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Dr. Ruth Walker brought artificial intelligence into her classroom for the first time in spring 2024, and the experience went so well she\u2019s expanding AI innovation into more of her courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walker, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, incorporated AI into her Psychology as a Profession course by showing students how to use ChatGPT to help in crafting a professional identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI showed them examples of how AI overuses phrases such as \u2018team player,\u2019 \u2018dynamic\u2019 and \u2018results-oriented\u2019 \u2013 all of which are phrases that focus on telling rather than showing potential employers the type of worker you are,\u201d Walker said. \u201cChatGPT doesn\u2019t integrate evidence to support these types of statements, so students need to understand how to recognize and overcome these limitations to be competitive in the workplace.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As students become more savvy users of ChatGPT in the scenarios Walker introduces to them, she said she believes the results can have a valuable tool for developing a professional identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI even had a past student reach out to me in the spring and say they taught their dad how to use it when he was going back on the job market,\u201d Walker said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From that experience and others, Walker said she\u2019s finding more advantages to making use of AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe more I have learned about the utility of AI, I have integrated it more into my work,\u201d Walker said. \u201cFor example, graduate students in my qualitative methods course have experimented with having ChatGPT help us draft interview questions and analyze data,\u201d she said. \u201cWe then identified the limitations and edited the work to better meet best practices in qualitative research. I have also worked to find ways it can help support students working with me on independent research.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Career Development Assignments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cCareer Development Assignments\u201d Walker gives her Psychology as a Profession students including creating a resume, a LinkedIn profile and a curriculum vitae. To enhance these assignments, she introduced workshops and in-class activities to specifically address ethical use of AI tools, such as ChatGPT, in the development of these professional documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walker said the AI-enabled skills she\u2019s introducing to her classes are intended to address the impact AI usage can have in undergraduates\u2019 future career development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe job market is now inundated with people using AI to write their resumes and LinkedIn profile content for them, but it\u2019s not enough to have depersonalized AI-generated content,\u201d Walker said. \u201cThis means I have to spend a lot of time showing students the difference between content that is generic and solely generated by AI, such as ChatGPT, and content that is personalized and generated through a mix of both AI and human labor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her blog, PsyVocational Blog<\/a> on her Careers in Psychology website<\/a>, Walker discusses AI\u2019s applications in career development. Posts focus on how to use AI to generate a compelling LinkedIn headline<\/a> and how to use ChatGPT to prepare for job interviews<\/a>. A guest post by I-O (industrial-organizational) psychology graduate student Sabrina Grebenstein, who also has been a guest speaker in Walker\u2019s classroom to share strategies with students, focuses on interview preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enhanced competitiveness in the job market<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to introducing students to AI-enhanced resources for generating a compelling professional identity, Walker also intends to prepare students for expectations of AI usage after graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany organizations and industries are moving toward incorporating their own GPTs (Generative Pre-trained Transformers), meaning many of our students need to prepare for using AI in their future workplace,\u201d Walker said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She brings a focus on ethical implications of AI by discussing controversies around the environmental impact of using AI, specifically concerning water. This was the subject of a 2023 study on state-of-the-art computer data centers involved in creating AI models, \u201cMaking AI Less \u2018Thirsty\u2019: Uncovering and Addressing the Secret Water Footprint of AI Models<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s an under-discussed ethical implication of using conversational AI that I want students to be aware of so they can make informed decisions about how comfortable they are using it and to what extent.\u201d Walker said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walker said she and her students are still learning how best to make use of AI in the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe majority of students are receptive and are able to use the recommended prompts in ChatGPT,\u201d Walker said, adding that she \u201chad some concerns with students not limiting their AI use to the parts of the assignments where it is permitted, so that is something I need to continue to work on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College of Arts and Sciences Dean Pam Riggs-Gelasco awarded a $500 stipend to Walker for her work to incorporate AI into a course for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Dr. Ruth Walker<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UTC Undergraduate Psychology Degree Requirements<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.S. Industrial-Organizational Psychology program<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.S. Psychological Science program<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explore UTC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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