The students explore the chatbot’s capabilities and limitations by playing 20 questions with it.
THE PURPOSE WITH THE ACTIVITY | |
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UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY | The students familiarise themselves with the chatbot and its limitations by practising how to write prompts. The students will become more confident in using chatbots as a tool. |
SHARING EXPERIENCES | The students can share their strategies for utilising chatbots. |
UNDERSTANDING THE FIELD | The students can actively research their own field of study using a chatbot. |
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PLENUM(5-15 minutes) | Introduction. Introduce the exercise to the students. If the students are unfamiliar with using chatbots, writing the first prompt together as a class can help to clarify the exercise. |
INDIVIDUEL(10 minutes) | 20 Questions for the Professor. The student prompts the chatbot to guess an academic concept, theorist, theory, or similar topic the student has in mind through 20 questions.
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PLENUM(5 minutes) | Follow-up Discussion. Discuss how the exercise went.
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CONSIDER | |
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HOW TO WRITE A GOOD PROMPT | If the students are unfamiliar with using chatbots, you should emphasise the importance of writing a good prompt. A short and precise prompt increases the likelihood that the chatbot will answer and behave the way that was intended. |
FOLLOW-UP REFLECTION | It may be interesting to ask about the chatbot’s reasoning behind its questions, for example with the prompt: "Explain why you chose these specific questions to narrow down the correct answer." |
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