AI Commons Bulletin 3/24/2025

🤔 Thinking About How Best to Think about GenAI
MSU Professor Michael Ristich shares his experience teaching a WRAC course about GenAI by centering student expertise, disciplinary theory, and practical inquiry. Projects ranged from reverse Turing tests to prompt engineering posters.

Learn More: Thinking about How Best to Think about Generative AI

📔 Call for Manuscripts about AI & College Teaching
The Journal on Excellence in College Teaching is calling for manuscripts for a special issue titled “Reimagining Learning Outcomes Through AI-Enhanced Pedagogy”.

Learn More: Call for Manuscripts: Special Issue

🕵️‍♀️ Turnitin Announces “Clarity”: a New Tool for Student Composition or Surveillance?
According to their site, Turnitin’s new tool “Clarity” will track student writing, including timestamps, copy & paste activity, and AI usage. But the site does not include how the tool will track student activity, or what kind of surveillance will be required for students who use the application.

Learn MoreBringing transparency to the writing process