Using Generative AI in Course Design and Development
The integration of generative AI (gen-AI) in higher education is rapidly transforming the way we teach and learn. AI-powered tools, such as ChatGPT, offer immense potential to enable efficiencies and enhancements to the way we design and develop courses and programs, ultimately, improving the learner experience.
In the Learning Enhancement and Innovation Unit, we have partnered with academic staff to adopt and integrate gen-AI tools in our practice. This article showcases some use-case examples of how gen-AI work has already created efficiencies and enhancements in LEI course design and development. We have also shared examples of ready-to-use prompts that you can copy and start using in your own practice.
Use-case examples
The examples focus on finding more efficient ways of working or creating enhanced learner experiences that we would be unable to create without the support of gen-AI
Developing learning activities:
Using gen-AI as a brainstorming partner can be a particularly effective way to support you in developing learning activities or assessments for your course. This could be as simple as asking gen-AI to generate quiz questions based on the content you provide, alongside constructive feedback. Once these questions have been generated, you can always then ask the gen-AI to rework the type of questions, for example changing from a multiple-choice style question to something like fill-in-the-blanks. You can even use the gen-AI to create activities like interactive H5P below.
Developing case studies:
Using gen-AI as a partner to support your development of case studies can dramatically cut down the time it takes to develop these kinds of authentic learning experiences. In this case study, gen-AI has used the input parameters to create a fictional company, and a risk mitigation table for integrating Blockchain. This kind of task takes the AI seconds, compared to the length of time this would take a human.
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Writing engaging video or lecture scripts:
We all want to inspire our learners to engage with our course content. What if there was an easy way to create highly engaging scripts from your existing course content? Gen-AI can be used to copy-edit your lecture or video scripts to make them more engaging, easier to read, and succinct.Ìý You can view an example of a finished video here where gen-AI developed a video script based on the course content -Ìý
Creating graphics or images:
Gen-AI isn’t just limited to text, there are many tools out there that can create images and diagrams. In this example, we asked ChatGPT to generate a flowchart of the United States Environmental Impact Assessment process and output an XML file. We then u