If we allow A.I. use to help “enhance” student learning, how do we do that without compromising higher education, without replacing the quality and rigor and critical thinking required of college-level classes?

Assignment Directions

For this assignment, you will submit TWO in-text quotations you plan to use in Essay. Please
note that you are NOT submitting entire paragraphs, but just the topic
sentence, the signal phrase (with author, title of work) and the quote
itself.  If you are using a source outside of our modules, you will need
to give a few details about the author or the person being quoted (for
instance, John Smith, Neuroscientist and Professor of Psychology at Stanford
University). Remember that a source’s credentials helps build their
ethos–which also helps build YOUR ethos as well.  

“Essay is : If we allow A.I. use to help “enhance”
student learning, how do we do that without compromising higher education,
without replacing the quality and rigor and critical thinking required of
college-level classes?  

To help us figure that out, consider this following scenario:

The CCC English Department is considering whether or not to
allow students use of A.I. in some of classes and college writing
assignments.  Some members of the department argue that the technology
already exists, some students already use A.I. (albeit without explicit
instructor permission), that A.I. might help certain student
populations in different scenarios, and, if implemented strategically, A.I.
might allow students more freedom to work on higher-level, more meaningful
assignments. 

Other professors believe the purpose of college is to teach
students how to think–to read critically, ask questions, collect and analyze
data, develop cogent arguments with persuasive lines of reasoning, which are
supported by facts, research, and evidence from high quality sources.  If
A.I. programs produce assignments, summaries, and essays without students doing
any of the research or thinking or writing for themselves, then they will not
truly learn the critical skills necessary for future education and employment.”

See articles below:

“ChatGPT: Do We Adapt or
Resist?”Links to an external site.

“Ethical Questions about
Generative AI”Links to an external site.

“Is ChatGPT a Threat to
Education?”Links to an external site.

What to submit for EACH quote:  Do not submit FULL paragraphs, just topic sentence,
quote integration, and quote analysis.

·        
Clear
topic sentence.

·        
Signal
phrase with title, author name, source (such as website or newspaper) and
relevant author/speaker credentials before the quote appears.  

·        
The quote is
woven into the student’s own existing sentence structure, and the sentence
is grammatically correct.

·        
A page number or website
name is included after the quotation.

·        
The quote is
well-chosen and clearly relates to the topic sentence.

·        
Appropriate quote
analysis/explanation.  Do NOT restate the same words/ideas of the quote,
but instead offer how the quotation applies to your larger argument.

Rubric

Integrating
TWO In-Text Quotations for Essay # 4