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Instructor Guide to Generative AI

This guide is to help instructors navigate the use of generative AI.

ChatGPT and pedagogy

Thinking about ChatGPT as a pedagogy problem, rather than a plagiarism problem, is a way to approach our teaching generatively.

Scaffolding mitigates library anxiety, imposter syndrome, and accidental plagiarism.

Rather than assigning a big, summative paper or project at the end of the course, breaking it up into stages with student reflection reinforces original work and a growth mindset that can reduce the perceived need for students using a tool such as ChatGPT.

Our liaison librarians can help: contact yours to set up an instruction consultation or schedule a class.

Baylor University Resources

Start with the Baylor Syllabus statement about Generative AI: Generative AI Syllabus Guidelines, Fall 2023 - PDF

For a list of more AI tools, see AI Tools Landscape by Carlos Lizarraga-Celaya.

Teaching ideas

meta(LAB) at Harvard - The AI Pedagogy Project 
A collection of assignments and materials for educators curious about how AI affects their students and their syllabi.


Ethan Mollick, Wharton School at Univ. of Pennsylvania.

Here are three great articles he's  co-written about using AI in the classroom:

Using AI to Implement Effective Teaching Strategies in Classrooms: Five Strategies, Including Prompts (March 2023).

Student use cases for AI, (Sept. 2023)

Assigning AI: Seven Approaches for Students, with Prompts, (Sept. 2023)

seven approaches for utilizing AI in classrooms, each with distinct pedagogical benefits and risks:

  • AI-tutor
  • AI-coach
  • AI-mentor
  • AI-teammate
  • AI-tool
  • AI-simulator
  • AI-student

Continue with these articles from his newsletter:

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