TextGenEd: Teaching with Text Generation Technologies collection published

TextGenEd cover

TextGenEd: Teaching with Text Generation Technologies, co-edited by Pitt Comp faculty member Annette Vee, Pitt undergraduate alum Tim Laquintano, and Carly Schnitzler, was published with WAC Clearinghouse in August, 2023. More on the collection:

Generative AI is the most influential technology in writing in decades—nothing since the word processor has promised as much impact. Publicly-accessible Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT have enabled students, teachers, and professional writers to generate writing indirectly, via prompts, and this writing can be calibrated for different audiences, contexts and genres. At the cusp of this moment defined by AI, TextGenEd collects early experiments in pedagogy with generative text technology, including but not limited to AI. The fully open access and peer-reviewed collection features 34 undergraduate-level assignments to support students' AI literacy, rhetorical and ethical engagements, creative exploration, and professional writing text gen technology, along with an Introduction to guide instructors' understanding and their selection of what to emphasize in their courses. TextGenEd enables teachers to integrate text generation technologies into their courses and respond to this crucial moment.

You can read the fully open access collection online here: https://wac.colostate.edu/repository/collections/textgened/ 

See the video of the book launch event on 9/27 here: https://wac.colostate.edu/repository/collections/textgened/launch/ The video features some overview of the collection and some of the contributors giving brief intros to their assignments. And catch an interview with the editors on The Big Rhetorical Podcast from Oct 2023.