In my research methods course, students are allowed—encouraged—to use generative AI in their project work, while also retaining the option to refuse it. There is one condition: they must document how they use it. Every prompt, revision, discarded output, refusal, and moment of uncertainty goes into a semester-long reflective blog. I designed the course this way because I wanted students to slow down and critically engage with AI-generated outputs rather than treating them as neutral or immediately usable. Instead of simply accepting outputs, students revise prompts, compare iterations, verify claims, rewrite sections in their own voices, and examine the rhetorical…
Author: Salma Kalim
Salma Kalim
Salma Kalim (PhD, Miami University) researches and teaches at the intersections of digital rhetoric, writing studies, feminist rhetorics, digital humanities, and AI-mediated writing. She is Head of the Language Center at International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan, and Co-Editor of the Journal of Contemporary Poetics.