Teaching in Higher Ed

Teaching Writing in an Age of AI

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Jan 19, 2023
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ANECDOTE

Craft Assistant Wrote My Accreditation Copy

  • Bonnie described using the Craft app where its assistant wrote two polished paragraphs unexpectedly.
  • She only had to add specific details like the year 2024 to the generated text.
INSIGHT

AI Needs Skilled Human Hands

  • AI writing tools are most useful when wielded by people who already know how to write well.
  • Human oversight and judgement remain essential to evaluate AI outputs.
ADVICE

Value Writing As A Thinking Process

  • Teach writing as a process focused on thinking, not only on the final product.
  • Ask students to reflect on what they learned during writing to assess their process.
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