PROS:
- accessibility: students can ask questions, seek clarifications, and more
- engagement: Chat GPT is entertaining
- diversity (pro and con): can expose students to different perspectives and cultures BUT it also has its own biases.
- innovation: Chat can inspire students to explore new ideas and possibilities
CONS:
- accuracy: Chat GPT is not 100% reliable. It has been known to give fake sources and false information
- ethics: ethical questions abound; how do we find balance?
- dependency: students might develop too much confidence using Chat and they might lose their initiative or drive if Chat is seen as a shortcut
Solutions:
- Educate: students need to know the nature, capabilities, limitations, and implications of Chat GPT
- Evaluate: students need to be able to evaluate source quality and credibility in order to recognize the problems with technological tools
- Regulate: we have to have rules and guidelines for using Chat GPT. When is it appropriate? Relevant? Reasonable?
- Balance: How can we use Chat GPT along with other tools and resources? We need to teach students this balance.
See Chat GPT being used in the video below (1:25 min mark)