ChatGPT - How might it assist Vocational Teachers?
Phill Bevan
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I've been spending part of the break exploring conversations with the recently released ChatGPT AI that is taking the world by storm - reportedly over 1 million users in this beta research phase.
Chat GPT, or the Generative Pre-training Transformer (GPT), is a large language model developed by OpenAI that is designed to generate human-like text.
It is not a tool that is specifically designed for use in vocational education, but it could potentially be used in a number of ways to assist vocational education teachers. Some immediate ideas include:
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I can already see huge power in using ChatGPT for course resources - simple enquiries on topics yield generally authoritative topic information, including available videos and links (such as from Youtube). Even for topic experts, such a tool might considerably speed up topic research and course resource creation / curation.
It's worth noting that Chat GPT is a language model, and as such it is not specifically designed for use in vocational education. Teachers should carefully consider how it might be used in their classrooms and ensure that it is used appropriately.
I will follow up in coming days with a further article on overall impacts ChatGPT might have for the education industry.
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3 个月Vocational Education prepares learners for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities. Taking ideas from the unit `Education` along with your own ideas, write a letter to the editor of a newspaper in about 120 words, providing information to the students about the growing need of Vocational Education in the present day world.
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1 年I just tried asking ChatGPT to write the outline of a learner guide for the unit BSBADM502. It did this well. Then I asked if it could write a learner guide based on that outline and include approximately two pages of content for each sub-topic. What it wrote was quite good, but I had to keep prompting it to continue writing as it stopped periodically. I asked it to revise the guide and focus it on the travel industry. I was again quite impressed. Lastly, I asked for YouTube videos I could include. It generated a list and described them. However, none of the videos existed. I then tested it using the unit BSBWHS401 and asked it to provide a list of all current legislation relevant to this unit. This is where it really fell down. In WA it gave me the old 1984 WHS Act instead. I believe this is because ChatGPT doesn’t have access to data from after 2021. In the hands of someone who can ask the right questions and has up-to-date expertise to evaluate its outputs (e.g. checking links actually exist and information is correct), ChatGPT could be very helpful in developing training and assessment materials that are contextualised. However, without a critical eye, it could be very dangerous when used to create learning material.