Below is the slide deck from the conversation, followed by an analysis of the polls taken by attendees, prepared by the CTL’s Christopher Campbell. Continue reading to learn about your colleagues’ thoughts on Generative AI and please join us on September 20 for the next conversation.
“Intro to ChatGPT” Poll Results
The poll we took at the beginning of the session received 44 responses, which were evenly split between those who are leaning toward not engaging with ChatGPT, and those who either have or are willing to learn more about how to engage with it even if they have yet to try it out. Between questions 1, 2, and 3*, the results showed that a majority of attendees would rather their students not use AI in educational contexts (17 attendees), have not used Generative AI for their own work in class preparation, research, editing, and syllabus/assignment creation (30 attendees), and have not used any other Generative AI in their classes (37 attendees). Some even wish that Generative AI would go away (3 attendees). However, looking specifically at question 1, the number of attendees that wish Generative AI would go away or would rather their students not use Generative AI (20 attendees, 45.5%) is exactly equal to the number of attendees that have used Generative AI a bit themselves and want to learn more or have actually used it in class and want to talk to other teachers about their experiences as well (20 attendees, 45.5%). The remaining attendees are not sure what Generative AI is or how it applies to education (4 attendees, 9%).
In summary, the results show that a majority of the “Intro to ChatGPT” attendees had not used Generative AI upon meeting for this session, but that the room was split evenly between those who were curious about Generative AI in the classroom and those who would prefer Generative AI be kept outside of the classroom.
In their written response to the final question “What do you hope to get out of today’s session?”, attendees overwhelmingly “want[ed] to hear what people are thinking about [Generative AI].” Or, as one attendee wrote, this session was “a chance to get a sense of the current AI temperature at Baruch.” Attendee responses seem to point at the source of this temperature: While many attendees are interested in Generative AI’s “applications in the classroom,” about as many attendees are concerned about “university policy” and “how to use [Generative AI] ethically.”
*The questions asked were:
1. What describes your current thinking on Artificial Intelligence in educational contexts?
2. Have you used Generative AI platforms such as ChatGPT or Bing for your own work in class preparation, research, editing, syllabus or assignment creation?
3. Have you used any other Generative AI tools in your classes?
“Intro to ChatGPT” Exit Poll Results
We are pleased to know that many of the attendees found “Intro to ChatGPT” both “helpful” and “useful,” particularly in how this workshop provided a space for attendees to share “their own use of [Generative AI]” and “language for articulating [their] views” about Generative AI in the academic context with others. Several attendees are particularly interested in Baruch CTL Director Lisa Blankenship’s use of assignment cover letters, which prompts students to reflect on their writing process and also, perhaps, on their use of Generative AI in the preparation of their assignments. Along with an interest in attending the Baruch CTL’s continuing AI conversations this Fall semester, attendees left thinking not only about acknowledgment policies in their Fall semester syllabi but also with a request for Baruch CTL’s own Generative AI usage policy for use in syllabi, which will be coming soon!
Poll Results analysis prepared by Christopher Campbell