OpenAI’s ChatGPT, an AI chatbot, has been publicly available since last December. It’s one of several generative AI tools on the market, and educators must consider redesigning their teaching approaches to incorporate AI tools effectively.
Subscribing to an AI tool is easy enough, but when using them, educators will need to consider redesigning their pedagogies for effective student learning. It suggests five ways to use AI in education: adopt an AI policy into the curriculum, use AI bots as virtual teaching assistants, generate customized lesson plans and assignments with AI, provide personalized feedback using AI tools, and raise awareness of AI’s effects on education and qualifications. While AI is a powerful tool, students must learn that it’s not a one-stop solution and that future jobs require human-only competencies that AI bots can’t obtain.
