[Catalist] AI To Support Learners

Thu Oct 5 16:39:46 AEDT 2023

Thanks, Rod.

Adding to your post

Link to some AI research conducted by Datacom. https://digital.datacom.com/index.php/email/emailWebview?email=OTg0LU5KSy05OTQAAAGOnUmFVVYDBNQ36Yiim7cZ3JqdSWhwqO5UdNi2Zqwi4RaXKsIXUC1TrYv2NMphxVZLLoihd2e0Af3Vb1BznjW0_4x21FJhx3uG

Future Science Friday 1st December 2023 – After the keynote we have we have Principal Speaker sessions in the morning. One is on AI.

Speaker: Dr Miriam Sullivan (ECU)

Title of talk: Generative AI and Student Learning at Universities

Abstract: Universities have a responsibility to guide students in using generative artificial intelligence (genAI) for effective learning and future job readiness. Our 2023 survey of 1100 students found varying awareness and confidence in genAI across disciplines. Students appreciate genAI for learning but worry about fairness, integrity, and critical thinking. We conducted a workshop on using ChatGPT and generative AI in line with university policies. Post-workshop, students felt more confident, understood AI policies better, and expressed intent to use AI more in the future. Our work at ECU demonstrates how TEQSA and universities might approach genAI use in the future.

Keep an eye out for invitations to attend Future Science. Future Science Friday 1st December 2023 – registrations opening next week. Details will be updated on the STAWA Website<https://www.stawa.net/conferences/future-science/>.

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John

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From: Catalist <catalist-bounces at lists.stawa.net> on behalf of Rod Blitvich <rblit at iinet.net.au>
Date: Wednesday, 4 October 2023 at 4:51 pm
To: Catalist <catalist at lists.stawa.net>
Subject: [Catalist] AI To Support Learners

Wow!

Super Tutor: AI to Support all Learners <https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2023/10/super-tutor-ai-to-support-all-learners.html?fbclid=IwAR1Mfknccgoto6CZugbx9cYrLjO-rg93aSHjxnSrnyTs24a5y484WGF6uR4>

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Super Tutor: AI to Support all Learners<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8makiExNLY>
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by Eric Curtis

(Eric Curtis describes himself as a Tech Integrationist, Writer, Google for Education Certified Trainer and Innovator)

Could AI be used as a Personal Tutor for all students?

He talks about Bloom saying in 1984 that using the Mastery Learning teaching approach can result in a one standard deviation improvement in student achievement and using Personal Tutoring can result in an improvement of two standard deviations.  We didn’t have the resources to use the Personal Tutoring approach. Forty years later, the advent of AI may enable a Personal Tutoring approach!

There is a heap of content in this presentation!!

I have briefly looked at his illustrations of using ChatGPT and Google Bard to:

  1.  Assign a reading level to a given piece of text
  2.  Re-write that text to a different reading level
  3.  Generate a Vocab list to accompany that text
  4.  Generate a study-list of questions about the text
  5.  Generate a Tic Tok version of Hamlet’s famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy
  6.  Science -

     *   explain the concept of Photosynthesis at different levels of complexity
     *   generate a vocab list relating to Photosynthesis
     *   generate a simplified explanation of Quantum Physics
     *   generate an analogy to help illustrate Quantum Physics

He provides a 1 hour webinar video where he explores AI tools, resources, and activities to help support all learners. This includes using generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Bard to assist with reading, writing, tutoring, and more. He also explores other AI tools such as Diffit, Eduaide, MagicSchoolAI, Brisk, Goblin Tools, and more which can be used to help support students in their learning.

Do you know how to obtain a written transcript of the YouTube video you are showing your class?

Then you can use AI to provide a pre-viewing summary for your students

You could also use AI to provide a Study Guide list of questions for your students to answer while or after viewing the video.

Did you know you can use a simple menu /pop-up to ask Bard to modify its response to make it shorter/longer/simpler/more detailed etc?

Did you know you can use Diffit to generate level specific resources to accompany a particular article?

Did you know MagicSchool has over 50 tools that can help you do different tasks that can help you lesson plan, differentiate, communicate with families, write a teacher joke, an IEP, personalize learning, and more? It will generate rubrics for your assessments

Use the Common Misconception Generator in MagicSchool to generate learning activities focused on common misconceptions in your Topic (I tried Climate Change)

Try the IEP Suggestion Generator in MagicSchool

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