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Designing Assignments with AI in Mind

Oct 28, 2025 | Instructional Ideas, Pedagogy, Syllabi |

Designing Assignments with AI in Mind

Generative AI is impacting many sectors of society, including education. As we adapt and shift with the changing educational scapes, below are some resources that may assist with designing anthropology assignments with AI in mind.

Resources:

Please note that the sharing of these resources is for educational purposes and is NOT an endorsement of any use of GenAI. Each week GenAI models are updating and changing their features so info may be out of date. This is NOT meant to be an exhaustive or comprehensive list.

Please click on the underlined text to access the hyperlinks

Anthropology Specific

  • How can anthropologists prepare for careers in AI? By Matt Artz (Includes reflection on ethics and job interview/resuming building).
    • This resource can be used to create assignments and learning objectives based around skillsets needed.
  • How accurate is ChatGPT in anthropology? By Ryan Anderson (2023)

Ethics in AI Use – Some Considerations

  • Qualitative Analysis in the Age of AI: Enacting Methods Appropriately with MAXQDA’s AI-Assist  By Christina Silver (provides some reflections of when to use and trade offs independent of software too)
  • Energy Use and Environmental Impacts – “calculator” by Jon Ippolito, Professor of New Media, from https://connectedprof.iu.edu/articles/2025-fall/how-to-tech.html

Teaching and AI – General Resources

  • Teaching with AI by José Antonio Bowen, includes sample prompting and a list with descriptions of the many different GenAI models
  • Student Facing Resource: