GoKawiilThe temptation to use an AI chatbot to do your actual work is real and understandable, and academic institutions are spending considerable energy trying to prevent it. But the energy focused on AI as a cheating tool has somewhat obscured the case for AI as a legitimate study tool, one that, used correctly, can help students understand material more deeply, prepare more effectively for exams and manage the organizational demands of coursework more efficiently than most traditional methods. Here’s how to use it in ways that improve your grades without putting your academic record at risk.
Simulate and customize tests and tutorials
Even when a guide is provided, studying for a test can prove fruitless for people who learn best in unconventional ways. Hands-on and visual learners are at a natural disadvantage to those who pick up concepts via words on a page, but AI tools like ChatGPT can take learning materials and easily translate them into tests or study guides that fit your unique learning needs.
A long collection of links or pages — the mind-numbing text wall of death — can be turned into a video, illustrated slides or flash cards using AI tools.
If you’re more comfortable studying with a partner, you could also use AI to simulate a verbal test of the materials.
Organize group work
Group assignments and presentations are academic torture for some students. The project management element of this type of school work is what a majority of my students complain about. Someone isn’t pulling their weight, or someone else is overdoing it and leaving the group out.
Students are tasked with balancing their busy schedules and are also expected to keep their peers on task, which can get super awkward and result in conflicts petty enough to rival any reality show drama.
AI tools like Taskade, an AI-infused project management app that has free and paid versions ranging between $10 and $50 per month, can reduce the stress associated with managing a group project by putting elements like deadline enforcement and division of duties into the cold, calculated, unbiased hands of a robot. No one can get pissed off at the project manager if the project manager has no feelings.
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