For higher education: a lesson series with six sample cases
I’ve put together a five-lesson series to introduce your students to examples of AI applications. They’ll learn how to think for themselves about which AI applications are useful to society or an organization, while also being ethically responsible. I already do this with my students: they find the interactive, group-based lessons built around sample cases really fun and educational!
I’ve put together a lesson series you can use right away in the classroom. Its goal is to give students practice writing a research proposal to investigate which AI applications offer added value while also being ethically responsible. The series consists of the following lessons, in order:
Lesson 1: Generating ideas, defining the problem and formulating a research question. Download the instructions for Lesson 1 here, or download the complete lesson series using the button in the top right.
Lesson 2: Introduction to the Research Proposal. Download the instructions for Lesson 2 here.
Lesson 3: Literature Review. Download the instructions for Lesson 3 here.
Lesson 4: Research design, data collection and analysis. Download the instructions for Lesson 4 here.
Lesson 5: Presenting the research proposal. I haven’t prepared instructions for this lesson—that’s up to you. Here’s my suggestion: have each group present its final research proposal to the others in a short pitch of about three minutes. Allow plenty of time to discuss the choices they’ve made, and of course highlight their ethical considerations and the rationale for the added value to the organisation or society.
Six sample cases. You can run the lesson series by having students come up with topics themselves. However, in an initial series of lessons designed to give students practice writing a research proposal before they begin their final project, I use six sample cases. The advantage: students can get started right away, and you avoid a confusing, drawn-out discussion about possible topics. I’ve already developed the following six sample cases for you:
- Felyx
- Money
- First-time buyer home
- Procrastination
- Robot job interview
- Trash
Download the complete lesson series here, including the instructions for Lessons 1 through 4 and the six sample cases.
