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Additional AI Resources for Instructors

As we continue to navigate the changing landscape of AI writing tools and other emergent digital technologies, this page is intended to provide a variety of resources you may find useful. The texts here represent a wide array of attitudes and approaches to AI; some you may agree with, and others you may want to critique and interrogate with your students. We hope this serves as one useful support as you determine how you will address AI in your own classroom.

This list was compiled by the members of the UMass Writing Program’s 23-24 Mutual Mentoring grant project, “Teaching in the Time of Chat GPT.”

Pedagogical Resources

Teaching Writing in the Age of ChatGPT - Resources and sample assignments from the UMass Writing Program

The Modern Language Association and the Conference on College Composition and Communication’s Joint Task Force on Writing and AI

UMass Center for Teaching and Learning

GOODY-2: The world’s most responsible AI model – a funny conversation starter with students

Pedagogy Databases

"AI Syllabi Policies - A Look at the Collection" – a collection of over 140 policies from various courses and colleges/universities curated by Lance Eaton

Exploring AI Pedagogy: A Community Collection of Teaching Reflections – a collection of teaching reflections compiled by the MLA/4C Joint Task Force on AI and Writing

Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum with AI – a collection of K-16 WAC resources curated by Traci Gardner

Books

AI and Writing by Sidney I. Dobrin

An Introduction to Teaching with Text Generation Technologies by Tim Laquintano, Carly Schnitzler, and Annette Vee

Teaching and Generative AI: Pedagogical Possibilities and Productive Tensions by Beth Buyserie & Travis N. Thurston

Podcasts

Hard Fork by the New York Times. We especially recommend these episodes:

Articles

“‘Everybody is cheating’: Why this teacher has adopted an open ChatGPT policy” by Mary Louise Kelly for NPR

“OpenAI GPT-3: Everything You Need to Know [Updated]” by Kindra Cooper for Springboard

“AI in the Writing Center: Small Steps and Scenarios” by Thomas Deans, Noah Praver, and Alexander Solod of the University of Connecticut

“The Great Fiction of AI: The strange world of high-speed semi-automated genre fiction” by Josh Dzieza for The Verge

“Comparing Student and Writing Instructor Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty When Collaborators Are Artificial Intelligence or Human" (PDF) by John R. Gallagher and Kyle Wagner in the Journal of Business and Technical Communication