AI in Higher Ed

• What is the URL for accessing Openai?
• What types of prompts can I use here to work with you?
• Can you provide the top 10 tips for prompt engineering so that your output is most helpful to me?
• Can you provide a few examples of great prompts?
• If I require my students to use ChatGPT for their assignments in my college course, how can they share their ChatGPT conversations with me?

• Can you provide some strong prompts that college teachers might use in ChatGPT to help their students in the classroom during a lecture?
• I am a college professor and want my students to debate the topic of [topic]. Can you provide some cons of [topic context]?
• Create a glossary about [topic].
• Create 20 journal prompts for learners in a [topic] class to help them reflect on what they have learned throughout their program.
• Write a case study for my nursing class. Students: Sophomore students. Learning Outcome: Establish a positive rapport with patients. Situation: a difficult patient in a crowded urgent care facility.
• Generate a role-playing scenario on [topic] to be used by [student context] preparing for [skills/knowledge].
• I am a college professor and I just discussed [topic] with my students. What are the major pros and cons of [topic] and [context]?
• I am a college professor and am teaching [level] [course topic] students about [topic]. Can you make a list of 20 questions students should be able to answer after my lecture? Please include questions from all levels of Bloom’s taxonomy.
• Act as a scientist who is also a professor. Write the text for an infographic for college freshmen learning about photosynthesis. The goal of the infographic is to educate students. Use a casual tone. Include all the phases of photosynthesis. Structure the text by headings and captions and include recommendations for icons or pictures.
• I am a teacher of college students in a [topic] course. Can you provide a list of ways my students could use ChatGPT?
• Create a 45-minute class outline for [student identifier] learning about [topic] using a problem-based learning approach.
• Create a 45-minute class outline for [student identifier]  learning about [topic] using Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction.
• Create a 45-minute class outline for [student identifier] learning about [topic] using Merrill’s Principles of Instruction.
• Engage in a dialogue between two historical figures, such as Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, discussing their differing viewpoints on the role of centralized government in the early United States.
• I am Sir Isaac Newton. Ask me questions that I should be able to answer.

• I am a college student and am having difficulty understanding [topic]. Can you explain it to me like you would to a 5th-grade student?
• I am currently studying the [topic]. Pretend you are [topic expert name]. What would you want me to know about this [topic]?
• I am learning about [topic]. Let’s have a conversation about it to make sure I understand the basic concepts. Can you ask me questions and then provide feedback on my answers?
• I am going to need your help writing a business plan. What are the questions you need to know the answers to in order to help me write the plan?
• I am a college freshman in a composition course. Can you provide feedback on the following [type of] essay? Give detailed comments on areas where I can improve. Provide general suggestions on how I can improve my writing skills, using examples from the text. Title: [add title] Text: [paste the text of your paper]

• write formative assessment prompts at various taxonomy levels.
• create rubrics with specific criteria. (ChatGPT formats these in table form with various levels of achievement if you ask it to.)
• craft assignment prompts for various types of assignments.
• draft case studies with specific content elements for specific course topics.
• write learning outcomes.
• summarize research articles in your field.
• brainstorm class activities.

• create an argument for a particular course topic and ask ChatGPT to refute the argument and then use those counterarguments to strengthen their own argument.
• use ChatGPT to create possible quiz questions for specific course concepts and then use those questions in small group exam prep activities and formative assessment exercises.
• use ChatGPT to enter lecture prompts and then use those as discussion starters for small group or whole class discussions.
• use ChatGPT to ask about opinionated course concepts and then use the output to form their own opinions for discussion.

• define difficult terms or concepts.
• provide examples of how to solve specific problems related to the course.
• help generate ideas for research papers or essays.
• summarize long passages or articles related to readings.
• generate study questions or quizzes to test knowledge on a specific topic.
• translate phrases or sentences in different languages (to assist ESL students).
• provide historical or cultural context related to the material.
• recommend additional resources, such as books or articles, related to topics.
• generate outlines or summaries of class lectures or discussions to review material.

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