After the Homework Apocalypse
Educational activity AI made less effective for students
What is homework?
Crafting inputs to get the best possible response from AI models
What is prompt engineering?
In a flipped classroom, students first engage with learning materials in this setting
What is at home (or outside of class)?
Students do not view using AI for assignments as this academic violation, though educators may disagree.
What is cheating?
Guiding AI through a logical step-by-step reasoning process to improve its responses.
What is chain-of-thought prompting?
AI tutors can personalize learning by adapting to these individual student factors
What are learning styles and pace?
AI detection tools struggle with this limitation
What is identification of AI-generated content?
Despite not being able to do this, Google's AI performed better when told to "Take a deep breath and work on this problem step by step!"
What is breathing?
The main advantage of combining AI tutors with flipped classrooms is the ability to maximize these two types of learning experiences
What are self-paced learning and interactive in-class activities?
AI can perform most take-home assignments, teachers must transition towards these other assessment methods.
What are in-class assessments and monitored evaluations?
AI models function like this predictive tool, commonly found on smartphones, by guessing the next word in a sentence
What is autocomplete?
AI assists with routine tasks, allowing teachers to focus more on these higher-level educational goals
What are critical thinking and collaborative learning?
Mollick argues that AI is not only used for cheating but also helps students deal with such types of academic challenges
What are understanding complex topics and creative problem-solving?
As AI becomes more advanced, this will likely become less necessary for users to get useful responses
What is complex prompt engineering?
A major concern with AI in education is that not all students have equal access to AI tools, creating disparities in learning opportunities
What is unequal access to AI? or What is AI accessibility?