I make teaching material about generative AI and academic writing. Students learn to check fluent answers (competent-looking prose that may still be wrong) before deciding whether the material belongs in their work.
Using AI responsibly in academic writing
I built a six-module Canvas resource for students. It starts with how current AI tools generate text and why the results need checking. The later modules ask students to read their course rules and decide how, or whether, AI fits into a particular assignment.
Students also look at what they enter into these systems. Confidential research material and unpublished work require particular care. The resource asks students to verify what they use and keep enough of a record to explain their process.
True, Accurate, and Complete
I designed a grant-writing lab for graduate students. Participants read fictional proposal excerpts as funding reviewers. They work out what a passage claims and whether the proposal has made its case.
Some excerpts sound convincing despite weak or incomplete evidence. Participants identify the problem and explain how it would affect a funding decision.
An optional Gemini tool supplies questions a reviewer might ask. Students can use them while revising.
Related work
I developed both projects through Writing and Learning at the University of Alberta. I also teach workshops about AI use in academic writing and graduate research.
Related publications and presentations appear under Research, essays, and fiction.