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Using generative AI for environmental scan

One of the things I did while on administrative leave from the Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology is to review mission, vision, and values statements, as well as strategic goals and plans, from other Canadian centres for teaching and learning.

I focused on Canada partly because that’s where I’m situated, and also because there has recently been a book published about similar things in U.S. centres for teaching and learning (Wright, Centers for Teaching and Learning), and the post-secondary system in these two countries is fairly similar so this could possibly be an interesting point of comparison to see if there are any significant overlaps or differences. It would be even more interesting to review similar points for centres in other countries, but that’s for another time.

I thought I’d use this opportunity to test out a few generative AI platforms and tools to see whether they may or may not be helpful in this work. Short answer: either I’m doing it wrong (highly possible!) or things just aren’t quite there yet to be super helpful. I’ll explain more below.

Note: long post follows! I decided to put several different attempts all together into one post, which makes it very long. And also note: I did all this in mid-December 2024, but only got around to finalizing this post in early Jan. 2025. What worked/didn’t work as of that time may change very quickly!

Another note: I revised this post on Jan 5, 2024, to add resources at the end.

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