Abstract
Faculty from three disciplines decided to embrace AI and create assignments that allowed students to investigate the capabilities of AI in Spanish, science, and communication courses. The intent: provide students with a critical thinking assignment across the liberal arts disciplines that will allow them to determine the worth of Artificial Intelligence in their courses and careers. Each of us created assignments specific to our disciplines that challenged students to compare AI output with their own work in hopes of pushing them to learn the value, capabilities, and ethics of using AI. We’ll discuss what we learned employing AI in our Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Summer 2025, and Fall 2025 courses and what students thought about using chatbots in these three general education disciplines. During the session, we’ll challenge participants to consider how AI could be employed in their disciplines and the impact it has on student learning and career preparation. Armed with our data and extensive research about AI in higher education, we aim to have a spirited chat about chatbots in the classroom.
Presenters
Neal HaldaneProfessor, Communication, Madonna University, Michigan, United States Elizabeth Goulette
Associate Professor, Spanish, Madonna University, Michigan, United States Veronica Riha
Professor, Biology, Madonna University, Michigan, United States
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Presentation Type
Theme
Considering Digital Pedagogies
KEYWORDS
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Chatbot, Pedagogy, General Education, Multidisciplinary, Evolving Assignments
