Considering ChatGPT as a partner needs careful planning and some upskilling for everyone.

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14742/apubs.2023.519

Keywords:

Plausible, AI Temperature, defining the work, McDonaldization

Abstract

This paper critically reflects upon a year of partnership with ChatGPT since it became freely available. By exploring the possibilities and limitations of utilising such tools through a personal reflective narrative and the metaphoric notion of partnership it considers the advantages and limitations of this tool in context, recognising both students and teaching faculty are at risk of McDonaldization of their work. Beyond the benefits there are impacts on the amount and type of work being done by both academics and students.

Author Biography

Lynn Gribble, UNSW

Lynn joined UNSW after a long corporate career in Learning and Development as well as Human Resources.  Holding Masters qualifications in both Education (Training and Development, with a focus on aligning personal and organisational values) and Labour Law and Relations (focusing on transmission of business) Lynn’s PhD looked at the “Psychological constructs underpinning retrenchment and how outplacement ameliorates these”. 

As an Associate Professor in teh School of Management & Governance, Lynn is an Education Focused academic who uses her keen interest in transformative learning through engagement, belonging and personalisation of each student’s learning experience. Over the past three years she has extensively considered how to develop authentic assessment and has worked on University wide feedback projects to enhance the student experience.   

 

In developing the Masters course, Professional Skills and Ethics, Lynn looked to bring her corporate experience to university learning focusing on Ethics and Sustainability as the future differentiator for our students.  Today, that course has evolved further to focus on Ethical use of AI in the workplace and is known as Responsible Business Professionalism.

 

Known for her continual innovation, Lynn uses technology to connect with her students and personalise their experience.  Her work on teaching innovation dissemination through “The 4Cs (Classroom, Corridor, Campus and Community) Strategy” has seen her practices adopted and adapted both locally and globally. As a regularly invited guest, Lynn’s innovations are changing practice across the university and beyond particularly in the online and blended learning space.

 

Following from Lynn’s Global Innovation Award from Turnitin Lynn has been the School Student Integrity Advisor (SSIA, Management and Governance) supporting students and faculty to develop practices and uphold the spirit of integrity in all academic work.

She co-authored the first Australian and New Zealand Edition (2020) of Organisational Behaviour: Engaging people and organisations published through Cengage Educational Publishing Awards Australia Winner - Best Teaching and Learning Resource – Print or Blended Learning - (Adaptations)’ category

As an award winning teacher and researcher.

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Published

2023-11-28

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2023: ASCILITE 2023 Conference Proceedings: People, Partnerships and Pedagogies

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ASCILITE Conference - Concise Papers

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