Qualitative themes for integrating GenAI in teaching and research
| Theme | Categories |
|---|---|
| Student Skill Development | Teach students how to use AI responsibly; Teach students how to use AI to compare and check their results; Help students to “think better”; Students' personal tutor; Teach students to write lit reviews; Teach students how to use for ideation; Teach students how to use to generate products |
| Instructional Design and Faculty Use | Create instructional materials; Grading; Develop grading rubrics; Improve communication with students; For gathering resources |
| Readiness of GenAI use | Gradual introduction in course; In exploring phase |
| Effective strategies for using GenAI | Have open conversations about GenAI in Class; Situational assignments; Introduce AI in class so students can learn to use it ethically; AI is new to many students; Check AI output and make sure it is accurate |
| Research | To summarize articles, to speed up the literature review process; To create draft data collection instruments; To write the abstracts; Saves time for some tasks such as locating relevant sources; There is always a need to check for accuracy of GenAI products |
| Theme | Categories |
|---|---|
| Student Skill Development | Teach students how to use AI responsibly; Teach students how to use AI to compare and check their results; Help students to “think better”; Students' personal tutor; Teach students to write lit reviews; Teach students how to use for ideation; Teach students how to use to generate products |
| Instructional Design and Faculty Use | Create instructional materials; Grading; Develop grading rubrics; Improve communication with students; For gathering resources |
| Readiness of GenAI use | Gradual introduction in course; In exploring phase |
| Effective strategies for using GenAI | Have open conversations about GenAI in Class; Situational assignments; Introduce AI in class so students can learn to use it ethically; AI is new to many students; Check AI output and make sure it is accurate |
| Research | To summarize articles, to speed up the literature review process; To create draft data collection instruments; To write the abstracts; Saves time for some tasks such as locating relevant sources; There is always a need to check for accuracy of GenAI products |
Note(s): All eight interviewees reported being users of GenAI
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