Make Your Assignments Harder For AI Writers: Add Specific Prompts And Personal Experience Prompts
Because replacing written assessments with, for instance, oral exams may not always be possible, and/or getting students to include their rough notes with the final submission increases the marking workload significantly.
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Idea 1: Issues outside of AI’s purview
Assign prompts that are quite specific. AI is less likely to respond convincingly to suggestions with granular specificity. This is especially true if the prompt refers to a class topic or other information that students encountered (guest speakers, peer presentations, in-class discussions, etc.) that the AI is unaware of. If you expect pupils to provide unique and particular information in their work, AI has limited chance of including it.
EXAMPLE OF AN ASSIGNMENT QUESTION THAT USES AN ASSIGNED PROMPT
Write an assignment on…………………and include a discussion on how the lecture …. issues that I discussed might explain……….
Idea 2: Writing from personal experience
Assign writing that draws on the perspectives, experiences, and cultural capital of the students. This technique is consistent with a diversity, equality, and inclusion strategy for creating writing assignments that can result in the most relevant information analysis and synthesis. The lecturer is just as likely as the pupils to learn from their effort. One underlying premise is that AI will not produce texts with resonant personal perspectives; however, even if AI can replicate this type of writing, a second premise is that a writing assignment that invites students to share how their lives intersect with academia will motivate students to write their own papers.
EXAMPLE OF AN ASSIGNMENT QUESTION THAT USES A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE PROMPT
Write an assignment on…………………and explain how it might relate to you personally in your current professional context.
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Issues outside of AI’s purview
Assign prompts that are quite specific. AI is less likely to respond convincingly to suggestions with granular specificity. This is especially true if the prompt refers to a class topic or other information that students encountered (guest speakers, peer presentations, in-class discussions, etc.) that the AI is unaware of. If you expect pupils to provide unique and particular information in their work, AI has limited chance of including it.
EXAMPLE OF AN ASSIGNMENT QUESTION THAT USES AN ASSIGNED PROMPT
Write an assignment on…………………and include a discussion on how the lecture …. issues that I discussed might explain ……….
Writing from personal experience
Assign writing that draws on the perspectives, experiences, and cultural capital of the students. This technique is consistent with a diversity, equality, and inclusion strategy for creating writing assignments that can result in the most relevant information analysis and synthesis. The lecturer is just as likely as the pupils to learn from their effort. One underlying premise is that AI will not produce texts with resonant personal perspectives; however, even if AI can replicate this type of writing, a second premise is that a writing assignment that invites students to share how their lives intersect with academia will motivate students to write their own papers.
EXAMPLE OF AN ASSIGNMENT QUESTION THAT USES A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE PROMPT
Write an assignment on…………………and explain how it might relate to you personally in your current professional context.
