Teaching with AI: A practical guide to a new era of human learning

August 23, 2024 / Digital Learning / Tags: Vlog, bookbites, AI

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Teaching with AI: A practical guide to a new era of human learning by Bowen & Watson

Ebook at FGCU library:

https://fgcu-flvc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01FALSC_FGCU/ve8kds/alma99384065643106570

What is the topic?

This book is about learning to use AI tools and resources to better navigate the challenges and seize the opportunities offered by AI. The authors offer practical suggestions for integrating AI effectively into teaching and learning environments.

Why is the topic important?

AI is revolutionizing the way we learn, work, and think. Its integration into classrooms and workplaces is already happening. As AI integrates with more of our everyday lives inside and outside the classroom, discussions about creativity, authorship, and education become central. Teaching with AI highlights many of our most pressing questions about integrating AI into our classrooms and utilizes research-based evidence to propose innovative insights into what AI can accomplish in the classroom and beyond.

Who can use this information?

- Online and Face-to-face instructors/faculty
- Instructional Designers
- Administration

Top three takeaways

1. Thinking with AI: AI Literacy is critical to our students’ future success. What knowledge, skills, habits of mind will our students need as they complete their college education and begin their careers? What habits of mind will they need to develop to continue to remain AI literate?
2. Teaching with AI: Grading and re-defining quality. Students might say, “If AI is better at this assignment, why should I do it?” We will need to make the value of student ideas and voice more visible. Using AI generated output as the “average” and scaffolding students to utilize higher level thinking skills that demonstrates depth and breadth of learning and mastery will become the focus of teaching.
3. Learning with AI: Motivating effort with “I care, I can, I matter.” Motivating students is always challenging. Using transparent assignment design that highlights purpose (I care), self-efficacy (I can), and agency (I matter) will capture students’ attention and support them through challenging learning experiences. Differentiating assignments is time consuming and effortful. The authors show how easily and quickly GenAI tools can create differentiated assignments that support the “I care, I can, I matter” components of motivation.