This category reflect the continued importance of iterating prompts and platforms to achieve writing goals with generative AI, across genres and writing contexts.
Before the Paragraph, After the Prompt: Collaborative Invention with Generative AI
Jeanne Beatrix Law
Kennesaw State University
This assignment guides writers in integrating generative AI into an intentional composing process. Students create a three-prompt portfolio using the Rhetorical Prompting Method (RPM) to align purpose, audience, genre, and style. They then write a reflection using the Ethical Wheel of Prompting (EWP), evaluating AI exchanges for usefulness, relevance, accuracy, and harmlessness. The process concludes with concept maps or outlines that visualize revisions from prompt to edited output. The assignment emphasizes metacognition, human-directed editing, and responsible AI collaboration.
Can an AI Do That?
Gabriel Morrison
College of the Holy Cross
This assignment encourages students to move beyond the hype and novelty of generative AI by developing structured research methods for evaluating AI models and AI-generated texts. Students consider the affordances and limitations of automating language tasks while building AI literacy through prompt creation, iterative testing, human-centered evaluation, and critical reflection.
Enabling Advanced EAP Students to Integrate Academic Paraphrasing Skills Effectively and Ethically with AI Assistance
Jerry Spring
Nazarbayev University
This assignment asks postgraduate students in an advanced EAP course to paraphrase short academic texts, such as journal abstracts. Recognizing that students may use AI tools for paraphrasing, the activities are designed to expand each student’s range of paraphrasing strategies while also evaluating AI-generated suggestions before finalizing their own work. The process develops critical awareness and ethical use of AI assistance in academic writing. While designed for postgraduate learners, it can also be adapted for undergraduate students.
Suggested APA Citations
Collection
Schnitzler, C., Vee, A., & Laquintano, T. (Eds.). (2024). TextGenEd: Continuing Experiments. The WAC Clearinghouse.
https://doi.org/10.37514/TWR-J.2024.2.1.01
Example Assignment
Eldin, A. (2024). Narrative and Text Generation AI. In C. Schnitzler, A. Vee, & T. Laquintano (Eds.), TextGenEd: Continuing Experiments. The WAC Clearinghouse.
https://doi.org/10.37514/TWR-J.2024.2.1.01
DOI
10.37514/TWR-J.2024.2.1.01
CC Notice
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial (CC-BY-NC)
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