You are very welcome. This is such an important topic that we must all really reflect on it and be open to what this means for the future of education in general and writing instruction specifically.
I greatly appreciate your comment, Lileth. The way that AI continues to improve is very interesting, with so much more coming. This new tool for writing in OpenAI's ChatGPT (Canvas) is a powerful example that has a lot of ramifications for academia. Together, we can figure out the best way forward.
This is a great video, and I completely agree with your take on AI and its future use in education. The education system has to have an updated attitude towards this powerful tech. It is something that is being baked into every part of our society. You will stay caught up in the workplace if you adopt and learn this tech. I am amazed at how fast AI is growing and changing my daily life. As I always hear, this is the worst it will ever be; it can only get better in the future.
Hi Michael, thank you for the comment. Yes, AI is always advancing, so we need to be proactive. Academia and business, as well as society itself, must continually develop AI Literacy in order to properly use AI as a tool and not be left behind. My hope is that these videos will push academia to see the need for the incorporation of these tools to set up all students for success in this AI-infused world.
Simplifying this isn't easy, if educators aren't willing or receptive to "learning and /pr exploring" the new AI tools, then they've already biased their evaluation of students' writing using AI? IMHO ,when a student enters the workforce, it might not be familiar as it could be, whatever the AI, if they aren't, in the very least ed environments being exposed to AI, we are holding back a generation + of skillsets they will need now and in their future. The students are most likely using it on their own at this point anyways. What's happening in Lower ED, respectively, Higher Ed might want to at least show interest as their freshman students will probably have AI exposure unrealized whether by choice or ignorance?
Lots of great points here, Rox and I totally agree. We need to have a balanced approach to ensure foundational knowledge of writing and the realization that this is the new paradigm of writing. AI is a tool that is now freely available to everyone at any time and at any place. We can't just ignore it. We need these types of discussions to identify pros and cons and create best practices. Thank you for your always insightful comments, Rox.
I sorta disagree with your argument that this is a tool that exists, and will for the foreseeable future, and therefore the "leaning by themselves" isn't as important anymore. We also have calculators, but it's still vitally important to be able to do know how to calculate things, to know the basics. The skill to be learnt is isn't just about the output you produce. It's as much about the development of your own cognition, to think it through, to find different perspectives yourself. It's one thing using a tool to speed up the process and aid you, but if you don't know how to do it yourself, you'll never improve either. The tool can't do that for you. It'll only output what you ask of it.
You are very right, Henrik. Thank you for taking the time to comment. I also think that and should have highlighted that more. Everyone still needs to develop the fundamental skills of writing and of understanding what "right" looks like. I also agree that a lot is learned by simply going through the writing process. I think the key is finding a proper balance of developing these skills and also knowing how to best use these AI skills. It isn't just about the end product, but the end product is also extremely important. In education the process needs to be fully observed so as to provide developmental feedback through formative assessment to then finally offer summative assessment. I think we need to ensure that we move beyond just evaluating the finished essay and instead focus on the process of prompt creation and interactive development with AI.
Thank you, great content ❤
You are very welcome. This is such an important topic that we must all really reflect on it and be open to what this means for the future of education in general and writing instruction specifically.
Very cool and interesting video
I greatly appreciate your comment, Lileth. The way that AI continues to improve is very interesting, with so much more coming. This new tool for writing in OpenAI's ChatGPT (Canvas) is a powerful example that has a lot of ramifications for academia. Together, we can figure out the best way forward.
This is a great video, and I completely agree with your take on AI and its future use in education. The education system has to have an updated attitude towards this powerful tech. It is something that is being baked into every part of our society. You will stay caught up in the workplace if you adopt and learn this tech. I am amazed at how fast AI is growing and changing my daily life. As I always hear, this is the worst it will ever be; it can only get better in the future.
Hi Michael, thank you for the comment. Yes, AI is always advancing, so we need to be proactive. Academia and business, as well as society itself, must continually develop AI Literacy in order to properly use AI as a tool and not be left behind. My hope is that these videos will push academia to see the need for the incorporation of these tools to set up all students for success in this AI-infused world.
Here is the link to the full version of the OpenAI video about this new ChatGPT tool for writing: ruclips.net/video/qZ0ImE41pVs/видео.html
Simplifying this isn't easy, if educators aren't willing or receptive to "learning and /pr exploring" the new AI tools, then they've already biased their evaluation of students' writing using AI? IMHO ,when a student enters the workforce, it might not be familiar as it could be, whatever the AI, if they aren't, in the very least ed environments being exposed to AI, we are holding back a generation + of skillsets they will need now and in their future. The students are most likely using it on their own at this point anyways. What's happening in Lower ED, respectively, Higher Ed might want to at least show interest as their freshman students will probably have AI exposure unrealized whether by choice or ignorance?
Lots of great points here, Rox and I totally agree. We need to have a balanced approach to ensure foundational knowledge of writing and the realization that this is the new paradigm of writing. AI is a tool that is now freely available to everyone at any time and at any place. We can't just ignore it. We need these types of discussions to identify pros and cons and create best practices. Thank you for your always insightful comments, Rox.
I sorta disagree with your argument that this is a tool that exists, and will for the foreseeable future, and therefore the "leaning by themselves" isn't as important anymore. We also have calculators, but it's still vitally important to be able to do know how to calculate things, to know the basics. The skill to be learnt is isn't just about the output you produce. It's as much about the development of your own cognition, to think it through, to find different perspectives yourself.
It's one thing using a tool to speed up the process and aid you, but if you don't know how to do it yourself, you'll never improve either. The tool can't do that for you. It'll only output what you ask of it.
You are very right, Henrik. Thank you for taking the time to comment. I also think that and should have highlighted that more. Everyone still needs to develop the fundamental skills of writing and of understanding what "right" looks like. I also agree that a lot is learned by simply going through the writing process. I think the key is finding a proper balance of developing these skills and also knowing how to best use these AI skills. It isn't just about the end product, but the end product is also extremely important. In education the process needs to be fully observed so as to provide developmental feedback through formative assessment to then finally offer summative assessment. I think we need to ensure that we move beyond just evaluating the finished essay and instead focus on the process of prompt creation and interactive development with AI.