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[Spring Workshop 2023] Why are we Doing This Again?: Will AI writing tools push us to reconsider the way we assess?
Thursday June 1, 1:30 – 1:50 Session Description AI writing tools, such as ChatGPT, use natural language processing and machine learning, which can generate a wide range of outputs, including text-based responses to prompts, creative writing, translation, summaries, etc. Since ChatGPT was released in November 2022, many academics have expressed their apprehension about this tool.…
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[Spring Workshop 2023] Navigating Change and “Normalcy” in Online Learning
Thursday June 1, 3:40 – 4:00 Session Description This presentation will be a summary of a research project on VCC students’ perspectives on academic integrity, alternative assessments, and stress management. A summary of data will be shown based on a survey of 181 VCC students in February 2023. Highlights will include a discussion of changes…
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[Spring Workshop 2023] ChatGPT: Foe, friend, or paradigm-shifting challenge
Friday June 2, 9:40 – 10:25 Session Description Technological innovation comes in 3 flavours: catastrophic (the sky is falling!); sustaining (helps us do what we’ve always done, but better); or disruptive (what doesn’t kill us can make us stronger). Education articles about ChatGPT generally take the first 2 perspectives. Many warn that cheaters will prosper…
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[Spring Workshop 2023] (Academic) Integrity and ChatGPT
Thursday June 1, 1:00 – 1:20 Session Description One of the most controversial concerns about ChatGPT in higher education is related to academic integrity. In this short session, I discuss dimensions of (academic) integrity and propose how educators can promote new integrity framework to address some dynamism and complexities when using ChatGPT in teaching. Recording…