My First GPT

This is an experiment. Thank you to Dr Maylyn Tan at the Singapore Institute of Management for opening my eyes to the potential to create a personal GPT using the newest feature of ChatGPT.

Please give this GPT a try and provide your thoughts: https://chat.openai.com/g/g-BgpVm7CTW-experiential-learning-theory-to-practice

I uploaded my PhD dissertation, which is about experiential learning in higher education. The research took place at the Singapore campus of a large public American university. As part of this experiment, I included a few articles in the GPT that I referenced in the paper. It is in this area where I want to experiment more. Having the articles that informed my research and conclusions available to educators who are interested in the fields of experiential and applied learning will provide greater depth than just my dissertation could provide.

I am not sure if you will need GPT-4 to use the personal GPT. If you cannot access it directly, please let me know.

My plan is to add content to this that will help master's and PhD level students of education understand the concepts and conclusions in my research. The theoretical framework of my research will inform the design of a study abroad trip to Singapore for students at the Buffalo, NY, campus of the State University of New York University at Buffalo.

If this idea - personal GPTs for education - works, I can see myself building these for each of the courses I teach. I would use open education resource (OER) text material along with the explanations and insights I include in my classroom sessions. This could dramatically change the way I teach, giving easier and more extensive access to the foundational academic information to my students. I use project-base, team-based, experiential learning methods. These personal educational GPTs could allow more time to work on the projects and to mentor and coach the students in their teams.