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Using LLMs to raise our expectations

Nov 16, 2023

in AI

assessment, authentic assessment, essay, large language model, LLM

Instead of spending so much of our time thinking about whether students 1) should use LLMs, 2) how much they use it, and 3) what they use it for, let’s just say that they should use it, a lot (IMO, the more, the better), and look more closely at what they use it for, and…
Prompts you can use to train ChatGPT to write in your style

Jul 16, 2023

in AI, Writing

assessment, ChatGPT, essay, writing, writing style

This article describes 5 steps you can take to train ChatGPT to write in your style. Full disclosure; I haven’t tried it but given my previous experiences with ChatGPT, it seems plausible. As I said, I haven’t tried this but it seems like the kind of thing that’s possible. Having said that, I don’t see…
‘Academic writing’ includes more than we think

Jul 11, 2023

in Writing

academia, academic writing, application, blogging, cv, email, essay, grant application, interview, magazines, peer review, podcasts, proposal, social media, writing

https://patthomson.net/2023/07/10/academic-writing-its-a-lot/ When we talk about academic writing, as usually refer to papers, books, chapters and dissertations. However, there’s a lot more to academic writing than just these four.