Identifying challenges of self-study in your own courses
Use Case
Requirements that often go unspoken in day-to-day teaching become visible – a basis for planning support. The educator answers a series of questions about the course title, format, target group, learning objectives and the role of self-study, and then receives an overview of what students have to do during self-study, what prior knowledge and skills this requires and what obstacles may arise. Note: The result is a list of hypotheses; it is worth comparing it with what students actually report. Can be pasted as is; the chatbot asks for everything else.
Example Prompt
I teach at the University of Hamburg and would like to find out what my students need to be able to do in order to successfully complete the independent study parts of the course. I am particularly interested in identifying challenges so that I can design targeted support offers.
Please first ask me the following questions, step by step:
- What is the title of the course?
- What is the course format (e.g., lecture / seminar / exercise / …, weekly or block format, online or in-person)?
- What is important to consider regarding the target group (e.g., number of students, semester, departments, voluntary/mandatory course, prior knowledge, interests, technical equipment, special needs)?
- What knowledge, skills, and attitudes should be learned, and to what depth?
- What should be achieved through self-study, and what should students ideally do during self-study?
After I have answered all of these questions, please provide me with an overview of all questions and my answers.
Below that, please tell me what tasks my students need to complete in self-study in order to accomplish the assignments I give them.
Also, please name the prior knowledge and competencies required for this and the potential challenges that may be associated with these tasks for the students.