ChatGPT at universities: an overview of publications

What is ChatGPT? ChatGPT can answer that best itself:

I am a chatbot developed by OpenAI. My main function is to respond to questions and queries in natural language, enabling a human-like conversation. I've been trained through machine learning by analyzing an enormous amount of text from the internet, so I can respond to a wide range of topics.

Due to its impressive capabilities and free usage options, ChatGPT is currently causing quite a stir. An artificial intelligence that can easily compose texts - what does this mean for university teaching? On this page we want to give an overview of current publications on ChatGPT.

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Higher education in the context of Natural Language Processing (AI writing tools). A framework for future-proof teaching and assessment practice.

Current developments in Natural Language Processing hold enormous potential to disruptively change the education system. Accordingly, higher education institutions are facing unprecedented transformational pressures to maintain the value of academic education. Against this backdrop, the authors discuss the implications of Artificial Intelligence-based writing tools in transforming academic writing practices.

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Unlocking the Power of Generative AI Models and Systems such as GPT-4 and ChatGPT for Higher Education

In the paper of the University of Hohenheim, in which KIT is also involved, the contributors of several teaching research projects present the basic principles of generative AI, language models, and chatbots. In addition, recommendations for action are given for students, teachers, and examiners, each with concrete examples of input prompts.

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Basic attitude in using tools such as ChatGPT in higher education teaching

From the point of view of Dr. Ulrike Hanken from the University Didactics Academy, a fundamental attitude is necessary for dealing with AI tools such as ChatGPT in university teaching. She explains this in the following video. The video is part of the self-study course "ChatGPT and artificial intelligence in university teaching - opportunities and possibilities". In this video-based self-study course, Dr. Ulrike Hanken gives a first systematic overview of ChatGPT and other AI-based tools.

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CHATGPT in the historical sciences? A practical experiment

ChatGPT can generate texts that are easy to read, but they do not yet meet scientific standards. But what can and should teachers pay attention to when dealing with automatically generated texts? Where are the possible sources of error? Sophie Eckenstaler, research assistant at the Chair of Digital History at the Humboldt University in Berlin, explores the scope and limitations of this technology using a practical example from the field of history.

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Guidelines for dealing with ChatGPT at educational institutions

Education managers can't avoid ChatGPT. So guidelines for its use are needed. A proposal from experts at Wharton Business School focuses on when and how, the limitations, and the need for personal effort.

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Legal opinion: Banning AI writing tools in universities makes no sense

A project team from Ruhr-Universität Bochum led by Dr. Peter Salden, in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren from Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU), has presented a comprehensive legal assessment of the fundamental legal issues surrounding the use of AI-based writing tools at universities.

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AI-mazing: DALL-E and ChatGPT paint a picture of the future

In the current issue of "DFN-Infobrief Recht", Nicolas John gives an overview (with the help of an AI) of legal problems in the use of AI software. Using the programs DALL-E (image generation) and ChatGPT (speech generator) as examples, copyright, data protection and privacy issues are discussed.

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ChatGPT and the future of learning: evolution instead of revolution

New tools that support us cognitively have already found their way into education and everyday life in the past. Prof. Christian Spannagel (PH Heidelberg) therefore pleads in his blog post for an unagitated handling of the text generator ChatGPT.

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Use of ChatGPT in teaching

The media didactic institution of the TU Munich "ProLehre" has formulated a handout for the use of ChatGPT in teaching.

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First assessments on the use of ChatGPT in distance learning exams at Bavarian universities

The Bavarian Competence Center for Distance Examinations (BayKFP) at the Technical University of Munich has published a first legal assessment on the handling of ChatGPT in distance examinations at Bavarian universities.

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