Bringing the "Inter-" Back to "Inter-Work" in the age of AI Reframing assignments in my Advanced Integrative Writing course

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Published: 2025-08-29

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John Paul Tassoni
Miami University

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In this personal narrative, I describe the moment that I realized over half of my class had relied on AI to complete an essay assignment. Reflecting on the history of that assignment, I recognize that it had become so predictable as to invite the AI usage. In response, I revise the assignment in ways that position students as autoethnographers. Through this reframing, students' own considerations of subject matter are explicitly invited along with any other resources they might consult, including AI.

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2025): Classroom Applications of Generative AI: Practical case studies and reflections

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Personal Narrative
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John Paul Tassoni, Miami University

John Paul Tassoni (he/him/his) is a professor of English at Miami University. At Miami, he has served as Director of College Composition, University Director of Liberal Education, and Co-Coordinator of the Regionals Center for Teaching and Learning. He is the founding editor of both Open Words: Access and English Studies and  Journal on Centers for Teaching and Learning. His own work has appeared in journals such as College Composition and Communication, Journal of Basic Writing, Pedagogy, WPA: Writing Program Administration, and Teaching English in the Two-Year College.