Deputy Editor, Innovation & Tech
Updated Jan. 04, 2023 6:26PM ET / Published Jan. 04, 2023 5:19PM ET
https://www.thedailybeast.com/princeton-student-edward-tian-built-gptzero-to-detect-ai-written-essays
How to spot AI-generated text
By Melissa Heikkiläarchive page | December 19, 2022
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/19/1065596/how-to-spot-ai-generated-text/
“Riding a Racehorse Through a Field of Concepts"
What it’s like to write a book with an A.I,
BY PATRICK COLEMAN | NOV 30, 202011:30 AM
https://slate.com/technology/2020/11/interview-k-allado-mcdowell-pharmako-ai.html
4 Ways ChatGPT Can Benefit Students Right Now
Bonnie Nieves
Builder of Relationships & Bridges | Co-constructor of Knowledge
Published Jan 8, 2023
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/4-ways-chatgpt-can-benefit-students-right-now-bonnie-nieves?trk=public_post_feed-article-content
Will ChatGPT Destroy Secondary English? Will AI this savvy harm or help education?
Kelly Treleaven | December 15, 2022
https://www.weareteachers.com/ai-writing-tools-teachers/
AI Can Save Writing by Killing “The College Essay”
Steve Krause Posted on December 10, 2022
https://stevendkrause.com/2022/12/10/ai-can-save-writing-by-killing-the-college-essay/
Why I’m not Worried about the New AI Tools
Spark Creativity Blog | December 14, 2022
https://nowsparkcreativity.com/2022/12/why-im-not-worried-about-the-new-ai-tools.html
AI technology may be the answer to future education disruptors
https://news.asu.edu/20221207-solutions-ai-technology-may-be-answer-future-education-disruptors
AI Technology and Academic Integrity
York U page for faculty relating to AI technology
https://www.yorku.ca/unit/vpacad/academic-integrity/ai-technology-and-academic-integrity
A Snapshot of AI Tools to Create and Curate Content in Higher Education
https://teachonline.ca/tools-trends/snapshot-ai-tools-create-and-curate-content-higher-education
AI Engines
- chatGPT
OptimizingLanguage Models for Dialogue - DALL-E (image generation)
DALL·E 2 is a new AI system that can create realistic images and art from a description in natural language. - MidJourney (character image generation)
Join the Midjourney community on Discord or the Web, where thousands collaborate to create new worlds, fantastic characters, and unique imagery from short text descriptions. - BARD (Google AI)
Bard seeks to combine the breadth of the world’s knowledge with the power, intelligence and creativity of our large language models. It draws on information from the web to provide fresh, high-quality responses - Whisper
Whisper is an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system trained on 680,000 hours of multilingual and multitask supervised data collected from the web. - QUANDA
AI Math Learning App - Jasper
Artificial intelligence makes it fast & easy to create content for your blog, social media, website, and more! - Writer
Generative AI built for your business - Moonbeam
Moonbeam: your long-form writing AI assistant
Other AI Engine
Links
Artificial Intelligence in Education
What will AI mean to the future of education?
*contains many other links*
htps://wakelet.com/wake/NgMzbDSKta1TKtkc5I-iz
AI Text Generators
Sources to Stimulate Discussion among Teachers
Compiled by Anna Mills for the Writing Across the Curriculum Clearinghouse as part of a larger resource collection: AI and Teaching Writing: Starting Points for Inquiry.
Licensed CC BY NC 4.0.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V1drRG1XlWTBrEwgGqd-cCySUB12JrcoamB5i16-Ezw/mobilebasic?urp=gmail_link#h.omg0criub54r
Contact North AI Resources
AI in Higher Education Resource Hub
https://www.yorku.ca/unit/vpacad/academic-integrity/ai-technology-and-academic-integrity
AI in Higher Education Resource Hub
https://teachonline.ca/ai-resources
University of Waterloo - Writing and Communication Centre
Using ChatGPT and other Text-Generating Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)
https://uwaterloo.ca/writing-and-communication-centre/Resources-AI-Overview
Videos
StrictlyVC in conversation with Sam Altman, part two (OpenAI)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebjkD1Om4uw
Canadian universities crafting ChatGPT policies as French school bans AI program
https://globalnews.ca/news/9451143/chatgpt-education-canadian-universities/
AI and the Future of Learning
https://youtu.be/TKcn6Phs1JE?list=PLD5JpavbkmqQa2ZaiC8LxQVvapBKW-8VD
Creative Solutions to New Problems
A.J. Juliani
https://www.ajjuliani.com/blog/creative-learning-solutions-in-a-chatgpt-world
Documents
ChatGPT & Education
designed by Torrey Trust Ph.D
College of Education
University of Massachusetts Amherst
This work is licensed under BY NC 4.0
NOTE: This slide deck is a work in progress and will continue to be updated as new ChatGPT resources, research and ideas are published
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Vo9w4ftPx-rizdWyaYoB-pQ3DzK1n325OgDgXsnt0X0/mobilepresent?slide=id.g1cc76543f64_0_1260
Classroom Policies for AI Generative Tools
This resource is created by Lance Eaton for the purposes of sharing and helping other instructors see the range of policies available by other educators to help in the development of their own for navigating AI-Generative Tools (such as ChatGPT, MidJourney, Dall-E, etc)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RMVwzjc1o0Mi8Blw_-JUTcXv02b2WRH86vw7mi16W3U/edit#
Artificial Intelligence: A discussion for Educations
Christina DiMicelli
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSi-yOgyJOB4lfsXRjJNQQxQhBJCdQnhxGzLvZmqNUe9hLZv5K-uCo1PoAoVpU4SJuNFVA-0scJRdbQ/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.g1bb1acce041_1_0
Books
Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: A Practical Approach
Edited By Prathamesh Padmakar Churi, Shubham Joshi, Mohamed Elhoseny, Amina OmraneChuri, P.P., Joshi, S., Elhoseny, M., & Omrane, A. (Eds.). (2022). Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: A Practical Approach (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi-org.ezproxy.uleth.ca/10.1201/9781003184157
Tools
Voiceitt
A speech recognition app for people with speech disabilities, disorders, or impairments. With machine learning, Voiceitt identifies and learns your unique speech.
https://voiceitt.com/