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In some classrooms, teachers ask: Can AI teach students to write better?

When Craig Schmidt gave his high school English students an assignment based on “Fahrenheit 451,” he threw them a curveball: He told them to use ChatGPT. Schmidt asked the class to write several ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

Designing Assignments with AI in Mind

Generative AI is reshaping how students read, write, problem-solve, and generate ideas across disciplines. Some faculty try to “AI-proof” assignments, while other faculty design with AI in mind: ...

Colleges ban generative AI in writing classes. My classmates use it anyway.

One BU student, who wished to remain anonymous, says she used AI for writing in general education classes, which she didn’t ...
WHYY

Delaware professor transforms writing class by teaching students to use AI as the technology reshapes the workforce

A University of Delaware English professor, Matt Kinservik, integrated AI into the classroom by having students generate an essay with a chatbot. In one session, students gathered to share the ...

A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons

Once a semester, a Cornell University instructor requires her students to complete an in-class assignment using typewriters — ...

College students are writing with AI – but a pilot study finds they’re not simply letting it write for them

Debates about generative AI in higher education have been informed by studies of completed student papers, or self-reported survey data. Research shows that artificial intelligence tools can support ...
The College Fix

‘Fun and challenging’: Cornell professor uses typewriters to battle AI

A Cornell University instructor has students use typewriters as part of an assignment as her way of battling the encroachment ...