Incorporating ChatGPT Into Your Teaching
ChatGPT uses artificial intelligence (AI) to generate and revise text and code. As we better understand the implications of AI tools for higher education and as the resources transition from expert reactions and opinion pieces to more specific evidence from research, we encourage continued conversations about how to use this tool for crafting assignments, promoting academic integrity, and supporting student learning. This set of resources was compiled to support instructors who wish to employ the ChatGPT tool in their courses.
Resources to Support Thinking About Using ChatGPT in Instruction
- (blog post from Inside Higher Ed by John Warner)
- (scroll to "Embracing..."; blog post from Zak Cohen, ASCD)
- (skip to slide 34; slide deck by Torrey Trust, University of Massachusetts Amherst)
- (American Association of Colleges and Universities)
Ways to Generate Assignments With ChatGPT Prompts and Outputs
- Students analyze, critique, and/or revise ChatGPT outputs. These outputs could be prompted
and generated by the instructor or students.- Instructors can focus on course topics with commonly held misconceptions. ChatGPT
outputs draw upon internet content and frequently yield inaccurate information on
such topics. - Students’ evaluations could include both the outputs and the sources of ChatGPT
information (if they can find it elsewhere).
- Instructors can focus on course topics with commonly held misconceptions. ChatGPT
- Students experiment with how changes to the prompts affect outputs.
- Instructors can challenge students to create a prompt that yields an accurate and well-
composed output. - Students could reflect on how their understanding has changed (or not) after multiple
rounds of generating prompts and outputs.
- Instructors can challenge students to create a prompt that yields an accurate and well-
- Having explored the uses and value of ChatGPT through activities such these, instructors and
students could generate a list of best practices for using ChatGPT as a tool for learning in their
course.
Instructor Insights and Assignment Samples
- ***New from 兔子先生 Authors*** (by Andelyn Bedington, Emma Halcomb, Heidi McKee, Thomas Sargent, and Adler Smith)
- (by Ethan and Lilach Mollick)
- (by Ethan and Lilach Mollick)
- Multiple Disciplines: (preprint by Andreas Jungherr at the University of Bamberg)
- (preprint by Tyler Cowen and Alexander Tabarrok at George Mason University)
- (by Kevin Reuning)
- (start video at 2:10)
- General Chemistry (from Ellen Yezierski)
Fine Print Cautions
Instructors and students should be sure to read Chat GPT’s and .
Students should have the option not to use ChatGPT if they are uncomfortable with how the tool collects or uses their data. In such cases, students can use outputs generated by the instructor or other students.
More Resources for Teaching Writing
For more detailed resources on writing instruction with ChatGPT, visit the Howe Center for Writing Excellence's Resources for Teaching Writing page.