How to Use This Resource
Structure
The book is intentionally organized to guide users through the various ways generative artificial intelligence can be used to generate learning materials. The Pressbook begins with a presurvey to gauge users’ comfort using artificial intelligence. It is vital for participants to complete the pre-survey and post-survey so that we can measure the impact this tool has on AI use.
Following the pre-survey, the first section of the book, "AI Use in OER," shares how AI has been used to develop open educational resources. The next four sections address how AI has been used to create specific types of materials for OER; these materials are classified using UNESCO’s OER Recommendation.
Possible Approaches
It may be that you would like to see various examples of what people have already done using AI to create assignments or generate ideas. If so, then just click through anything in this resource that sounds interesting to you!
But you may be someone who really values a methodical approach, or exploring how others are thinking about the role of AI in education. If so, take the time to read the introductory materials in this resource and the end materials to get a better feel for how the team who created this book approached this set of issues.
AI is being approached in many different ways, and there’s no single “right” path. The links below offer additional perspectives on how others are using and thinking about AI in education, which may help you consider your own approach.
OER AI Resource Compilation
David Wiley, Why “Open Education” Will Become “Generative AI Education” (video—suggest listening to it double time so the 30 minute length isn’t such a burden!)
How Generative AI Affects Open Educational Resources (written version of the above video, with a few updates)
Artificial Intelligence Use to Empower the Implementation of OER and UNESCO OER Recommendation.
Guardians, Explorers, and Transformers, Oh My! Various ways people feel about the use of AI
Dale Pike, Brooke McGowin, Aaron Bond, Larry Cox II, and Daron Williams, Framing Generative AI in Education with the GenAI Intent and Orientation Model
Panke, S. (2024). Open Educational Resources and Artificial Intelligence for Future Open Education. Mousaion, 42(1), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.25159/2663-659x/15106
Oregon State Ecampus, Advancing meaningful learning in the age of AI. In particular, take a look at the chart they created: Bloom’s Taxonomy Revisited.
