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A Spectrum of Gen AI Use in the Writing Classroom
How do we understand the writing-focused classroom with the rise of generative artificial intelligence? Are today’s Gen AI tools creating new challenges or are they simply amplifying long-standing concerns? In this talk, Professor John Gallagher takes you inside a large-scale study involving nearly 900 students and writing instructors, showing how they perceive collaboration with both human and AI partners. He also draws from over 100 interviews with AI and machine learning researchers to “pull back the curtain” on how these technologies really work. There will be time for questions and discussion after the talk. Professor John Gallagher, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is the author of "Update Culture and the Afterlife of Digital Writing" (Utah State University Press, 2020) and "Case Study Research in the Digital Age" (Routledge, 2024).