Posted on June 25, 2025 by JimS
By Jim Shimabukuro (assisted by ChatGPT and Perplexity)
Editor
Summary: The article examines how AI is transforming peer review in online composition courses. Advanced AI systems now manage key aspects of the peer-review process: automated assignment and matching of peer reviewers, guided and scaffolded feedback prompts tailored to each draft’s needs, and real-time assistance to maintain clarity and constructiveness in comments. Drafts are shared seamlessly via integrated cloud-based platforms, supporting version control and flexible anonymity options. Reviewers use interactive, AI-enhanced interfaces for inline comments and complete adaptive rubrics generated by AI. All feedback undergoes quality assessment via AI, tracking specificity, tone, and usefulness, which is then logged and displayed on student and instructor dashboards. Human-centered initiatives like UC Davis’s PAIRR project blend traditional and AI review, fostering reflection and equity. Ultimately, the article presents a near future where hybrid human–AI peer review improves writing quality, engagement, and learning equity. (Perplexity)
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Posted on June 20, 2025 by JimS
By Jim Shimabukuro (assisted by ChatGPT and Perplexity)
Editor
Summary: The article explores whether AI tools like ChatGPT can meaningfully substitute for human writing teachers in college settings. Using a sample student error, the author shows how AI quickly and accurately identifies grammar, spelling, and punctuation mistakes, providing corrective explanations and revision tips. The discussion then shifts to educational implications: while AI can efficiently handle mechanical corrections and free instructors from time-consuming markups, key concerns arise around pedagogy and student learning. The article questions whether reliance on AI will truly help students internalize good writing habits or simply encourage dependency on automated fixes. Ultimately, the piece suggests that while AI’s language abilities can improve, its best use is as a supplement—handling routine errors—so that human instructors can devote more time to higher-order feedback, personal mentoring, and fostering critical thinking and creativity in writing, rather than being replaced outright. (Perplexity)
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Posted on June 7, 2025 by JimS
By Jim Shimabukuro (assisted by ChatGPT and Perplexity)
Editor
Summary: The article presents ChatGPT’s response to Stephen Marche’s essay, “The College Essay Is Dead,” focusing on its implications for college composition courses. Marche contends that widespread AI tools like ChatGPT make traditional essays—especially formulaic, five-paragraph formats—obsolete, urging instructors to rethink the essay’s role in teaching critical thinking. The article outlines several shifts: embracing more dynamic and authentic writing forms, teaching AI literacy and ethical use of generative tools, and revising assessment methods to prioritize process and in-class work. It concludes that, rather than ending writing instruction, Marche’s essay prompts much-needed pedagogical innovation and adaptation in higher education. (Perplexity)
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