AI SWOT Analysis by Dana Friedman https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2 en-us 2025-01-14 14:13:47 UTC 2025-02-17 18:42:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/3240967197/9fa18e1db61f00fa372cb71be9e590f7/AI_Icon.jpg Weakness https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315459865 Faculty perception of using AI to cheat

]]> 2025-02-04 15:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315459865 https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315460662 Many people across many units working on AI initiatives

]]> 2025-02-04 15:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315460662 https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315461327 Not enough coordination/communication of the many people/units working on AI Initiatives at PSU

]]> 2025-02-04 15:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315461327 Opportunity https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315462129 Staying on the forefront of education and application

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]]> 2025-02-04 15:16:29 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315463041 Access to technology and resources. https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315463192 2025-02-04 15:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315463192 Threats https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315463432 What will accreditation bureaus say upon reviewing departments

]]> 2025-02-04 15:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315463432 weakness https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315464399 AI platforms may not be accessible themselves

]]> 2025-02-04 15:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315464399 Replacement https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315464884 Replacing humans with machines for writing, voice recording

]]> 2025-02-04 15:17:34 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315464884 Efficient https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315465078 Using AI to speed up workflows, research, etc

]]> 2025-02-04 15:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315465078 https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315465154 "Hallucinations" - when AI creates fake sources, information, etc.


]]> 2025-02-04 15:17:41 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315465154 Environmental https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315465259 Drain on energy/natural resources to power.

]]> 2025-02-04 15:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315465259 https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315466617 Disparate access to latest AI tools. I.E. some faculty pay for AI subscriptions out of pocket, others cannot afford to do that.

]]> 2025-02-04 15:18:33 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315466617 Opportunity for personalized learning https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315467013 2025-02-04 15:18:47 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315467013 Impact https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315467313 Need strong training on confirming information

]]> 2025-02-04 15:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315467313 Many faculty are not trained in pedagogy... especially those with research backgrounds. Effective AI use will come back to the "why" and crafting learning objectives. Bloom's/learning objective training will need to happen before adopting AI, or deciding if it is even appropriate (in some cases, the AI tools might not be) https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315467667 2025-02-04 15:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315467667 Impact https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315470875 offering training to users

]]> 2025-02-04 15:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315470875 Drop in critical thinking/problem solving skills, retention of information among our students if assignments become too heavily reliant on AI. Objectives have to be crafted carefully. https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315470952 2025-02-04 15:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315470952 https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315472224 Learning how to develop meaningful prompts to achieve the information or outcome you want

]]> 2025-02-04 15:22:05 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315472224 https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315472673 Things change so quickly it's hard to keep up

]]> 2025-02-04 15:22:24 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315472673 Prompting https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315473220 Allows the user to stay current with prompting and how it continues to evolve: simple vs complex prompting.

]]> 2025-02-04 15:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315473220 Faculty are starting to recognize that student skills with AI tools are needed in the workforce. We might be at a tipping point. https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315473727 2025-02-04 15:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315473727 Free AI tools are still highly erroneous in terms of providing accurate, reputable sources of information. Some are a little better, but it takes quite a bit of experience to engineer prompts to get to the context you need. Most people don't know how deeply you need to prompt the AI with context. Otherwise, the outputs are likely incomplete or flat out wrong. https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315474466 2025-02-04 15:23:30 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315474466 Equity https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315474731 I'm wondering if well designed custom GPTs built around learning objectives (and integrating open source resources like OpenStax) could replace textbooks... $20 per month per semester is much cheaper than 5 textbooks.

]]> 2025-02-04 15:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315474731 https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315475649 AI can help with tasks like learning plans and rubrics to free up instructors for more interaction with students

]]> 2025-02-04 15:24:12 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315475649 Support https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315475951 Receiving support from various departments (e.g., IT, instructional designers, individual departments, etc.) to implement AI initiatives.

]]> 2025-02-04 15:24:24 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315475951 https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315476259 Use AI to guide a Metacognitive understanding of how and why IA is changing their approach to learning and growth - thinking about how they are thinking


]]> 2025-02-04 15:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315476259 academic integrity https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315476523 concerns with cheating

]]> 2025-02-04 15:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315476523 Opportunity https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315477096 The existence of AI tools is an opportunity for reviewing and improving how we assess student learning.

]]> 2025-02-04 15:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315477096 AI use varies https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315478914 Faculty and students vary in their abilities to use AI.

]]> 2025-02-04 15:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315478914 ai platform security https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315479339 Is our data protected? Is our data sold to other companies?

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]]> 2025-02-04 15:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315479501 Strength https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315479925 AI can be an effective study partner, which can enhance student learning.

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]]> 2025-02-04 15:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315483574 Training & structure https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315484194 Providing training and structure to improve AI skills and abilities to minimize the divide in abilities in using AI.

]]> 2025-02-04 15:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315484194 Time https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315485988 Time for more training and practice.

]]> 2025-02-04 15:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315485988 Refining Learning Objectives https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315487033 The Comparison of AI outputs to human outputs provides a better understanding of our course learning objectives. How to develop human skills, knowledge, and attitudes.


]]> 2025-02-04 15:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315487033 https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315487445 Tutoring for students that need some extra help

]]> 2025-02-04 15:31:55 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315487445 Equitable Access https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315488788 How to provide equitable access to GenAI tools: both at a reasonable cost, and with demos and documentation and training.

]]> 2025-02-04 15:32:50 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315488788 Misuse of AI https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315489056

  • Users misuse AI without validating the information, leading to less productive and poor decision-making.

  • AI hallucination, AI possible misuse of information.

    • ]]>     2025-02-04 15:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315489056     https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315489193 Time and commitment to revamp assessments


    ]]>     2025-02-04 15:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315489193     https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315491205 Keeping up with the every evolving AI landscape

    ]]>     2025-02-04 15:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315491205     Knowing which are the best tools https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315491600 There are a constantly growing number of GenAI tools available, and it's hard to keep up

    ]]>     2025-02-04 15:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315491600     Over reliance on AI https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315492186 Teachers may be tempted to accept AI-generated content without proper review, potentially compromising educational quality

    ]]>     2025-02-04 15:34:48 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315492186     Community that is open to learning about AI https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315493120 We have communication channels that keep different colleges and campuses connected.

    ]]>     2025-02-04 15:35:27 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315493120     https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315493762 running AI as a local protected data resource vs a cloud based service.

    ]]>     2025-02-04 15:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315493762     Increasing Efficiency https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315495754 AI can increase efficiency in every domain, but the methods have not yet been refined. It's also an opportunity to co-learn alongside students and give students agency in their future.

    ]]>     2025-02-04 15:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315495754     Having to explain AI Use Permissions everywhere takes effort. https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315499050 Having to add AI Use permissions in the instruction of every learning activity slows down the pace of class.

    ]]>     2025-02-04 15:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315499050     Too many AIs https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315499322 More AIs coming to the market every day. It will be hard to keep up with the functions of each AI.

    ]]>     2025-02-04 15:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315499322     https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315499531 a large amount of courses would need to be redesigned to incorporate AI


    ]]>     2025-02-04 15:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315499531     Effectiveness of Tutoring https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315512340 Compared to Word and other tools, ChatGPT doesn't highlight the corrections/revisions it makes, which could support more sustainable training for students.

    ]]>     2025-02-04 15:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315512340     https://padlet.com/professionalgraduateprograms/oqvzcpm17gpv09i2/wish/3315532664 having a variety of AI resources with specific specialties. When to use a medical AI, vs a legal AI, vs an educational AI.... and what gets lost when you are in a paid AI silo and don't have the cross discipline access.

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