Find out everything you need to know about using AI-based chatbots in teaching and how they can enrich the learning process on this cheat sheet.
Impact of AI in teaching
AI can have both positive and negative effects. While AI tools such as ChatGPT are likely to completely replace humans in some industries, they play a supporting role in other areas such as higher education. After all, human contact is and remains essential in teaching.
Copyright infringements
On the part of OpenAI: It is possible that OpenAI is committing copyright infringements because the use and evaluation of third-party sources was carried out without permission. However, the legal situation is still unclear and court decisions are needed to provide clarity.
On the part of ChatGPT users: When using the answers created, users are not committing copyright infringements. However, it is important to note that copyright infringements can occur when sending original texts within prompts, as the texts are again sent to OpenAI without the consent of the authors.
Control and enforcement of copyright are currently still problematic in this context.
Plagiarism detection and independenceBrief conclusion: Plagiarism detection software cannot identify the texts created by ChatGPT, even software such as GPTZero is not able to do so. The plagiarism detection software can only provide certain clues, but this is not sufficient. It is important to understand that the texts created by ChatGPT, as already mentioned in the "Copyright" section, do not constitute plagiarism in themselves. Nevertheless, they are also not an independent achievement if students simply adopt them without making their own efforts to clarify and improve them.
Ghostwriting problems are not new!
AI tools such as ChatGPT and Jasper are able to generate good texts and outlines. However, it is important to understand that the problem of ghostwriting already existed before ChatGPT appeared, for example through so-called essay mills. ChatGPT now simply makes such support more widely available. Therefore, it is crucial to take a closer look at students' performance when presenting their work results. In this way, it can be determined whether the students actually wrote the work themselves and have a sound knowledge of the subject matter.
Dealing with AI in higher education
AI cannot be ignored in today's digitalized world, so it is important that students learn how to deal with this technology. However, it is important to note that without appropriate guidance from the university, good students may be able to achieve better results through AI, while lower-performing students may be more likely to use AI as a substitute for their own performance, which may lead to the widening of this gap between good and lower-performing students.
Uniqueness and novelty of texts
ChatGPT has been trained on a huge amount of data, so the software's responses are usually novel and do not contain significant repetition of existing texts. However, there may be certain subject areas where few original text sources are available. In such cases, the responses may have a lower degree of novelty.
Policies and guidelines
Universities often have unclear policies for the use of ChatGPT in teaching. Monitoring and enforcing rules and guidelines is difficult. However, AI tools like ChatGPT could be considered as accepted tools in certain subjects, similar to calculators and MATLAB, if they serve as a source of inspiration
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