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AI Teaching Strategies for Faculty: Learn More

This guide was created to support faculty with AI resistant strategies and AI inclusive strategies based on the Creative Teaching Conversation session on 12-5-2024. More content will be added.

Helpful Links

Free Online Courses

Note: These are some of the free courses on AI that I've found in my research, but I have not completed them myself and cannot attest to their helpfulness or applicability for faculty in higher education. These are meant as a starting point for faculty interested in learning more about generative AI.

Citing AI Generated Content

APA

Guidelinehttps://apastyle.apa.org/blog/how-to-cite-chatgpt

APA suggests ensuring you describe how you used the AI tool in your research in a method section or comparable section of your paper.

APA also suggests that given that AI generated content like chats are not created by a person, that they cannot be considered personal communication. Instead, treat the content as an algorithm's output, and credit the author of the algorithm with a reference list entry and in-text citation.

You can also put the full text of long responses in an appendix or online supplemental materials.

References:

Author. (Year of the Version). Title of the Tool (Version if applicable) [Tool description if applicable]. Source/URL

Example:

OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat

In-text Citation:

Parenthetical citation: (OpenAI, 2023)

Narrative citation: OpenAI (2023)

Examples

Example 1 from APA Guideline

When prompted with “Is the left brain right brain divide real or a metaphor?” the ChatGPT-generated text indicated that although the two brain hemispheres are somewhat specialized, “the notation that people can be characterized as ‘left-brained’ or ‘right-brained’ is considered to be an oversimplification and a popular myth” (OpenAI, 2023).

Reference

OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat

Example 2 from APA Guideline

When given a follow-up prompt of “What is a more accurate representation?” the ChatGPT-generated text indicated that “different brain regions work together to support various cognitive processes” and “the functional specialization of different regions can change in response to experience and environmental factors” (OpenAI, 2023; see Appendix A for the full transcript).

Reference

OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat


MLA

Guideline: https://style.mla.org/citing-generative-ai/ 

MLA recommends

  • citing a generative AI tool whenever you incorporate any content created by it into your own work
  • acknowledging any uses of the tool in a note or other suitable location
  • vetting any secondary sources it cites
  • not treating the AI tool as an author

Examples

MLA format: “Text of prompt” prompt. ChatGPT, Day Month version, OpenAI, Day Month Year, chat.openai.com.

MLA Works Cited entry: “Explain antibiotics” prompt. ChatGPT, 13 Feb. version, OpenAI, 16 Feb. 2023, chat.openai.com.

MLA in-text citation: ("Explain antibiotics")


Chicago

Recommendations on how to cite AI-generated content 

Example

Chicago style recommends citing ChatGPT in a Chicago footnote

1. Text generated by ChatGPT, March 31, 2023, OpenAI, https://chat.openai.com.

AI Tools

Chatbots

  • ChatGPT(OpenAI)

    Currently the most well-known chatbot and generative AI tool

  • Deepseek

    Newer AI chatbot by a Chinese company

  • DuckDuckGo AI

    DuckDuckGo AI Chat is a free, anonymous way to access popular AI chatbots including ChatGPT, Llama, Claude, and Mistral

Multimedia Tools

Research Tools

  • Research Rabbit

    A citation-based literature mapping tool. Price: free

  • Inciteful

    Build a network of academic papers and we'll analyze the network to help you discover the most relevant literature.” Price: free

  • Consensus

    AI search engine for research. Price: free

  • Elicit

    Uses machine learning to help you with your research: find papers, extract key claims, summarize, brainstorm ideas, and more.” Price: users automatically get 5,000 free credits to use. After those credits run out, users need to subscript to Elicit plus: $12 per month, billed monthly $144 per year.

Teaching Tools

  • Magic School

    Use AI to generate educational materials, such as lesson plans, syllabi, vocabulary lists, and rubrics. Price: free

  • Eduaide.ai

    An AI-powered tool that helps teachers create lesson plans, teaching resources, and assessments

Writing Tool

  • Grammarly

    Grammarly is a cloud-based writing assistant that uses AI to help improve writing.

  • Jenni AI

    Supports academic writing with AI autocomplete and citation features.

Miscellaneous

  • NotebookLM

    an AI-powered note-taking tool that helps researchers efficiently summarize and synthesize information from various sources, enabling deeper understanding and faster knowledge discovery (Gemini 2024).

  • There are also a number of presentation/slide creation tools. I've played with several and most only allow 1 or 2 slidedecks in the free version. Here is one example by PopAI.

Prompt Design

Resources for Evaluating AI Tools

Environmental Impacts of Generative AI

Agentic AI

comparing agentic ai and generative ai capabilities