In our new “how can we help you?” thread, a reader writes:
I know there has been a lot of discussions on AI in lots of places. I want to ask a specific practical question: it’s my first time teaching a freshmen seminar that everyone needs to take. What should my approach be for this kind of course in the age of AI? The combination of freshmen and seminar (where presumably there is intensive reading and writing) makes me dizzy already, and I am kind of imagining everyone uses AI to read and write. I am looking for both big strategies and small tactics. I also have no idea or personal experience with freshmen seminar whatsoever, so any advice is welcome.
I teach a course like this and have entire course sessions devoted to in-class paper development. Each “workshop” day, I disclose new parts of the paper prompt so that students have to do the work in class. Then I require the final, submitted e-copies of the paper to be based on the in-class work, so as to show “proof of work.” I wouldn’t say it’s ideal, but our freshman seminar/general education program already required something like this before the advent of generative AI, so it’s not far from what I have been doing previously anyway.
Any other readers have helpful tips or other insights to share?
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