Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT hold vast promise for uses in education. Many in the education field, especially teachers, are concerned about the ethical use by students for completing assignments. Concerns that students who rely too heavily on artificial intelligence will not gain the necessary knowledge and problem-solving skills requisite in their coursework dominate conversations around the use of AI in schools. While writing and composing is a higher order cognitive process that is necessary for learning and should not be supplanted by AI, in some instances, AI is a beneficial tool for students to use. Allowing its use in classes, accompanied by ongoing discourse and modeling, affords students and teachers the opportunity to successfully navigate the murky waters of ethical use for the augmentation of learning. One such area for potential use is in the process of lesson planning for college students in teacher preparation programs.

Authors: Emily Reeves Fyfe, Christina Janise Wickard, Daphney Leann Curry

Published in: London International Conference on Education (LICE-2024)

• Date of Conference: 4-6 November 2024
• DOI: 10.20533/LICE.2024.0014
• ISBN: 978-1-913572-74-7
• Conference Location: St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK