Teaching with Custom AI Chatbots

With generative AI making its way into all manner of domains, educators have a role to play in teaching students how to use AI effectively and ethically, as well as when to avoid using it altogether. One way we can exercise some agency in this work is to make use of custom AI chatbots. By designing interactive AI agents that fit our teaching goals, might we be in a better position to help students learn with and about AI?

This learning community is for instructors interested in experimenting with custom AI chatbots in their teaching (either now or in the future). We will explore use cases for custom chatbots in teaching and learning, as well as tools for building chatbots, from ChatGPT's "GPTs" and Copilot's "Agents" to education-focused platforms like BoodleBox and Playlab. Instructors already using custom AI chatbots in their teaching will be encouraged to share their experiences.