AI Prompts as Catalysts for Learning

Credit: iStock/Mininyx Doodle
Credit: iStock/Mininyx Doodle
Generative AI allows instructors to create interactive, self-directed review activities for their courses. The beauty of these activities is that unlike a traditional self-test, the instructor does not spend time setting up the questions and answers. The instructor only creates a prompt that tells the AI system what they want for the activity, the students enter the prompt on their own, and the AI system does the rest!

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  1. These look good. How much time did you spend on developing these 5 prompts, testing them, editing them, and running checks to make sure they were giving you what you wanted? Two hours? Four?

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