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Steve Wright's avatar

I really like the frame of awareness over literacy.

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Annette Vee's avatar

Thanks! I think about colleagues who have deep expertise in a hundred things I don't--and will never even have basic literacy in! It's unrealistic to ask everyone to be proficient in AI in order to teach college courses, and unnecessary as well.

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Steve Wright's avatar

Completely agreed! I think about awareness vs literacy as the difference between understanding and using like drug awareness vs media literacy.

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Alan Thomas Kohler's avatar

Really great article, and very timely--there is a real opportunity here for faculty to leverage the current GenAI "disruption" of writing courses to renew our focus on writing as a human-centered process in parallel with our efforts to engage the tools in our classrooms.

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Annette Vee's avatar

thanks, Alan! And yes, I think what matters is to be intentional about the human and AI use.

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Craig Van Slyke's avatar

Great article! I find AI to be a useful partner in the co-creation of my own work, but it's important to avoid using AI as a crutch, especially for students.

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Alexandra Hidalgo's avatar

Loved the three approaches to dealing with AI as we teach. Very useful and generative post!

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Annette Vee's avatar

So glad you found it helpful!

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Janet Salmons PhD's avatar

It's essential to let students know that the founders and CEOs are standing with authoritarians. Anything regurgitated from AI is based on writing and art stolen from others. They are standing by as women and LGBTQ people are disenfranchised, and scientific research is gutted. After standing with Trump at his inauguration have you heard any objections to his actions or DOGE's access to your data? Crickets.

Celebrate originality and meaningful deep reading. Invite students to develop their own voice as writers.

https://open.substack.com/pub/janetsalmons/p/encourage-originality-create-a-culture?r=410aa5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Annette Vee's avatar

Yes--I think a multitiered approach is likely to be the most effective, as you also note in that post.

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Nick Potkalitsky's avatar

Hi, Annette,

Let me know if you ever want me to republish one of your posts. I have 5000 subs right now, and 10000 followers. I try to help out newcomers to the AI x Education space. I love the clarity of your approach. Do you know the work of Jeanne Beatrix Law? She recently republished a piece at Educating AI: https://nickpotkalitsky.substack.com/p/does-ai-kill-critical-thinking-maybe

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