If you have ever assigned any form of prose in your classes, you know that AI has completely upended the norms of assessment. Most instructors have responded with one of three approaches. Some have opted to employ AI detection software to sniff out phony student work. Others have replaced take-home essays with blue book exams where students demonstrate their knowledge in short form in less than two hours. Finally, others have ditched the essay entirely and have instead opted for oral exams and video reflection assignments.

This talk suggests there is another, better way to keep the formative benefits of the essay without the worry that students will over-rely on AI: a scaffolded, in-class, term-long paper. We will cover how to scaffold in-class argumentative writing with a view toward cultivating the patience, humility, and honesty that genuine inquiry requires.

Lunch will be provided. Please register!

Dr. Lily Abadal is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Judy Genshaft Honors College at the University of South Florida. She specializes in normative ethics, applied ethics, moral psychology, and philosophy of education. Her research and work sit at the intersection of AI ethics and character formation and she explore all things through a Neo-Aristotelian lens. Dr. Abadal applies her research and experience on human formation as a consultant at Partners in Mission, helping schools discern how to prudently integrate AI technology (in both operations and in the classroom) without diminishing the goods that make life worth living. 

This event is co-sponsored by the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning, the Ethics Institute, the Leslie Center for the Humanities, the Department of Government, and Learning Design & Innovation.