AI teacher’s escape room: An interactive activity demonstrating generative AI for practical use as a teaching assistant
Lead institution: Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University
Country: China
Project primary contact: Sam Doran (sam.doran@xjtlu.edu.cn), Senior Language lecturer
Project secondary contact: Charlotte Briggs, Senior Language Lecturer, XJTLU School of languages (Charlotte.briggs@xjtlu.edu.cn)
Project Title: AI teacher’s escape room: An interactive activity demonstrating generative AI for practical use as a teaching assistant
The project is: Finished
Project Summary:
Advances in the functionality and accessibility of generative AI chatbots make them an appealing option to assist time-pressed teachers. Our recent activity booth at the 'AI Idea Potluck' event hosted by Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University was an exploration of the possibilities of the technology.
The booth showcased an interactive digital escape room activity (H5P) designed to encourage the use of AI for materials design assistance and demonstrated the gamification of AI to push educators to collaboratively reflect on and discuss their own knowledge and practice. The AI interface used here was the XIPU AI tool developed by the university. With the help of the Chatbot, visitors raced to complete multiple preparation tasks in order to “escape” a digital classroom.
Tasks included generating a reading text, comprehension questions, a warmer activity and AI-constructed images. Users were then required to assess the quality and usability of these materials for their own practice, and textual feedback was provided for each type of activity. This garnered a very positive response form teachers, whilst also highlighting the limitations of AI and the necessity for careful prompting and oversight. The activity has potential as a teacher training tool to encourage appropriate AI use.
Impact: The activity has potential as a teacher training tool to encourage appropriate AI use for materials creation and lesson planning.
Audience: Higher education teachers in all fields.
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