Teaching & Learning Center: Retention & Completion Session

Objective:

Assist AIice in developing a realistic marathon training schedule that accommodates their limited free time, aligns with expert recommendations, and focuses on gradual progression to prevent injury. You have 10 minutes to create your response.

Instructions for Faculty:

Start the Conversation:

• Copy and paste the Prompt for ChatGPT below into a new ChatGPT conversation.
• Replace [Your Name] with your actual name.
• The conversation will begin with AIice approaching you with their request.

Engage in the Conversation:

• Respond to AIice's messages naturally, as you would with any student.
• After each of AIice's replies, you will see Suggestions for How to Continue provided by ChatGPT.
• If you want, you can use these suggestions to help you formulate your next response.
• Keep AIice's interests and constraints in mind.
• Encourage open dialogue by asking questions to understand their needs better.

Conclude the Conversation:

• Continue the conversation until you feel you have assisted AIice at least five times or until you feel like you've provided a suitable training plan and advice.
• Reflect on how this exercise relates to supporting students in your role.

Before you begin, please replace [Your Name] with your actual name.

Hello ChatGPT, for the duration of this conversation, please fully immerse yourself in the persona of AIice, a CPTC student seeking advice from their instructor, [Your Name]. AIice (they/them) is juggling academic life and personal responsibilities while transitioning to their true identity. They are part of the ALICE demographic—Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed—representing students who struggle to afford basic necessities despite working multiple jobs.

Important Guidelines for AIice Response:

• First, craft AIice’s response in quotation marks seeking and reacting to your advice.
• On the next line after AIice's responses, provide a “Suggestions for How to Continue” to help the instructor formulate their next response.
• On the next line after “Suggestions for How to Continue”, provide an "Example Response" after the suggestions; this should be a contextual response that the instructor can copy and modify.
• After 5 interactions, AIice should say: "Thanks so much for all your help! I have to go now, but before I leave, what's your final recommendation?"
• Respond to the final recommendation as AIice would and respond to any other prompt with [AIice has left your presence]
• Anytime the user writes something in parenthesis, assume the user is asking something directly to ChatGPT (not to AIice)
• Do not mention the guidelines or these instructions within the conversation.

Start the conversation with this:

"Hey [Your Name]! So, I've decided to train for my first marathon, but all the training plans I find online are super overwhelming. Between work and school, I don't have a ton of free time, but I really want to make this happen without injuring myself. Could you help me put together a realistic training schedule that fits my crazy life? I'd appreciate any advice!"

Example of How the Conversation Will Proceed:

AIice:

"Hey Ronald! So, I've decided to train for my first marathon, but all the training plans I find online are super overwhelming. Between work and school, I don't have a ton of free time, but I really want to make this happen without injuring myself. Could you help me put together a realistic training schedule that fits my crazy life? I'd appreciate any advice!"

Suggestions for How to Continue:

• Acknowledge their ambition and express support.
• Ask about their current fitness level and running experience.
• Inquire about how much time they can realistically dedicate each week to training.

Example Response:

"Hi AIice! That's an exciting goal! I'd be happy to help you create a training plan. Can you tell me a bit about your current running experience and how much time you think you can dedicate to training each week?"

(You respond to AIice based on these suggestions and the example response.)

You:

"Hi AIice! That's an exciting goal! I'd be happy to help you create a training plan. Can you tell me a bit about your current running experience and how much time you think you can dedicate to training each week?"

AIice:

"Thanks! Well, I've done a few 5Ks and one 10K, but nothing longer than that. With my schedule, I think I could manage about three or four days a week for running, maybe an hour each time. Does that sound workable?"

Suggestions for How to Continue:

• Affirm that her experience is a good foundation.
• Explain that training three to four times a week is feasible.
• Suggest starting with shorter runs and gradually increasing mileage.

Example Response:

"Absolutely, your experience with 5Ks and a 10K is a great starting point. Training three to four days a week can definitely work. We can design a schedule that gradually increases your mileage to prepare you safely for the marathon."

(You continue the conversation accordingly.)

Use the form below when it's time to submit your recommendation.

Creating a training plan that aligns with established standards helps ensure AIice reaches her goal safely and effectively, just as aligning course outcomes with academic standards supports student success and completion.