A survey conducted at the end of last year indicated that 30% of college students had used ChatGPT for schoolwork. Undoubtedly, the number has gone up since then. Teachers: what have your experiences been like with student use of ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs)?

Here are some questions I’m curious about:

• Did you talk to your students about how they may or may not use LLMs on work for your courses?
• Have you noticed, or do you suspect, that your students have used LLMs illicitly on assignments for your courses?
• Have you attempted to detect illicit LLM use among your students, and if so, what methods or technology did you use?
• If you reported a student for illicit LLM use, how did your institution investigate and adjudicate the case?
• Have you noticed a change in student performance that you suspect is attributable to increased prevalence of LLMs?
• Did you incorporate LLM-use into assignments, and if so, how did that go?
• Did you change or add assignments (or their mechanics/administration) in response to increased awareness of LLMs that do not ask the students to use the technology? (e.g., blue book exams in class, oral exams)
• Have your LLM-related experiences this semester prompted you to think you ought to change how you teach?

I’m also curious about which other questions I should be asking about this.

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