
Explore how ChatGPT, an OpenAI language model trained on databases up to 2021, delivers human-like, conversational answers without citing sources or internet browsing.
ChatGPT sparks debate about its potential to revolutionize writing and education, like a calculator that demands understanding of fundamentals, while concerns about cheating and displacement persist.
Explore the possibilities of using ChatGPT in education, course creation, and writing, while recognizing its limitations, biases, accuracy concerns, ethical issues, and its role as a brainstorming tool.
Copy ChatGPT outputs into a word document piece by piece, save for printing, and verify accuracy, biases, and absence of references before using.
Explore virtual reality basics for beginners, covering hardware and software, headsets, design principles and ux, tools for creating vr content, 3d modeling, applications, gaming, safety and ethics, and hands-on practice.
Augmented reality is a technology that superimposes computer-generated images, sounds or information onto a user’s view, enabling product visualization and virtual try-ons for a small craft business.
Evaluate augmented reality ideas by validating definitions, citing sources, and using information as a starting point for product visualization in a small craft business, while checking accuracy and bias.
Educators explore how to use ChatGPT as a personal assistant for planning, organizing, and researching, and develop an accessible lectures lesson plan with checklists, handouts, and examples.
Students use ChatGPT to explore topics, brainstorm for papers, and build study materials; learn to craft prompts, and assess capabilities, limitations, ethics, privacy, bias, and plagiarism.
Reflect on using ChatGPT responsibly, recognizing potential and ethical limits. Continue exploring AI to help educators, course creators, and writers make educated choices in how they use the technology.
Learn prompt engineering as an advanced technique to focus on the answer and improve responses by making prompts more specific. Train ChatGPT to act as an expert in areas like video production—lighting, cameras, sound, and editing—so you receive better, more targeted outputs, whether you use the free or paid version.
Learn the basics of using ChatGPT including how to create an account and how to write effective prompts. Understand the potential uses of ChatGPT for writers, educators, course creators, and small businesses. Recognize the potential problems and limitations.
ChatGPT can converse like a human, answering questions and providing information quickly. But not all information is accurate.
Learn how ChatGPT can help you research, gather information, and organize material without crossing the line into plagiarism.
Why this course? I have a background in technology, writing, teaching and course creation. My Master’s Degree in Educational Technology taught me how to analyze new technology from user, educator, and designer perspectives.
How can people use ChatGPT ethically? What are the benefits? Are there dangers and limitations? How do we address quality, copyright, and plagiarism?
I use ChatGPT in my own work to research new ideas, break down topics, brainstorm, organize material, create outlines, and suggest slide topics. I don’t use ChatGPT’s words to write my material, but I want to be aware of how other people are.
I created this course to show you how to use ChatGPT as an assistive tool. I understand the fears people have. I have them too. As a writer and professor, I see the implications as both exciting and frightening. But I think A.I. is here to stay and the more we all know about it, the better.
I will provide you with examples, explanations, assignments, and demonstrations that you can use in your own work.
You’ll finish this course with insight into how you can use ChatGPT ethically and responsibly.
This course includes
· Videos with step-by-step demonstrations
· Downloadable documents and worksheets
· Charts
· Checklists, and
· Quizzes
Disclaimer: The information in this course is educational and intended to help people use ChatGPT responsibly. This course does not encourage you to use ChatGPT. You do not have to sign up for an account.