ChatGPT

Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT)


ChatGPT causes a lot of worries and also excitement with people.

As an educator I can see AI being used in teaching, learning and assessment in positive, yet also problematic ways. 

Jimmy Lo presented in our course in May 2023 the discussions held on ChatGPT.



He presented HEI’s policies around the use of AI tools and how the generation of content by e.g. ChatGPT is considered between academic malpractice and plagiarism. He further carried out a swot analysis, in my view mainly from the student's perspective.


For me as an educator, the greatest worry is that students are simply using ChatGPT to generate written work rather than engaging with writing themselves. The latter I consider a key aspect of learning as writing is a reflective and creative process, through which deep insights and understanding can emerge (Adler-Kassner & Wardle, 2015).


In the following video, I present what I recently learned from a colleague and how ChatGPT could be useful for my work. I have since used it to write a letter of recommendation. Please note that the subtitles in this video are not always exact, but I put them on for accessibility reasons, so someone who cannot listen to it with audio, can follow the 'gist'.  




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