ChatGPT: Can Students Really Get Away with Speechcraft?
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2024-02
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IGI Global
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Public speaking learners preparing for a speech can find the process of writing an outline time-consuming. With the presence of AI like ChatGPT, learners may feel tempted to abandon the outlining tasks needed to organize their ideas and instead rely on AI to minimize their effort. Such a use can dull students' writing skills and dampen their creativity and originality. This study examines 180 ChatGPT-generated speech outlines using three prompt engineering techniques to analyze their content and possible impact on students' work. While the findings indicate that ChatGPT can lack the sophistication required for speech outlines, it is a powerful tool that can be prompt-trained to generate human-like content. The findings reveal that prompt engineering plays a major role in determining if students can get away with speechcraft using ChatGPT, illustrating the threat of ChatGPT on students' learning. Yet, its prompt-limited outlines can exhibit potential benefits for students' academic work while upholding integrity. The study proposes implications for pedagogical practices with ChatGPT.
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This accepted book chapter is published as Ali Garib, Tina A. Coffelt, Awad M. Alshalwy, SeyedMohammad Kashani, ChatGPT: Can Students Really Get Away with Speechcraft?. In The Role of Generative AI in the Communication Classroom. editors Sanae Elmoudden, Jason S. Wrench, IGI Global, 2024, Chapter 7; 123-145. Doi:DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-0831-8.ch007. Posted with permission.