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Quick Start AI Guide

Brief Overview

Pressed for time? This guide will prepare you to understand the basics of Generative AI tools such as , , and , to set your course syllabus statement and policies, to understand AI ethics and bias concerns, and to learn about how AI is being used in higher education environments. If you would like to learn more about AI or incorporate it into your teaching, reach out to WMUx using our contact form.

Step 1: Overview of Generative AI (50 minutes)

Watch Drs. Ethan Mollick and Lilach Mollick鈥檚 鈥淧ractical AI for Instructors and Students,鈥 Wharton School YouTube Channel:

Part 1: . 31 July 2023.

Part 2: . 1 August 2023

Part 3: . 2 August 2023.

Part 4: . 3 August 2023.

Part 5: . 4 August 2023.

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Step 2: Bias Concerns (60 minutes)

Read/watch these resources:

  • Buolamwini, Joy. 鈥.鈥 TED Talk, 2017. (Dr. Buolamwini鈥檚 new book, (Penguin Random House, 2023) is highly recommended for when you have more time.)
  • D鈥橝gostino, Susan. "." Inside Higher Ed, 5 June 2023.
  • AI @ WMUx Speaker Series: 鈥溾 a Conversation with Dr. Pierrette Ren茅e Dagg, Director of Technology Impact Research at Merit Network.

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Step 3: Syllabus and Policy Statements (20 minutes)

Read/review these resources:

  • Coffey, Lauren. 鈥.鈥 Inside Higher Ed, 9 February 2024.
  • Eaton, Lance. 鈥溾 Crowdsourced Google Doc. Last updated 2 August 2023.

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Step 4: Citing Guides (10 minutes)

Review these resources:

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  • Moulaison-Sandy, Heather. 鈥.鈥 Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 22 October 2023.

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Step 5: AI in Education (60 minutes)

Read these resources:

  • Mollick, Ethan. 鈥溾. One Useful Thing substack, 22 April 2024.
  • Mollick, Ethan, and Lilach Mollick. 鈥.鈥 Available at SSRN, 22 April 2024. .
  • Mowreader, Ashley. 鈥.鈥 Inside Higher Ed, 28 February 2024.
  • Supiano, Becky. 鈥.鈥 The Chronicle of Higher Education, 30 November 2023.
  • Warner, John. 鈥.鈥 Inside Higher Ed, 6 February 2024.

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