[Corebotanyfaculty] Fwd: workshop on ChatGPT, 1/24 at 1pm on Zoom

[Bpschair]

HI everyone,  there is a lot of concern about students using the new AI platform ChatGPT to write assignments and answer test questions.
There will be a workshop on this for interested parties on Jan 24.  Details below.

patty

Patricia Springer
Professor and Chair, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences
University of California
Riverside, CA  92521

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951-827-4413 (Chair's office)
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From: Morris Maduro <mmaduro at ucr.edu<mailto:mmaduro at ucr.edu>>
Subject: workshop on ChatGPT, 1/24 at 1pm on Zoom
Date: January 12, 2023 at 12:00:42 PM PST
To: Richard Redak <richard.redak at ucr.edu<mailto:richard.redak at ucr.edu>>, Xuan Liu <xuan at ucr.edu<mailto:xuan at ucr.edu>>, Patricia Springer <patricia.springer at ucr.edu<mailto:patricia.springer at ucr.edu>>, Joel Sachs <joels at ucr.edu<mailto:joels at ucr.edu>>, Howard Judelson <howard.judelson at ucr.edu<mailto:howard.judelson at ucr.edu>>
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Hi All,

Here is the info for the workshop I'm part of, planned for Zoom on Tuesday 1/24 at 1pm-2pm. Please advertise to your faculty.

How ChatGPT and AI will change the way that we teach

At the end of 2022, the advanced chatbot ChatGPT<https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/> was released. ChatGPT is a free 'generative AI' that produces different versions of passable written answers<https://www.newsweek.com/chatgpt-can-write-better-essays-my-college-students-thats-good-thing-opinion-1769136> and can generate answers to tests in the sciences such as scoring 90% in a microbiology quiz<https://bigthink.com/the-future/chatgpt-microbiology-quiz-aced/>. It has prompted a panic<https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/chatgpt-and-rise-ai-writers-how-should-higher-education-respond> among educators who are predicting a new wave of cheating<https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2022/12/26/cheat-app-chatgpt-chatbot-nr-vpx.cnn>. Instructors have already found that students are already using it<https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/zwvgtm/professor_catches_student_cheating_with_chatgpt_i/> for writing assignments. In this online workshop, we will describe how ChatGPT works and what its benefits and limitations are across the disciplines in higher education. We will provide suggestions for changing how we teach and assess, and suggest ways in which ChatGPT and other AI systems could be used as tools to promote learning.

When: Tuesday, January 24th, 1pm-2pm
Where: Online via Zoom (link<https://ucr.zoom.us/j/91736631540?pwd=NzRTYmlweG92cW9veGxmeFR4Rm5adz09>)

Morris F. Maduro
Professor and Chair, Dept. of MCSB
Univ of California, Riverside

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