Welcome to AI in Teaching and Learning!
Welcome to AI in Teaching and Learning At Vol State
Welcome!
Artificial Intelligence (AI) will disrupt and transform teaching and learning in every discipline in higher education around the globe and here at Volunteer State Community College. This page is a place for us to start sharing and learning how the Vol State community of faculty, students, and staff can work together to harness AI to improve teaching and learning, student recruitment and retention, and student success.
If you'd like to be involved in the AI conversation--leading or listening--please reach out to:
- Len Assante
- Communication Studies Faculty/Assistant Dean. Division of Humanities
- email: Len.Assante@volstate.edu
- Josh Bond
- Computer Information Technology-Cyber Defense Faculty, Division of Business and Technology
- email: Joshua.Bond@volstate.edu
- Jamie Gorczyca
- English Faculty/Assistant Chair, Division of Humanities
- email: Jamie.Gorczyca@volstate.edu
- Diana Hardin
- Reading / Writing Specialist, Office of Learning Commons
- email: Diana.Hardin@volstate.edu
- Bryan Saums
- Instructional Design Specialist, Office of Distance Learning
- email: bryan.saums@volstate.edu
- Jeremy Shipley
- Philosophy Faculty/Department Chair, Division of Humanities
- email: Jeremy.Shipley@volstate.edu
- Sheri Waltz
- Communication Studies Faculty/Department Chair, Division of Humanities
- email: Sheri.Waltz@volstate.edu
General AI Resources
General AI Resources
On this page, you'll find resources that will help you understand AI, how it will impact the classroom, and ideas you can use to embrace and harness AI in your teaching and learning. Information on AI is published at lightning speed, so please help build this page. If you come across items of interest, please forward them to Bryan Saums (email bryan.saums@volstate.edu) for possible listing here.
How Can I Use / Explore AI Right Now?
- TLDR AI
- AI, ML, and Data Science in 5 Minuntes. Get a free, daily newsletter with the latest in AI, machine learning, and data science.
- Future Tools
- As of April 18, 2023, there are over 1,400 AI resources on this page...and the list is growing. Explore AI tools in music, writing, videography, image creation and manipulation, voice manipulation, and a host of other areas. Browsing through this resource will give you an inkling of the breadth and depth of AI in virtually all creative fields.
- ChatGPT
- ChatGPT is not the first AI app, but it's the one that started all the buzz in higher ed starting in late 2022. ChatGPT is a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence. Give it a try!
- To get started: How to Use ChatGPT.
- GPTZero
- GPTZero is a popular app used to detect writing generated by ChatGPT.
- Bing Image Creator
- Image Creator AI applications like Bing Image Creator use text to produce AI images.
- Here's a helpful article from ZDNet: How to use Bing Image Creator.
What is AI?
- IBM. "What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)?" IBM.com. Accessed April 3, 2023. https://www.ibm.com/topics/artificial-intelligence.
- McCarthey, John. "What is AI? / Basic Questions." Professor John McCarthy: Father of AI. Accessed April 3, 2023. http://jmc.stanford.edu/artificial-intelligence/what-is-ai/.
AI Editorials and Social Commentary
Carr, David F. ChatGPT Drops About 10% in Traffic as the Novelty Wears Off (blog). Entry posted July 5, 2023. Accessed July 7, 2023. https://www.similarweb.com/blog/insights/ai-news/chatgpt-traffic-drops/?utm_source=tldrai.
Andreessen, Marc. "Why AI Will Save The World." Marc Andreessen Substack (blog). Entry posted June 6, 2023. Accessed June 7, 2023. https://pmarca.substack.com/p/why-ai-will-save-the-world?utm_source=tldrai.
Kastrenakes, Jacob, and James Vincent. "Hope, fear, and AI." The Verge. Accessed 2023. https://www.theverge.com/c/23753704/ai-chatgpt-data-survey-research. We polled 2,000 people about how they're using AI, what they want it to do, and what scares them about it the most.
AI Resources in Teaching & Learning
AI Resources for Teaching & Learning
On this page, you'll find resources that will help you understand AI in higher education. If you come across items of interest, please forward them to Bryan Saums (email bryan.saums@volstate.edu) for possible listing here.
How is AI Disrupting and Transforming Higher Ed?
- Volunteer State Faculty Policies on AI. VSCC faculty are encouraged to share their classroom policies on AI here so we may all learn from each other. If you wish to share assignments you've written that incorporate AI, please email Bryan Saums at bryan.saums@volstate.edu.
- OpenAI. "Teaching with AI" Entry posted August 31, 2023. https://openai.com/blog/teaching-with-ai#OpenAI.
- Cummings, Lance. "Developing Your Default GenAI Policy". iSophist. Entry posted August 1, 2023.
- Eaton, Lance, comp. Classroom Policies for AI Generative Tools. Accessed June 12, 2023. This is a growing collection of classroom and institutional policies from higher education institutions throughout North America. If you are a professor looking for ideas regarding writing AI policies for your classes, this is a great place to start.
- Mollick, Ethan. "The Homework Apocalypse." One Useful Thing. 1 July 2023. Accessed 15 July 2023. https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/the-homework-apocalypse.
- Banks, David C. "ChatGPT caught NYC schools off guard. Now, we're determined to embrace its potential." Chalkbeat. Last modified May 18, 2023. Accessed May 22, 2023. https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2023/5/18/23727942/chatgpt-nyc-schools-david-banks.
- Abdous, M'hammed. "How AI Is Shaping the Future of Higher Ed." Chronicle of Higher Education, March 22, 2023. Accessed April 3, 2023. https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2023/03/22/how-ai-shaping-future-higher-ed-opinion.
- Hutson et al., James. "Artificial Intelligence and the Disruption of Higher Education: Strategies for Integrations across Disciplines." Creative Education 13, no. 12 (December 2022). Accessed April 4, 2023. https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=122159.
How Can I Use AI to Improve Teaching and Learning?
- MLA-CCCC Joint Task Force on Writing and AI. "Quick Start Guide to Writing and AI." Humanities Commons. Last modified February 21, 2023. Accessed April 3, 2023. https://aiandwriting.hcommons.org/resources/.
- AI Resources for Teaching & LearningThis is a curated collection, 19 pages long, of resources touching on all areas of AI, including many articles on using AI as a teaching tool in the on-ground classroom and online classroom.
- turnitin Guide for approaching AI-generated text in your classroomAI-generated text is no longer a concept of the future. This advancing technology is prompting educators to examine implications on classroom assignments and student learning. In an effort to support educators, Turnitin’s team of veteran educators have compiled a list of practical strategies for embracing the challenge and also the potential that comes along with AI technology and writing. We hope this guide generates ideas for approaching AI in your classrooms today.
- AI Guide for Students
This is a downloadable infographic that may be used across disciplines.
AI and Work Trends
Microsoft Work Trend Index. "Will AI Fix Work? The pace of work is outpacing our ability to keep up. AI is poised to create a whole new way of working." Worklab. Last modified May 9, 2023. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/will-ai-fix-work?ref=charterworks.com.
Delaney, Kevin J. "How AI requires a new approach to work and management." Charter. Last modified June 25, 2023. https://www.charterworks.com/jared-spataro-microsoft/?utm_source=tldrai.