Using AI in Education

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the world around us, from the way we work to the way we communicate. The use of AI in the business world has increased rapidly in recent years, and many organizations are starting to use AI to improve their operations and customer experience. I’m a professor of marketing Eastern Kentucky University ’s EKU College of Business , and I am curious about how AI, and ChapGPT particularly, can be leveraged in my courses, ?and how my use of it could benefit my college and educational outcomes more broadly.

My first foray into this space occurred less than fifteen minutes ago. I attended the American Marketing Association winter Academic Conference in Nashville February 11-12, where I attended a presentation by Alex Egyire .

Stephen Atlas is from University of Rhode Island - College of Business , and he is an expert on ChatGPT. He even gave me his book, which you can purchase on Amazon , or download for free at ResearchGate . (Coincidentally, at home after the conference, I learned that my fantastic colleague Jim Blair actually knows and studied under Scott. Academia is a small world!) See all linked below.

Five minutes ago, I Googled, “How can I get an account with ChatGPT,” and a https://www.dhirubhai.net/company/linkedin/ article authored by @alex-egyire popped up.

I followed the instructions to create an account by visiting Welcome to ChatGP as instructed. Upon having my email and phone number verified, I entered the following “write me a blog post about using AI to promote my college of business's use of AI and CHatGPT for learning.”

As ChatGPT started creating a response, I added, “make the blog post about 300-400 words.” ChatGPT did not pause or take a break but simply incorporated this requirement into the post. I found this experience both amazing and exciting, even though I definitely have concerns about the use of AI and its broad implications. I wish I had used a stopwatch for this, but didn’t think of it as this was all very spur of the moment. What I can say is that I had a blog in a few seconds, definitely less than a minute, which for a perfectionist like me is lightning fast. I can’t write anything without rethinking and rephrasing it endlessly. The fact that I couldn’t just accept ChatGPT’s output is a little glimpse into my psyche where you can be sure that I’m not joking. No cap, as the kids like to say (shout out to my former The Berman Center for Professional Sales student, William Somersall , who always tried to help the “teach” be “cool.”

But back to the matter at hand, I began this post with ChatGPT’s response and edited it with my own aims for the blog.

We know that AI and ChatGPT can help us in various ways, from automating administrative tasks to improving learning outcomes for students. In this blog post, I asked ChatGPT to explain how we might use AI to promote my EKU College of Business use of AI and ChatGPT for learning.

First, it's important to understand what AI is and how it can be used in education. AI refers to the development of computer systems that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and language translation. In education, AI can be used to automate administrative tasks, provide personalized learning experiences for students, and enhance the overall teaching and learning process.

One way to promote your college’s use of AI is by creating content that highlights its benefits, as I’ve done with the fun experimental blog. In this example, I made a blog post. You too can create blog posts, social media posts, and videos that explain how AI can improve the student experience and the overall operations of the college. You can also showcase how ChatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot, can provide personalized learning experiences for students. ChatGPT can answer questions, provide feedback, and even suggest additional resources for students to explore based on their learning goals and progress.

Another way to promote the use of AI in your college is by partnering with companies that specialize in AI and machine learning. These companies can provide your college with the technology and expertise needed to implement AI-powered solutions for various tasks, such as admissions, registration, and financial aid. By partnering with these companies, you can improve the efficiency and accuracy of your administrative processes, which can ultimately lead to a better student experience.

You can also promote your college of business's use of AI by hosting events and webinars that educate students and faculty members about the benefits of AI in education. You can invite experts in the field to speak and share their experiences, as well as showcase examples of how AI is being used in other industries.

Finally, it's important to integrate AI into your college's curriculum. By incorporating AI-related courses and projects, you can prepare students for the growing demand for AI skills in the workforce. Students who are familiar with AI and its applications will have a competitive advantage in the job market, which can help your college attract more students and improve its reputation.

In conclusion, the use of AI in education is on the rise, and colleges can benefit greatly from its applications. By promoting the use of AI through content creation, partnerships, events, and curriculum integration, your college can provide a better learning experience for students and prepare them for the future of work. ChatGPT can play a vital role in this process by providing personalized learning experiences for students and improving the efficiency of administrative processes. With the right approach, your college can become a leader in the use of AI in education.

Wrapping up, I ended this blog by going back to ChatGPT and asking, “can you also provide me a bibliography citing ChatGPT with these sources.”

Unfortunately, fortunately? ChatGPT is so fast it autogenerated a bibliography before I fed it the actual sources I used. Therefore, I added, “can you include these specifically:

https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/how-use-chatgpt-step-guide-everyone-part-1-alex-egyire-1e https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BT16G5GK/ https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/how-use-chatgpt-step-guide-everyone-part-1-alex-egyire-1e https://www.researchgate.net/publication/367464129_Chatbot_Prompting_A_guide_for_students_educators_and_an_AI-augmented_workforce ?”

To this ChatGPT responded, “Certainly, here are the citations for the sources you provided,” and then followed with, “I hope this helps!”

Interesting! At my conference, Dr. Atlas and his colleague Abhijit Guha maintained that currently, ChatGPT is a solid “C” student. I’m going to have to give him that. ChatGPT left out the reference I asked for relating to the AI application itself, and Dr. Atlas’ book and guide.

Epilogue: I also wanted to be accurate about how long all of this really took, so hey ChatGPT, can i have the timestamp of when you first responded to me?"

Yes, the timestamp of my first response to you was on 2023-03-03 at 07:58:55 UTC. Ummmm, what is that in EST, "The Eastern Standard Time (EST) is five hours behind UTC. Therefore, my first response to you was on 2023-03-03 at 02:58:55 AM EST." And there you have it folks, start to finish, a blog in less than nine minutes with references, and images, and last but not least a forgetful, perfectionist writer!

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ChatGPT’s Bibliography Results

1.????Egyire, A. (2021). How to use ChatGPT: A step-by-step guide for everyone (Part 1). LinkedIn. Retrieved from https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/how-use-chatgpt-step-guide-everyone-part-1-alex-egyire-1e

2.????OpenAI. (n.d.). GPT-3: Language models for dialogue. Amazon Web Services. Retrieved from https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BT16G5GK/

3.????Egyire, A. (2021). How to use ChatGPT: A step-by-step guide for everyone (Part 1). LinkedIn. Retrieved from https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/how-use-chatgpt-step-guide-everyone-part-1-alex-egyire-1e

4.????Chang, C. C., & Lin, Y. T. (2021). Chatbot Prompting: A guide for students, educators, and an AI-augmented workforce. In Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) (pp. 364-367). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/TALE51131.2021.9553295

5. Photo by?Hitesh Choudhary ?on?Unsplash