GenAi Introduction Presentation Fulbright 2025

Generative AI

Considerations & Applications for Academic Environments

Dr. Jacqueline McGinty

ProfessorCollege of Education & Human Services Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Generative Ai

Generative AI (GenAI) machine learning --creates new content- text, images, data, video, music and more. Generates new output based on patterns in training data

Examples

Common Chatbot Examples

Additional Tools

ChatGPT 4 (free) and 5 (paid includes DALL*E) Google Gemini (was Bard) Copilot (Microsoft): Bing, Windows Add On Perplexity You.com

Imagine Art: text to image creator AI Embedded Tools: Google, Microsoft, Grammarly Fotor: Image Editing HeyGen: Video Creation Magic School AI

GenAI as a co planner

• AI is a tool, not a replacement for good teaching or ideas-pedagogy/andragogy first
• Lead by example: model Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, Ethics

ethicAl Considerations

Privacy

• Review privacy policies for all digital tools.

• Do not input personal information

Safety

• Evaluate extensions and plugins
• Fact check responses

Bias

• Representation?
• Stereotypes

Sample Privacy Policy

Integrity

• Transparency-Credit Ai
• Include chat history and/or prompts in reference list
• Do not completely copy and paste Ai output
• Develop "Intellectual skill"
• Rephrase output and give credit
• Direct quote and cite
• Look for incorrect information; "hallucinations"

Citing Gen AI

In text citation, use Open AI or other generative AI tool as the author. Example from Text: OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (May 3 version) [Large language model]. https://chatopenai.com/chat

Link to APA Style Blog

Image credit: How to cite ChatGPT APA Style Blog: https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/how-to-cite-chatgpt

Practical Applications

• Brainstorming
• Outlines
• Topic refinement
• Writing assistance
• Passive voice
• Style; Reading Level
• Embedded Tools e.g. Grammarly; Microsoft, Google
• Research
• Suggest topics
• Construct arguments/counter arguments
• Literature Review- Use Caution!

Activity

Using a Generative AI (GenAI) tool of your choice, try out a few prompts (see list below or choose your own) that you and reflect on the response from the GenAI tool. Examples:

1. Give 5 low-tech participation strategies for large classes that take ≤3 minutes each.
2. Provide choice board options (create, analyze, apply, reflect) for digital literacy, all doable with low bandwidth
3. Rewrite this paragraph at a 6th-grade reading level, keep key terms, and remove idioms: (add your own paragraph)
4. Design a 2-minute routine for entering class and getting started with devices. Output as a step-by-step card.
5. Provide offline or paper-based alternatives to a live poll that still produce analyzable data.
6. Make a troubleshooting mini-script for when a tool fails mid-lesson (what I say, what students do).

Resources

Clickable list of 'No Code Applications' Policy and Citation Resources Books and Blogs Podcasts Prompt Engineering Guides

references & Credits

References Graff, G & Berkenstein, C. (2024). "They Say/I Say". The moves that matter in academic writing. W.W. Norton & Co. Garrison, R. (2023, November 1). Shared metacognition and the emergence of AI. The Community of Inquiry. https://www.thecommunityofinquiry.org/editorial44 Kim, M. and Adlof, L. (2024). Adapting to the future: ChatGPT as a means for supporting constructivist learning environments. TechTrends 68, 37-46. OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT (September 30 version 4.0) [Large language model]. https://chatopenai.com/chat Google. (2024). Gemini (September 30 version) [Large language model]. https://gemini.google.com/app Routley, n. (2023, February 6) What is generative AI? An AI explains. World Economic Forum. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/02/generative-ai-explain-algorithms-work/ White, JD. (2023 November 6). Academic integrity in the age of AI. Educause Review. https://er.educause.edu/articles/sponsored/2023/11/academic-integrity-in-the-age-of-ai

Image Credits All photos used with permission from Genially photo library Slide Background photo created using ChatGPT4 with Dall*E

Policy and Citation Resources

APA How to Cite ChatGPT Brown University Library Citation and Attribution with AI Tools

Teaching in Higher Ed: AI related podcast collection Tea for Teaching: 319 AI in the Curriculum with Mohammad Tajvarpour Tea for Teaching: 311 Upskilling in AI with Marc Watkins Tea for Teaching: 309 Preparing Students for An AI Future with Michelle Miller

AI for Instructional Design AI Prompt for ID

Literature Reviews

Generative AI Not Recommended

The Use of Generative AI for Scientific Literature Searches for Systematic Reviews: ChatGPT and Microsoft Bing AI Performance Evaluation. (Gwon et al., 2024)

AI Assisted Literature Reviews University of Iowa Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology (2024)

Agile Learning Blog: Derek Bruff Engines of Engagement-A Curious Book About Generative AI by Julian Stodd, Sae Schatz, and Geoff Stead with Donald Clark, Mark Oehlert, and Marc Zao-Sanders (Free pdf download) Using Generative AI as an Instructor (Pressbooks-Generative Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Learning at McMaster University Copyright © 2023 by Paul R MacPherson) Exploring New Horizons:Generative Artificial Intelligence and Teacher Education (Free Download). Mike Searson, SITE/AACE Board, United States ; Elizabeth Langran, Marymount University, United States ; Jason Trumble, University of Central Arkansas, United States Published March 2024. Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Google Help Me Write Microsoft PowerPoint: Speaker Coach Grammarly: Writing assistance