ECC Student Challenge How AI Can Help Faculty Application (What You Can Do) Time management & motivation AI sends reminders, tracks progress, and nudges students to stay on track. Use AI tools in Canvas to send weekly check-ins, deadline reminders, and progress alerts. Difficulty with math, English, and complex concepts AI tutors provide step-by-step explanations

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Area How AI is Used Example Benefit for Students Lecture Support AI explains concepts in multiple ways Instructor uses AI to generate examples or simplify topics Improves understanding for diverse learners Real-Time Q&A Chatbots answer student questions during/after class Course chatbot trained on lecture materials Immediate clarification of concepts Personalized Learning Adaptive systems adjust content

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PASS Mentor Role How a Chatbot Can Serve a Similar Function Example of Chatbot Interaction Academic Success Support A chatbot trained on course materials and campus resources can help students review concepts, develop study plans, explain assignments, and direct students to tutoring or academic services. It can function as a study companion and provide guidance

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AI Application Area What AI Does Benefits for Students Impact 24/7 Academic Support Provides on-demand tutoring, explanations, and practice exercises Students can access help anytime regardless of schedule constraints Supports working students, caregivers, and those with limited access to office hours Multilingual Support Translation, vocabulary clarification, grammar feedback Helps students understand materials and improve academic

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AI Capability Promise (Benefits) Peril (Risks) Why It’s a Conundrum Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT) Assists writing, idea generation, faster learning Enables plagiarism, contract cheating, loss of originality The same tool that supports writing can replace genuine student work Personalized Learning Systems Tailored instruction, adaptive feedback, improved outcomes Reduced independent thinking, over-reliance on AI guidance Personalization

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AI Type What It Does Common Examples Typical Uses Machine Learning (ML) Learns patterns from data to make predictions or decisions Recommendation systems (Netflix, Amazon), fraud detection Prediction, classification, decision-making Deep Learning (DL) Advanced ML using neural networks for complex tasks Speech recognition (Siri), image recognition Voice assistants, medical diagnosis Natural Language Processing (NLP) Understands

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AI Model / Tool Developer Type of AI What It Does Public Access ChatGPT (GPT-4/5) OpenAI Generative AI (NLP, multimodal) Generates text, answers questions, coding, tutoring Free + paid versions Google Gemini Google DeepMind Multimodal AI Text, images, coding, reasoning Free + paid (Gemini Advanced) Claude (Claude 3/4) Anthropic Generative AI (NLP) Writing, analysis, long-document

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