Do you envision students using AI in real time conversations to challenge and even counterargue teachers' ideas? I am thinking about literature classes. That dynamic could be quite lively, with everyone involved having to qualify ideas verbally.
I hadn’t thought of this particular scenario, but I really like the dynamics it brings to social cognitive visibility. Last year when I worked with a professor teaching a course like a Great Books course I suggested asking students to use AI as a tool to unlock the Iliad while they were reading it. The idea was to get help with details that might seem pedantic to modern readers but could put a roadblock on basic comprehension (“Who is this god named Athena?”). Then students were to come to class prepared to discuss overarching themes the bot suggested for Book I. The discussion in class could have naturally shifted to collaborative bot consults on the spot in class. With a bona fide expert right there in the room, students had a perfect opportunity to learn just how thoroughly and imperfectly the bot could be while also learning just how helpful it can be as a tool to maneuver around roadblocks. Alas, it didn’t happen. At the time professors were on lockdown themselves. AI was effectively verboten.
Do you envision students using AI in real time conversations to challenge and even counterargue teachers' ideas? I am thinking about literature classes. That dynamic could be quite lively, with everyone involved having to qualify ideas verbally.
I hadn’t thought of this particular scenario, but I really like the dynamics it brings to social cognitive visibility. Last year when I worked with a professor teaching a course like a Great Books course I suggested asking students to use AI as a tool to unlock the Iliad while they were reading it. The idea was to get help with details that might seem pedantic to modern readers but could put a roadblock on basic comprehension (“Who is this god named Athena?”). Then students were to come to class prepared to discuss overarching themes the bot suggested for Book I. The discussion in class could have naturally shifted to collaborative bot consults on the spot in class. With a bona fide expert right there in the room, students had a perfect opportunity to learn just how thoroughly and imperfectly the bot could be while also learning just how helpful it can be as a tool to maneuver around roadblocks. Alas, it didn’t happen. At the time professors were on lockdown themselves. AI was effectively verboten.