For the reasons discussed in this guide, students must learn to use AI ethically and responsibly. At the same time, students need to develop the skills that AI doesn't have, such as such as critical thinking, problem-solving, and effective communication. Here are some assignment ideas that meet both learning objectives.
And if you decide to allow the use of AI:
Be specific about what you want it to do, what types of answers you want
Constraints – level of work; keywords to use or avoid
Output format – style, length, essay, bullet list, etc.
Refine output
These sites were part of a faculty development session in the fall of 2024 led by Michael Hanegan. These sites have a free version, some with limited abilities. Please feel free to explore!
Claude - "Claude is an artificial intelligence, trained by Anthropic using Constitutional AI to be safe, accurate, and secure — the trusted assistant for you to do your best work. You can use Claude for your own personal use or create a Team account to collaborate with your teammates." (from the website)
NotebookLM - a Google-powered is an AI-powered research and writing assistant that works best with the sources you upload.
Connected Papers - "Connected Papers is a unique, visual tool to help researchers and applied scientists find and explore papers relevant to their field of work." (from the website)
Litmaps - "Litmaps changes the way researchers search for papers and conduct literature reviews. Using the citation network and advanced search features, Litmaps help you find the most important papers on your topic faster." (from the website)
PerplexityAI - A "conversational search engine that uses large language models to answer queries using sources from the web and cites links within the text response." (fro Wikipedia)