GenAI for Instructor Development
The CTE is responsive to instructor needs regarding generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). Whether you are a new user who is just beginning to explore the challenges and opportunities GenAI presents, or you are an intermediate or advanced adopter of this technology, we offer instructional development opportunities for incorporating GenAI into your teaching to inform your work and improve your students’ learning.
Resources to Support Thinking About Using GenAI in Instruction
- Orientation (blog post from Inside Higher Ed by John Warner)
- General Uses (scroll to "Embracing..."; blog post from Zak Cohen, ASCD)
- Options (skip to slide 34; slide deck by Torrey Trust, University of Massachusetts Amherst)
- *NEW* Student Guide on AI from the AAC&U (American Association of Colleges and Universities)
Ways to Generate Assignments With GenAI Prompts and Outputs
- Students analyze, critique, and/or revise GenAI outputs. These outputs could be prompted
and generated by the instructor or students.- Instructors can focus on course topics with commonly held misconceptions. GenAI
outputs draw upon internet content and frequently yield inaccurate information on
such topics. - Students’ evaluations could include both the outputs and the sources of GenAI
information (if they can find it elsewhere).
- Instructors can focus on course topics with commonly held misconceptions. GenAI
- 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 GenAI through activities such these, instructors and
students could generate a list of best practices for using GenAI as a tool for learning in their
course.
Instructor Insights and Assignment Samples
- ***New from Miami Authors*** Writing With Generative AI and Human-Machine Teaming: Insights and Recommendations from Faculty and Students (by Andelyn Bedington, Emma Halcomb, Heidi McKee, Thomas Sargent, and Adler Smith)
- New Modes of Learning Enabled by AI Chatbots: Three Methods and Assignments (by Ethan and Lilach Mollick)
- Using AI to Implement Effective Teaching Strategies in Classrooms: Five Strategies, Including Prompts (by Ethan and Lilach Mollick)
- Multiple Disciplines: Academic Paper Assignments (preprint by Andreas Jungherr at the University of Bamberg)
- Economics (preprint by Tyler Cowen and Alexander Tabarrok at George Mason University)
- Political Science (by Kevin Reuning)
- Physics (start video at 2:10)
- Psychology
- General Chemistry (from Ellen Yezierski)
More Resources for Teaching Writing
For more detailed resources on writing instruction with GenAI, visit the Howe Center for Writing Excellence's Resources for Teaching Writing page.
