ChatGPT/AI and Writing Instruction: A List of Resources

Brooke Schreiber & Jen Whiting, March 2023

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Classroom policies & syllabus statement

Sample Syllabus Statement: Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Model Policy (Originally written by Katy Pearce at the University of Washington

Classroom Policies for AI Generative Tools, crowdsourced and compiled by Lance Eaton


Helpful resources

Teach@CUNY AI Toolkit: Critical Strategies and Resources for CUNY Instructors

Baruch’s CTL Resources: ChatGPT & Its Impact On Teaching In Spring 2023

AI and Writing: MLA – CCCC Joing Task Force Resources

A Teacher’s Prompt Guide to ChatGPT

A session from Zicklin’s Ethics Week on AI: Chatting with the Future: Exploring the Legal and Ethical Challenges of ChatGPT and Generative AI. Watch a video recording of the session.

European Network for Academic Integrity’s recommendations for ethical uses

Purdue University’s AI & Writing: General Guidelines  

Purdue University’s AI & Writing: Resources


Articles on ChatGPT and using AI in writing courses

Building a writing course around ChatGPT: AI Can Save Writing by Killing “The College Essay”

A practical bullet point list of how to respond to AI as a teacher

An instructor documenting his use of AI in a class on digital storytelling this semester

ChatGPT for Higher Education and Professional Development: A Guide to Conversational AI

ChatGPT as an Educational Tool: Opportunities, Challenges, and Recommendations for Communication, Business Writing, and Composition Courses 

WAC Clearinghouse has a good collection of sources: AI Text Generators and Teaching Writing: Starting Points for Inquiry

John Warner has a series of articles on Inside Higher Ed about ChatGPT: This is the most recent


Peer-reviewed research on AI in the writing classroom 

Chris M. Anson and Ingerid Straume, “Amazement and Trepidation: Implications of AI-Based Natural Language Production for the Teaching of Writing,” in Journal of Academic Writing (2022).

Paul Fyfe, “How to cheat on your final paper,” in AI and Society (2022).

Siu-Cheung Kong, William Man-Yin Cheung, Guo Zhang, “Evaluation of an artificial intelligence literacy course for university students with diverse study backgrounds,” in ScienceDirect (2021).

Ethan R. Mollick and Lilach Mollick, “New Modes of Learning Enabled by AI Chatbots: Three Methods and Assignments” in SSRN (December 13, 2022).

Xiaoming Zhai, “ChatGPT User Experience: Implications for Education,” in SSRN (December 27, 2022).


Paré & Joordens’ work on peer-review outcomes (and other articles)

Fiona Deller, Jackie Pichette, and Elyse Watkins, eds. Driving Academic Quality. [Of note, Chapter One: Learning Outcomes at Scale: The Promise of Peer Assessment] (2018).

Lisa-Marie Collimore, Dwayne E. Paré, and Steve Joordens. “SWDYT: So What Do You Think? Canadian students’ attitudes about peerScholar, an online peer-assessment tool,” in Learning Environments Research (2015).

Steve Joordens, Dwayne E. Paré, and Lisa-Marie Collimore, “Taking Learning Outcomes to the Gym,” by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (2014).

Dwayne E. Paré and Steve Joordens, “Peering into large lectures: examining peer and expert mark agreement using peerScholar, an online peer assessment tool,” in Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (2008).