Resource Spotlight: Artificial Intelligence

As educators become increasingly aware of the development of robust Artificial Intelligence engines, conversations have emerged about the place for AI in the classroom. While AI as a concept is not necessarily new, recent developments in large language processing have led to the launch of a variety of tools aimed at making it easy to quickly and easily generate text and media by feeding an interface simple prompts.

Within higher education, concerns abound about how (and whether) AI belongs in the classroom. Underpinning these concerns are a number of ethical dilemmas, including issues of bias, labor, and intellectual property. We encourage you to engage not only with resources to help you think about how to use AI effectively but also with the ethical questions woven through this complex topic.

Featured PSU Resources

Design Forward: The AI Challenge

This self-paced Design Forward module was created to build faculty capacity with generative artificial intelligence; specifically it focuses on teaching and learning about, with, and against GENAI.

Visit the Module

The AI Challenge Collection

This is a curated collection of a  generative AI ideas for teaching and learning from around the web. It accompanies The AI Challenge Design Forward module. 

Visit the Collection

PSU Policy

In Spring 2023, the PSU faculty added language to the Academic Integrity policy about the use of artificial intelligence tools in the classroom. 

Review the Policy

USNH ET&S Artificial Intelligence Standard

In summer of 2023, USNH’s Enterprise Technology & Services division approved a standard for the responsible use of artificial intelligence in the University environment.

Review the Standard

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Caines, A. (2023, January 19). Prior to (or instead of) using ChatGPT with your students. Is a Liminal Space.
Caro, P. (2024, September 15). Artificial intelligence will affect 60 million US and Mexican jobs within the year. EL PAÍS English.
Chen, B. X. (2022, December 21). How to Use ChatGPT and Still Be a Good Person. The New York Times.
D’Agostino, S. (2023, January 12). ChatGPT Advice Academics Can Use Now. Inside Higher Ed.
D’Agostino, S. (2023, June 5). How AI Tools Both Help and Hinder Equity. Inside Higher Ed.
Dickson, B. (2023, June 5). What Is ChatGPT? A Basic Explainer | PCMag. PC Magazine.
Dilawar, A. (2020, October 27). The Very Human Labor That Powers Artificial Intelligence. The Nation.
Excellence, C. for F. (2023). Artificial Intelligence in Teaching & Learning.
Furze, L. (2023, January 26). Teaching AI Ethics. Leon Furze.
Gavrilova, Y. (n.d.). 10 AI Ethics Questions. Serokell Software Development Company. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
Grobe, C. (2023, January 18). Why I’m Not Scared of ChatGPT. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Jones, J. (2023, September 7). Students Critique a ChatGPT Essay: A Classroom Experiment. Perspectives on History.
Leffer, L. (n.d.). ChatGPT Can Get Good Grades. What Should Educators Do about It? Scientific American. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
Liu, D., & Bridgeman, A. (2023, June 8). ChatGPT is old news: How do we assess in the age of AI writing co-pilots? – Teaching@Sydney.
McMurtrie, B. (n.d.). Will ChatGPT Change the Way You Teach? The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
McMurtrie, B. (2023, September 8). What Will Determine AI’s Impact on College Teaching? 5 Signs to Watch. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
McMurtrie, B., & Supiano, B. (2023, June 13). How Professors Scrambled to Deal With ChatGPT. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Mills, A., Bali, M., & Eaton, L. (2023). How do we respond to generative AI in education? Open educational practices give us a framework for an ongoing process. Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching, 6(1), 16–30. https://doi.org/10.37074/jalt.2023.6.1.34
Monash University. (2023). 10 minute chats on Generative AI. Learning and Teaching: Teach HQ.
Onuoha, M., & Cyborg, M. (2018, August). A People’s Guide to AI. OER Commons.
Schmidli, L. (n.d.). Considerations for Using AI in the Classroom. L&S Instructional Design Collaborative. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
Stachowiak, B., Eaton, L., & Fast, S. (n.d.). Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence: A Student-Professor Dialog, with Lance Eaton + Stead Fast (No. 472) [Audio recording]. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
Steere, E. (n.d.). The Trouble With AI Writing Detection. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
Tufekci, Z. (2022, December 15). Opinion | What Would Plato Say About ChatGPT? The New York Times.
Vee, A., Laquintano, T., & Schnitzler, C. (Eds.). (2023). TEXTGENED. The WAC Clearinghouse.
Warner, J. (n.d.). Freaking Out About ChatGPT—Part I | Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
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