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Why university lecturers are turning to AI in classes | Letters

I disagree with the decision of lecturers to use artificial intelligence to create teaching materials (‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI, 20 November), though I understand the pressures and incentives that they are responding to. As a recent doctoral graduate, I can only get fixed or zero-hours teaching contracts. Each taught hour may take days of preparation that is not accounted for in the pay formula. I have developed material including work plans, assessments, readin…

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Why university lecturers are turning to AI in classes | Letters
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I disagree with the decision of lecturers to use artificial intelligence to create teaching materials (‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI, 20 November), though I understand the pressures and incentives that they are responding to. As a recent doctoral graduate, I can only get fixed or zero-hours teaching contracts.

Each taught hour may take days of preparation that is not accounted for in the pay formula. I have developed material including work plans, assessments, reading lists and tutorial tasks for three different modules, requiring much more time than I was paid for.

Main points
  • I disagree with the decision of lecturers to use artificial intelligence to create teaching materials (‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI, 20 November), though I understand the pressures and incentives that they are responding to.
  • As a recent doctoral graduate, I can only get fixed or zero-hours teaching contracts.
  • Each taught hour may take days of preparation that is not accounted for in the pay formula.
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Why university lecturers are turning to AI in classes | Letters: Successive governments’ refusal to invest in higher education has created a situation where the price of quality teaching is paid by teachers.

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