Study Seeking Participants to Test New AI Teaching Assistant Chatbot

Author: ND Learning

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Curious how Al might support your teaching?

The University of Notre Dame’s Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society and Notre Dame Learning invite higher education instructors from any institution and any discipline to try JimPT, a new Al teaching assistant chatbot being co-developed by the two units.

JimPT is a research prototype designed to help you generate ideas, plan lessons, and reflect on teaching practices.

You are eligible to participate in this study if you’ve taught in higher education (any subject or format) and are a faculty member, instructional staff, or TA with teaching experience.

As part of this IRB-approved research, you will:

  • Join a 45-minute guided Zoom session to try JimPT
  • Complete a short interview and survey to share your thoughts
  • Receive a $35 gift card as a thank you

Sessions are available starting Friday, August 8, through Friday, August 22.

Sign Up to Participate

This study is led by Si Chen, a postdoctoral researcher at the Lucy Family Institute and ND Learning. Faculty supervisors are Ron Metoyer, professor of computer science and engineering and vice president and associate provost for teaching and learning; Jim Lang, professor of the practice in ND Learning’s Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence; and Nitesh Chawla, Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and founding director of the Lucy Family Institute.