Chatgpt in HIGHER Education

ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that uses natural language processing techniques to respond to user-generated prompts. In short, you ask ChatGPT a question or provide a prompt, it replies using natural language. Unlike a search engine, ChatGPT can write a poem, write a book summary, answer test questions, write essays, etc. And the answers can be continuously refined/narrowed down interactively until the user is satisfied.

This is what OpenAI said in its introduction: “We’ve trained a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational way. The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer follow-up questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises, and reject inappropriate requests.”

What is ChatGPT Plus?

A paid and supposedly enhanced version of ChatGPT. Monthly cost: USD $20. What are the benefits? It’s available even during busy high demand time; slightly faster response speed; early access to new features.

•  Write lesson plans.

• Design an outline for a class syllabus.

• Design a rubric.

• Write learning objectives.

• Design questions for tests.

• Design class activities.

• Provide writing examples.

• Give students feedback on their writing.

• Generate discussion prompts for class. 

• Write essays, poems, summaries.

• Generate codes, formulas, equations.

• Help solve math and science word problems.

• Get one-on-one tutoring or coaching.

• Check the accuracy of their answers.

• Help brainstorm for ideas.

• Create a ChatGPT account and try it for yourself. It is free: https://chat.openai.com/auth/login

• Experiment with ChatGPT and discover its capabilities and limitations specifically to the course you’re teaching. This will help you understand how to integrate it into your course effectively.

• Consider the appropriate uses of ChatGPT in your course. ChatGPT can be used to provide students with additional support and resources.

• Provide guidance to students on how to use ChatGPT effectively. You may provide tips on how to ask questions and write quality prompts.

• Establish clear expectations for the use of ChatGPT in your course.

• Incorporate ChatGPT into your course design to enhance student learning. You may use ChatGPT to generate prompts and exercises, or to provide additional resources for students to explore.

• Redesign your assignments. Try assigning higher-order thinking and learning activities and other assignments that cannot be completed by ChatGPT or other AI tools such as group projects.

• Assess the process as well as the final product. Have students turn in all drafts together with the final essay/work of their assignment.

• Ask students to provide references to their work.

• Create an essay using ChatGPT and then ask the students to write a critique on it.

• Evaluate the effectiveness of ChatGPT in your course. Gather feedback from students and assess the impact of ChatGPT on student learning outcomes.

A ChatGPT prompt is a statement or question that is used to initiate a conversation or prompt a response from ChatGPT. The prompt is used to provide context and direction for the conversation and to help guide the ChatGPT in generating a relevant and coherent response.

Users can provide a variety of prompts to ChatGPT. It can be a simple question/statement about a specific topic. It can also be a series of more complex prompts that require the model to perform tasks such as writing a story or solving a problem.

The prompt can be a sentence, a paragraph or even an entire essay (used when asking ChatGPT to write a summary of the essay.)

The quality and relevance of the response generated by ChatGPT will depend on the quality of the prompt.

Quality prompts produce quality responses.

This is an Interactive prompt. It asks ChatGPT to revise the prompt you provide to get the best possible answer. It is indeed eye-opening to see how this works.

Copy and paste this in ChatGPT prompt box:

I want you to become my Prompt Creator. Your goal is to help me craft the best possible prompt for my needs. The prompt will be used by you, ChatGPT. You will follow the following process: 1. Your first response will be to ask me what the prompt should be about. I will provide my answer, but we will need to improve it through continual iterations by going through the next steps. 2. Based on my input, you will generate 3 sections. a) Revised prompt (provide your rewritten prompt. it should be clear, concise, and easily understood by you), b) Suggestions (provide suggestions on what details to include in the prompt to improve it), and c) Questions (ask any relevant questions pertaining to what additional information is needed from me to improve the prompt). 3. We will continue this iterative process with me providing additional information to you and you updating the prompt in the Revised prompt section until it's complete.

Keep revising until you're happy with it, then simply copy and paste the revised prompt into a new chat. To view how this works, please watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgYQAS9LY3o 

• Generate a complete syllabus based on this course description (paste your course description here.)

• Make a playlist of videos to help students learn about the Civil War (or any other topic.)

• Create a lesson outline for a lesson on (a concept being taught) that includes learning objectives, creative activities, and assessment criteria.

• Create a list of 5 teaching strategies that could be used to engage and challenge students of different ability levels in a lesson on (a concept being taught).

• Make a list of interactive classroom activities for (a concept being taught).

• Generate a list of specific and actionable steps that a student can take to improve their performance in (subject/task).

• Create a quiz with 5 multiple choice (or true or false) questions that assess students' understanding of (a concept being taught).

• Construct a model essay on social discrimination (or another topic of your choice) that surpasses all the requirements for an 'A' grade.

• Describe (topic of your choice) in detail.

• Find relevant academic papers for a topic (of your choice) by inputting the topic and asking for papers.

•  Come up with ten ways to improve memory and recall while studying for exams.

• Provide a summary of (a specific historical event).

• Write a paper outlining the topic (of your choice) in chronological order.

• Teach me the (topic of your choice) and give me a quiz at the end, but don’t give me the answers and then tell me if I answered correctly.

• I need help understanding how probability (or any other topic/concept) works.

• Build an effective mind map for a topic by asking it to create a mind map listing out the central idea, main branches, and sub-branches. 

• Create a study timetable for you by being specific about the subject, topics, and how you'd like to study and when. 

• Give me an example of how to solve a (problem statement).

• Generate active recall questions in the style of your exam for a specific topic. 

• Suggest resources for a topic by inputting the topic and asking for suggestions. 

• Write an essay on any key topic by asking ChatGPT to act as an essay writer and research the topic, formulate a thesis, and write a persuasive piece of work. 

• Create missing word content for a topic to test comprehension, particularly useful for language learning. 

• Summarize long articles or textbooks by inputting the text and asking for a summary. 

• Rephrase a statement or concept to help understand it better. 

• Define a difficult term or concept by inputting the term and asking for a definition. 

• Generate flashcards for a topic by inputting the information you want to remember and asking for a flashcard. 

• Create an outline for an essay or report by inputting the topic and asking for an outline.