This section offers a curated overview of the vast public conversation happening around ChatGPT. Focused on ChatGPT and teaching in general, as well as the teaching of writing specifically, these resources may be informative for you and can also be used with your students as you navigate this new technology together.
ChatGPT and the Teaching of Writing
- Bruder, Anne. "What ChatGPT Means for How We Teach Writing"
- Schatten, Jeff. "Will Artificial Intelligence Kill College Writing?" Chronicle of Higher Education, vol. 69, no. 3, Sept. 2022, pp. 40–41.
- McMurtrie, Beth. "AI and the Future of Undergraduate Writing"
- D'Agostino, Susan. "Designing Assignments in the ChatGPT Era"
- Gero, Katy Ilonka "AI Reveals the Most Human Part of Writing"
ChatGPT and Teaching
- Trust, Torrey. ChatGPT & Education A slideshow created by Torrey Trust of UMass Amherst that provides a detailed overview of ChatGPT's functions (as well as what it does not do well).
- How Do I Consider the Impact of AI Tools like ChatGPT in My Courses? A resource developed by the UMass Amherst Teaching and Learning Center
- McMurtrie, Beth. Teaching: What You Need to Know About ChatGPT
- Goodlad, Lauren M. E. and Samuel Baker. Now the Humanities Can Disrupt AI
- Rettberg, Jill Walker. ChatGPT is Multilingual but Monocultural
- Mok, Aaron. "I'm an AI-prompt engineer. Here are 3 ways to use ChatGPT to get the best results"
- Chiang, Ted. ChatGPT is a Blurry JPEG of the Web
"Teaching Writing in the Age of ChatGPT" was a workshop co-sponsored by the UMass Center for Teaching and Learning, the Writing Program, the Junior Year Writing Program, and the University Writing Committee.
Held in March 2023, it offered a brief overview of how technological interventions have always shaped our approach to writing instruction, and then provided guidance for dealing with the specific perils and promises raised by ChatGPT.