Wrap-up
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Overview
Questions
- How should Carpentries workshops change to account for the use of genAI tools?
Objectives
- Discuss what the most effective teaching approach might be in the future.
We have revisited some of the key principles from Instructor Training, exploring what access to genAI chatbots means for novice learners’ opportunities for guided practice and management of cognitive load. We have discussed strategies that Instructors could adopt to engage learners on the topic of chatbot use and to encourage them to continuing building their own expertise.
As we finish up this bonus module, it is worth spending some time thinking about other ways that our workshops might need to change if the current trend of genAI tool adoption continues.
Participatory Live Demo with GenAI
What would participatory live demonstration look like with the Instructor using a genAI chatbot? In your opinion, what would be some advantages and disadvantages of this approach to teaching, compared to AI-free methods?
What Are The Essential Skills Now?
Consider the key skills that we teach in a Data Carpentry, HPC Carpentry, Library Carpentry, or Software Carpentry workshop. How, if at all, should these skills and the ways we teach them change in the context of widespread genAI use?
- What do we really want learners to be able to do when they leave a workshop?
- What practices do we want them to adopt?
- What becomes more important? What could be de-prioritised?
- Are major changes now necessary to the curriculum for these workshops?
Final Reflection
Considering what you have learned and ideas you have gathered through participation in this training, make a list of things you are going to try in your next workshop.
- The way people code is changing but many of the good practices we aim to teach remain as important as ever.