Chat GPT and Its Implications for Lifelong Learning
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
9 pm ET/6 pm PT
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Session Description
ChatGPT has, over the past few months, literally exploded as a topic of conversation and exploration in teaching-training-learning and many other venues. The possibilities and challenges can seem daunting—which means that it’s time for the #etmooc community to do what it does so well: explore the underpinnings of ChatGPT in the overall learning landscape of artificial intelligence; identify possibilities and challenges; and begin creating flexible plans of action through better understanding of how ChatGPT is already changing the way we work and learn so we can effectively and appropriately incorporate it into what we do.
Join us for this highly interactive 60-minute online session exploring ChatGPT in lifelong learning and then engage with your co-conspirators in the #etmooc2 community over the next two weeks to see how you can most effectively respond to what it offers.
Goals/Objectives of the session
By participating in the synchronous Zoom session and any additional activities you pursue as part of your own learning experience, you will see how your colleagues are responding to ChatGPT. By the end of the live session and completion of any other activities you pursue, you will be able to:
Identify at least three ways ChatGPT might be of benefit to you and those you serve in your section of our lifelong learning environment
Anticipate at least three challenges ChatGPT may pose to you and those you serve
Describe at least one way you may begin incorporating ChatGPT into your work or describe at least one step you can take to overcome a challenge you face in incorporating ChatGPT into your lifelong learning efforts
Session Facilitators
Maurice Coleman [he/him/his] —Principal of Coleman & Associates. Maryland
Lisa Gustinelli—Instructional Technology/IT Administrator, St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic School. Delray Beach, Florida
Paul Signorelli—San Francisco-based writer, trainer/facilitator, presenter and consultant. San Francisco, California
You are invited to design your own learning experience by choosing as few or as many of the following suggested exercises as you care to choose, to advance your learning.
Participate in the initial live one-hour Week 1 session on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 or view the archived recording.
Read at least three of the resources listed on this Session 1 page.
Sign up for ChatGPT (unpaid version) and use it to do something meaningful to you and your learners, e.g., have it design a simple lesson plan, a module for a course, a resource list of use to you and your learners, or anything else where the combination of your skills and ChatGPT’s programming combine to produce something positive and meaningful that would not have been as easily and effectively accomplished without that combination of “human + machine.”
Post your results and reflections on Discord, using the #week1-chatgpt channel:
Please note: you must be logged in to access this channel.
Use this link to register for Discord.
Additional resources include The Beginners Guide to Discord and a Discord Tutorial video.)
Post your thoughts/responses to the live session on Discord, using the #week1-chatgpt channel Please note that you must be logged in to access this channel.
Post your thoughts/responses about any of the suggested resources or any you have found during your own learning explorations to the live session on Discord using the #week1-chatgpt channel . Please note: you must be logged in to access this channel.
Using these three hashtags--#etmooc2, #ai, and #chatgpt—post (on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, or any other social media platform you regularly use) links to additional resources (beyond those listed on this page or on the course “Resources” page) that have been useful to you in your explorations of ChatGPT in lifelong learning.
Write a blog or record a video about how what you are learning will be useful to you and the learners you serve, then
Post a link to your piece on Discord, using the #week1-chatgpt channel
Write a blog or record a video about how what you are learning will be useful to you and the learners you serve, then post a link to your piece on Discord, using the #week1-chatgpt channel
There is no need to read all of them; they are arranged from most general/concise to most complex/in-depth so you can pursue your learning at whatever level is most comfortable to you.
"What Is ChatGPT and How Is It Used in Education?" Mark Lieberman, EducationWeek, January 4, 2023
ChatGPT: How to Use the AI Chatbot for Free” Joe Fedewa, How-to-Geek, updated March 27, 2023
“How Will ChatGPT Change Education and Teaching?” Entrepreneur staff, Entrepreneur, February 16, 2023
“How Will AI Chatbots Like ChatGPT Affect Higher Education?” .University of Rochester, February 27, 2023
“For Education, ChatGPT Holds Promise—and Creates Problems (EdSurge Guide to ChatGPT)” Compilation of articles and podcasts from EdSurge writers and podcasters, posted April 2023
“One Thing We’re Getting Wrong About AI” Imad Khan, CNET, March 17, 2023
“The Best AI Chatbots: ChatGPT and Other Interesting Alternatives to Try”
Sabrina Ortiz, ZDNET, March 31, 2023
“Are We There Yet? – A Systematic Literature Review on Chatbots in Education” Sebastian Wollny, Jan Schneider, Daniele Di Mitri, Joshua Weidlich, Marc Rittberger, and Hendrik Drachsler, National Library of Medicine/PubMed Central, July 15, 2021
“Chatbots Applications in Education: A Systematic Review” Chindu Wilfred Okonkwo and Abejide Ade-Ebijola, ScienceDirect, Volume 2, 2021
