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AI for Academics

Chatbots and OpenAI for academics - learn to detect text-based AI, teach about AI ethics, and use AI to improve your workflows and writing

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Course overview

Turn AI from adversary to consultant, help students learn AI ethics

This course offers specific ways to for talk about AI-generated text in syllabi and the classroom; ways to detect whether students are using AI inappropriately, and ways to make AI work for you in ways that save time in the classroom and promote your research dissemination.

Who is this course for

01

Faculty who teach students at all levels

02

Researchers who want to improve dissemination of findings

03

PhD students looking for a head start with academic tech skills

What you’ll get out of this course

know how students might want to engage with ChatGPT and how to talk about it

Understand what it means to "cheat with AI", how students do it, how you can detect it, and how to intervene before it happens through clear assignment descriptions, classroom conversations, and attribution policies

harness AI to improve your curriculum

Learn how to use AI to build classroom content. Create case studies, build ppt's in a hurry, tidy up your Blackboard (or other LMS) announcements, and build learning objectives with AI.

improve your research dissemination

Effortlessly create impactful summaries of your research, expand research sharing with targeted social media distribution, and power-up your scholarly paragraphs with academic language. Learn to build better prompts for best AI output.

What people say about learning with Melanie

        Dr. Sage can pack more into a single lecture than many professors can fit into a semester-length course. In class and in person she is conscientious, kind, attentive, self-sacrificing and eager to help. Her research and computer skills are remarkable.
Victoria

Victoria

        This was an incredible experience. Thank you so much for the work that you do.
David

David

        This has been an excellent learning experience, and I am very appreciative of my new skills and excited to use them.
Melissa

Melissa

        Very informative and helpful. I can apply this learning to my work.
Denise

Denise

        Thank you for your time, patience and education!!
Elizabeth

Elizabeth

Meet your instructor

Melanie Sage

Melanie Sage

I am passionate about tech and the humans who use it. After 11 years on the tenure track at public universities, I recently transitioned to a research role in big tech. I still love teaching and I especially enjoy teaching people how to make tech work better for them.

Course syllabus

3 live sessions • 11 lessons

Week 1

Feb 13—Feb 19

    Feb

    14

    Set up your Chat GPT account and get ready to explore

    Tue 2/1412:00 AM—1:00 AM (UTC)

    Intro to Chatbots and ChatGPT

    This is the first of 3 modules that will be released over the next three weeks.

    In this module, we'll talk about:

    • how ChatGPT works
    • clues for knowing whether students used ChatGPT or another chatbot
    • how you might talk about chatbots in your syllabus and the classroom


    Each video in this module is about five minutes. After you watch the videos, find the discussion forum and say hello. Next Monday I'll release more content about how you can use ChatGPT to help you improve your own efficiency in the classroom.

    7 items

Week 2

Feb 20—Feb 26

    Feb

    21

    Live class- let's learn together!

    Tue 2/2112:00 AM—1:00 AM (UTC)

    Feb

    22

    Use discussion boards to share your work samples

    Wed 2/2212:00 AM—1:00 AM (UTC)

    Module 2: Optimizing classroom time with GPT

    By the end of this week, you will know how to:

    • build learning objectives
    • harness AI to build classroom content
    • create case studies
    • built ppt's in a hurry
    • tidy up your class announcements
    • 📄

      Module 2: Creating Case Studies

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      Module 2: Creating Slide Decks/ppt

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      Module 2: AI for feedback and grading

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      Module 2: Conversing with a bot

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      Resources, links, and more reading

Week 3

Feb 27

    Module 3: Improve research dissemination

    By the end of this week, you will know how to:

    • create quick summaries of your research
    • expand research sharing via social media distribution
    • power-up academic language
    • improve your prompt-building skills

    Bonus content

    • Learn about image generation with AI
    • Improve image gen keywords
    • Learn about emerging AI chatbots coming from Microsoft and Google
    • Explore other free AI tools like resume builders, ppt builders, and more
    • Learn about GPT Sandbox
    • Imagine AI futures in academia


Course schedule

3-6 hours total

  • Live Session Feb 20

    7:00pm - 8:00pm EST

    We will meet once live to answer questions, brainstorm, and play with AI together.

  • Weekly projects

    3 hours

    You can complete each module in approximately one hour each, or 3 hours total. Do this at your own pace.

Learning is better with cohorts

Learning is better with cohorts

Active hands-on learning

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Interactive and project-based

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

Learn with a cohort of peers

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

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