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I feel for the author, being a part-time teacher myself and seeing the impact of ChatGPT first-hand. However, I think there is a viable alternative: 1. Spend
by whiplash451 2y ago
I feel for the author, being a part-time teacher myself and seeing the impact of ChatGPT first-hand.
However, I think there is a viable alternative:
1. Spend the beginning of the year/semester showing the potentially disastrous effects of GenAI (e.g. through various exercises involving GenAI)
2. Once students have been "vaccined" against ChatGPT, assume they will still cheat and switch to a type of teaching that leaves little room for cheating with ChatGPT, e.g. long in-person sessions where students write in classroom. Then grade their production (i.e. don't leave room for them to update after class).
The world is changing fast and brutally, but teachers are the head of the spear against mass enshitification.
- beej71 2y agoI ask my college students how much they would pay someone to solve a problem with ChatGPT. They say "zero". Then I tell them that's how much they'll get paid for doing it. They ask, "Then why are we solving this problem for class?" And then we can get into the reasons they're really here. It's not a bad discussion to have.
- whiplash451 2y agoSuper interesting technique!