E39: A Critical Look at ChatGPT in Education – How Natural Language Processors are Shifting Our Perspective on Teaching, Learning and Assessments

Dr. Brenda McDermott, Manager of Accessible Testing at the University of Calgary joins us to discuss her team’s research project – Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity: The Ethics of Teaching and Learning with Algorithmic Writing Technologies. Dr. McDermott shares her thoughts on the possibilities of how AI text generators like ChatGPT have the potential to empower – but also seriously hinder – learners, especially when considering equity, diversity and inclusion.

References:

• ChatGPT 
• GPT – Generative Pre-trained Transformer 
• Adapted Turing Test 
• Brock education researchers put artificial intelligence to the test 
  • AI and AI: Exploring the Contemporary Intersections of Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity 
• Grammarly 
• GPT-Zero 
• Correction: Edward Tian (a student at Princeton University) created GPT-Zero 
• Inferkit 
• The Scottish Play, i.e., The Tragedy of Macbeth: “Full of Sound and Fury but signifying nothing” 
• One-shot learning 
• OpenAI
• Dr. Phillip Dawson 
• Bloom’s Taxonomy 
• CBC News Article: Should students use apps to write assignments? Attitudes on the U of C campus surveyed
• CAPTCHA – Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart 
• Bing 
• Remix Culture 
• The Grey Album 
• NVIVO 
• Jurassic Park clip “...they were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” 
• Center for Open Science 
  • Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity: The Ethics of Teaching and Learning with Algorithmic Writing Technologies 
• Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton 
• Dr. Brenda McDermott  
• Dr. Jason Wiens  
• Dr. Bob Brennan 
• Beatriz Moya 
• Mawuli Tay 
• Helen Pethrick 
• Jonathan Lesage