If you are inclined to use Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) as a part of classroom activities, discussions, and assessments, consider the opportunities and challenges this may present. Below are a few instructional approaches where GAI tools could be used as part of your teaching.
Question Prompts
Use it for discussion starters. If you are met with blank stares or silence after asking a question, use a text generation tool like ChatGPT to provide a response. Engage your students in a critical dialogue around the response provided.
Reflection
Provide students with an AI generated output and have them use Track Changes (MS Word) or Suggesting (google docs) tools to critique or improve the response.
Preparing Drafts
There are several GAI tools that are specifically designed to support students in the writing process. Encouraging students to use these tools may help them better understand the process and discourage the use of other tools or services in an unethical way. Some of the tools include:
- Writeful – Writeful’s AI helps you write, paraphrase, and copyedit
- ecree – a writing tutor
- TooWrite – a step-by-step guide to writing a paper, with prompts and questions
- CoAuthor – Human-AI Collaborative Writing Dataset
Additional Resource
TextGenEd: Teaching with Text Generation Technologies
Edited by: Annette Vee, Tim Laquintano, and Carly Schnitzler; WAC Clearinghouse, Aug 2023
ABSTRACT: Generative AI is the most influential technology in writing in decades—nothing since the word processor has promised as much impact. Publicly-accessible Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT have enabled students, teachers, and professional writers to generate writing indirectly, via prompts, and this writing can be calibrated for different audiences, contexts and genres. At the cusp of this moment defined by AI, TextGenEd collects early experiments in pedagogy with generative text technology, including but not limited to AI. The fully open access and peer-reviewed collection features 34 undergraduate-level assignments to support students’ AI literacy, rhetorical and ethical engagements, creative exploration, and professional writing text gen technology, along with an Introduction to guide instructors’ understanding and their selection of what to emphasize in their courses. TextGenEd enables teachers to integrate text generation technologies into their courses and respond to this crucial moment.
References:
- Metzer, K., & ChatGPT. (2022, December 7). How CHATGPT could transform higher education. Social Science Space. https://www.socialsciencespace.com/2022/12/how-chatgpt-could-transform-higher-education/
- Watkins, R. (2022, December 18). Update Your Course Syllabus for chatGPT. com. https://medium.com/@rwatkins_7167/updating-your-course-syllabus-for-chatgpt-965f4b57b003
Originally Published: January 28, 2026
