Higher education has come to understand that AI is akin to the computer and the internet, a new technology that students will need to know how to use in the future. The problem, though, is that most instructors don’t know how students will use AI
Picture this: You spend hours crafting a midterm exam that could provide valuable learning opportunities. Students get their exams back early in the course, leaving them plenty of time to improve before the final. Yet when you look at final exam results, you see that
Every teacher knows the challenge: Students complete homework at 9:00 p.m., get stuck, and have to wait until the next day’s class for help. By then, you’re facing a mountain of assignments that all show the same misconception.
Instructors and students waste many hours struggling to get what they want out of an AI chatbot due to a lack of understanding of prompt engineering. With AI playing an increasingly important role in work, prompt engineering is one of the most important skills our
Students often struggle to understand complex or abstract concepts, especially when they cannot see how those ideas connect to their lives. I’ve learned that if students cannot see themselves in a concept, they usually cannot fully grasp it. Case studies can help by placing course
Every teacher wants to have energetic classes where students are involved in their learning, a goal that is often elusive as classes turn into “stand and deliver” lectures. But AI now makes it easy to add interactivity to material and classes. Best of all, these
One of the most powerful uses of AI in education is providing personalized tutoring to students anytime and anywhere. This tutoring helps struggling students learn class material and frees up teacher time. What’s more, setting up an AI tutor requires no programming knowledge and very
Imagine that all AI applications are surrounded by a high, impenetrable fence. At the gate stands a calm but firm Gatekeeper who unlocks the gate only when a student has an acceptable reason to use AI for a specific task.
Most people think of AI only in terms of answering questions or creating works such as images and songs. But AI’s power lies in its ability to interact with users, and to this end, instructors can use it for highly realistic chat-based simulations without the
Have you ever posed a question to a classroom full of students, leaving the recommended moment of silence to await responses, only to realize no one seems to have heard the question? It’s no secret to seasoned instructors that learner attention spans are getting shorter.
