Let’s Riff About It
Resources:
- Visit Riff’s main site and sign up for a trial by clicking here.
- Click here to read a blog from the Riff’s creator.
- This deck is a resource shared by Riff’s creator. It can be helpful to frame Riff for your learners.
- Read Riff’s Privacy Notice here.
- Watch this short tutorial to learn how to set up a reflection in Riff.
- Click here to read a short blog post which acts as an exemplar of how to reflect on using Riff.
Reflective practice is a key element of many programs, from Nursing, to Education, and the Creative Arts. While there are many frameworks for reflective practice, dialogic reflection is one with which most of us are familiar and comfortable. But have you ever thought about using an AI chatbot to help you reflect?
Riff is an AI tool created by educators for educators. Its sole aim is to support students to deepen their reflections.
Riff’s welcome email answers many questions you might have. Riff’s creator, Professor Leticia Britos Cavagnaro, indicates: “Our priority is deploying this tool in a responsible way that keeps the well-being of learners at the center.” This learner-centric approach means that your students’ reflections can be developed in an ethical and informed manner. Importantly, while student reflections are captured to provide learners with a summary, and educators with insights, “they won’t be used in the training of the large language models (LLM) that power Riff.” Professor Cavagnarao’s openness is critical, as she invites direct feedback from users.
Considerations when planning for Riff implementation:
Student Pre-training:
- Do your students have a basic understanding of AI?
- How will you introduce Riff to them? (Will you discuss the tool itself, especially with regards to Riff’s ethics?)
- How does Riff’s usage align with the course objectives?
- What support resources will you use? (This deck of slides is provided by Riff’s creator.)
Student Interaction:
- How can students be enabled to be in the moment when reflecting?
- Will students understand the response style (summary/further question)?
- How will students avoid tangential reflecting?
- How will students know when to end the reflection?
Post-interaction:
- How will students utilise their own reflections and how will they reflect on their use of AI?
- Can they annotate transcript/summary using the following questions?
- Has Riff provided accurate summaries of your responses?
- What level of analysis/reflection was reached?
- Identify two ‘now whats’ – one in relation to the topic you’re reflecting on and another in relation to your use of Riff.
- Or perhaps students could write a reflective blog for their portfolios on their use of Riff. Click here for a great exemplar.
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