Date Uploaded
Spring 4-3-2024
Activity source
Original (with AI assistance)
Summary
Role playing can deepen student’s engagement with course content and help them develop skills while learning course material. Students will use AI to develop their characters and help them craft compelling arguments in the role-play scenarios
Student Learning Objectives
Specific objectives will vary based on course topic. These objectives are related to the critical use of AI in developing characters for the role play scenarios.
Students will:
1. Use an AI tool to generate a persona for a character in an assignment role playing scenario.
2. Engage in a dialogue with that character to determine their views on the assigned scenario
3. Assess the quality of information provided by the AI tool by employing a variety of sources for verification.
4. Employ the insights gained during the dialogue to engage effectively in the role playing scenario
Assignment Type
Both in-class and out-of-class
Course level
Multiple Course Levels Apply
Used in course?
no
Type of Student-AI Collaboration Required
AI-generated with human revision/refining
Type of AI Task(s)
Conversation or Debate Practice
Second Type of AI Task
Brainstorming
Third Type of AI Task
Recommendation/Decision-Making
Uploader/Author Affiliation
Faculty
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Document Type
Teaching Material
Recommended Citation
Fournier, Eric, "Employing AI to enhance in-class role playing scenarios" (2024). Generative AI Teaching Activities. 2.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/ai_teaching/2
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