Critical Thinking with AI
The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools has created challenges and opportunities on college campuses, impacting instructors and students alike. This three-chapter mini webtext is designed to help instructors effectively incorporate AI into courses by teaching students how to use AI tools effectively and responsibly.
An embedded AI chatbox gives students access to four AI tools to practice with prompts and evaluate output. Included tools are:
- GPT-4o
- GPT-3.5
- Claude 3.5 Sonnet
- Claude 3 Opus
Successful completion of a badge exam allows students to share their proficiency with AI tools to their LinkedIn profile.
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Stronger engagement
After each new topic is presented, students answer a few reading questions about the main ideas. This helps students maintain focus, actively process information, and construct new knowledge.
Presentation and relevance
Each chapter offers concise presentation of key concepts. Examples and interactive features help students see the benefits and limitations of the new AI tools.
Practice with AI tools
The AI chatbox enables students to practice using the tools and evaluating prompts and outputs.
- Understanding AI
- Introduction
- AI and Academic Integrity
- What Is AI?
- How Generative AI Works
- How Large Language Models Work
- Choosing an LLM
- Strengths and Limitations of LLMs
- Chapter Quiz: Understanding AI
- Assignment: Interact with LLMs
- Chapter 1 Wrap-Up
- Using AI Effectively
- Introduction
- Thinking Critically About AI
- Evaluating Relevance
- Revising and Reevaluating
- Evaluating Accuracy
- Evaluating Quality
- Design Factors and Prompting Techniques
- Chapter Quiz: Using AI Effectively
- Assignment: Prompt and Evaluate Effectively
- Chapter 2 Wrap-Up
- Using AI Ethically
- Introduction
- AI and Ethics
- Bias and Discrimination
- Avoiding Bias and Discrimination
- Privacy
- Preserving Privacy
- Copyright
- Academic Integrity
- Documenting AI Use
- Chapter Quiz: Using AI Ethically
- Assignment: Evaluate the Ethics of AI Interactions
- Chapter 3 Wrap-Up
Interactive content
AI chatbox
An embedded AI chatbox gives students access to different AI tools to practice with prompts and evaluating the output.
Study questions
Multiple-choice and short-answer questions guide students to critical information by providing immediate feedback. These low-risk opportunities allow students to reset answers to try again or study for tests.
Response boards
Students engage each other through discussion boards that only allow students to see the responses of their peers after they’ve posted their own comment.
Polls
Polls allow students to respond to survey questions and compare their response to the responses of their classmates as well as national survey data.
Study tools
Webtext Reader app
Students can access materials and complete assignments offline with our mobile app available for iOS and Android.
Reading tools
Reading tools allow students to click on vocabulary terms for definitions and mark up their own webtext by highlighting and adding notes in the margins.
Read to Me
Our text-to-speech feature instantly creates an audio version of the webtext page to extend the reach of online content.
My Progress
Students can keep track of their own work inside My Progress, which records their scores, time spent, and completion.
Authors
Adrienne Kaufmann with Ashley Bourne-Richardson
Publisher
Mary Jane Lindrum
Executive Editor
Jenny Westrick
Creative Director
Zara Elizabeth Crockett
Curriculum & Assessment Specialists
Josh Fisk
Paul Morin
Project Manager
Cassie Zavala
Production Editor & Coordinator
Natalie Welch
Production Editor
Rachel Garzarelli
Assistant Production Editors
Angelica Burac
Mandi DeLong
Editorial Assistant
Mallory Edwards
Photo Research
Zara Elizabeth Crockett
Video Production
Gabe Thorpe
User Interface Design
Sam Korthof
Clint McFarlin
Note
Some text and multiple-choice questions were developed using ChatGPT; these elements were factchecked and edited for style and accuracy. Some images were created using Adobe Firefly, Getty Images AI Generator, Midjourney, and Pixlr. The prompts used to generate these images are included in the image captions.