AI Commons Bulletin 1/27/2025

Human-curated news about generative AI for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

🎭 AI Can Role Play with Students
Creating AI-powered personas is now easier, enabling students to practice communicating with specific individuals like a boss, client, or even an injured person requiring emergency medical assistance.

Learn More: Alm, A. (2024). Exploring Autonomy in the AI Wilderness: Learner Challenges and Choices. Education Sciences, 14(12), 1369.

💬 Breaking Down AI Controversies
This resource explores the major debates surrounding AI, including its ethical implications, impact on creativity, and potential for misinformation. Use it to spark meaningful classroom discussions or build critical thinking assignments.

Learn More: AI Debate Bible

✔️ Try This: Use AI to Check Your Grading
Grading essays can raise consistency concerns. Upload papers and grades, and AI can check for consistency. Use MSU’s CoPilot for secure student record handling.

Learn MoreThis idea comes from an unpublished paper by Olivos, Kamelski and Ascui-Gac

🗺️ A Custom AI Chatbot Can Help Incoming Students Navigate Student Services
The University of the South Pacific (Fiji) offers new students an AI chatbot for orientation, answering service questions and helping with literacy, numeracy, and digital skills for their courses.

Learn MoreHarnessing AI for Enhancing Student Support Services: The Case of the University of the South Pacific”. Journal of Ethics in Higher Education 5(2024): 145–158.