HomeBlogPodcasts Perspectives on Using Generative AI in College Assignments by Jessie L. Moore and Nolan SchultheisOctober 7, 2024 Share: Section NavigationSkip section navigationIn this sectionPodcasts – Home 60-Second SoTL Limed: Teaching with a Twist Making College “Worth It” Special Series First-Year Seminars Land Acknowledgement Making College “Worth It” – Season 2, Episode 2 This episode explores what AI integration in college assignments can do for student learning. With guests Aaron Trocki, a math professor at Elon university, and Alyssa Collins, who is studying to be a secondary education teacher and worked through one of Trocki’s assignments, we explore the use of AI in a math assignment and the outcomes for student learning. View a transcript of this episode. Meet our Guests Aaron Trocki, Ph.D., is Association Professor of Mathematics and Coordinator of the Mathematics with Teacher Licensure Program at Elon University. His research interests include teaching and learning with technology, strategies for student engagement, and curriculum development. He is the CEL Scholar for 2023–2025 and is focusing on models of assessment and feedback outside of traditional grading assumptions and approaches. Part of this work investigates how generative artificial intelligence may inform assessment and feedback practices in higher education. Alyssa Collins is a second-year student at Elon University, where she is pursuing a degree in Mathematics for Secondary Education. Alyssa is distinguished as both an Elon Teaching Fellow and a North Carolina Teaching Fellow. With a keen interest in the complexities of Artificial Intelligence, she actively participates in focus groups to explore how AI will shape the future of education systems. She is eager to offer her perspective as a current student and future educator. Episode Credits This episode is co-hosted by Jessie L. Moore, Director of Elon University’s Center for Engaged Learning, and Nolan Schultheis, a second-year student at Elon University, studying Psychology with an interest in law. Nolan Schultheis also edited the episode. Making College “Worth It” is produced by Elon University’s Center for Engaged Learning. Episode art was created by Nolan Schultheis and Jennie Goforth. Funky Percussions is by Denys Kyshchuk (@audiocoffeemusic) – https://www.audiocoffee.net/. Soft Beat is by ComaStudio. Explore Center Resources Related to this Episode Blog Posts by Aaron Trocki Implementing Effective Feedback Practices: Strategy 2 In part one of this two-part blog, I revisited results from my students who completed the feedback literacy behavior scale (Dawson et al. 2023). 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