exploring existing opportunities in MILO's curriculum
to coach students on the use of GenAI

exploring existing opportunities in MILO's curriculum to coach students on the use of GenAI

What do we want to address about GenAI?

What are we really trying to do?

opportunity nr. 1

the activity should be

combining GenAI and referencing

combining GenAI and referencing: supportive material

The supportive material was developed for the courses: 'Critical Issues of Technology Use in Education' and 'Transformative Technology Use in Education'

GenAI 'in the wild' - referencing

A. Need to know

B. Practice and discuss in group

C. Moderated classroom discussion
 

GenAI 'in the wild' - referencing

• Setting the scene with analogbot
  What do you need to know to about referencing to be able to practice referencing with GenAI.
   

• What would be the reason for you to reference correctly? (multiple choice question)
   

• Why is referencing important at our university? (video)
   

• Introduction/recap of referencing, citing and paraphrasing. (Interactive book)
   

• Students can share questions and concerns and read questions other students have. (open question)

GenAI 'in the wild' - referencing

At the start of the workshop 'academic writing':
 

• Address questions about referencing.
   
• Introducing the group work and elaborating on the thought-provoking questions about the use of GenAI.

GenAI 'in the wild' - referencing

• Practicing referencing (individually and/or together)
   
• Group discussion based on thought-provoking questions:
  • Deconstruct the customGPT
    • What do you think your teacher wants to achieve with this CustomGPT?
    • What do you think is the expected behaviour?
    • ​What would be the instructions behind this CustomGPT?
    • Does the CustomGPT do a good job?
    • What can we expect from this technology?
• Extra challenges
  • 'Break the bot': How can you make the bot deviate from its instructions?
  • 'Improve the bot': What instructions would you give it?

GenAI 'in the wild' - referencing

C. Moderated classroom discussion: Synchronous colocated (60 minutes)

• Discussing the thought-provoking questions and challenges.
• Analise and discuss the instructions for the CustomGPT.
• Extra questions (to build upon via other opportunities in the curriculum):

  • What does it do well at the moment?

  • What are its current pitfalls and limitations?

  • How does it work?

  • What does this current technology mean for teaching and learning?

GenAI 'in the wild' - other opportunities in MILO's curriculum