Emily Dux Speltz, Ph.D.
AI & Writing Resources
Through my research and teaching, I've created immersive activities and practical workshops to educate students and instructors on using AI responsibly and effectively.
AI Writing Prompts: Process & Product
In collaboration with Wren Bouwman (Iowa State University) and Dr. Kathleen Turner Ledgerwood (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University), I have developed a series of prompts that students can use with a GenAI tool of their choice to guide them through receiving feedback on both their writing process and their written products.
Access the prompt collection here
Open-Access Prompt Engineering Activity
I designed an advanced prompt engineering activity for my students in ENGL 222X: AI and Writing at Iowa State University. I'm happy to share it with other instructors who want to promote AI literacies in their classes. This activity can easily be modified for any course — and I'd be happy to provide guidance on implementing it if you reach out!
Access the full assignment here
Open-Access Human-in-the-Loop Activity
Anders, A., & Dux Speltz, E. (2024). A Human-in-the-loop Approach: Designing an AI-Assisted Workflow. Teaching Repository for AI-Infused Learning, University of Central Florida. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/traiil/8/
Access the full assignment here
AI Ethics Tutoring Prompt, Student Guide, and Instructor Guide

Dr. Abram Anders and I developed a set of materials to support the ethical use of AI in academic settings:


AI Ethics: Instructor Guide — This document provides a copy of our AI Tutoring Prompt and three different lesson plans you can use to teach AI Ethics in your courses. You can create a copy and adapt it freely for your own use.

AI Ethics: Student Guide — This document provides an overview of issues students should learn about to use AI ethically for learning. This format is suitable for use as a student handout. You can create a copy and adapt it freely for your own use.

AI Ethics Tutoring Prompt — In our Substack post, we share a full prompt that can be pasted into your favorite generative AI tool to guide you through an ethical discussion with an AI "tutor."

Read our Substack post here
Check out my "Reflection Bot" tool!
I created a bot on Poe.com that guides students through any reflection questions that a teacher provides for an assignment. I developed this after I noticed that students had over-relied on GenAI to complete some assigned reflection questions in my course.

Here are the assignment instructions that I provide to my students:
In this assignment, you will interact with this Reflection Bot to answer the reflection questions. You can communicate informally with the bot—the goal is to elicit true, authentic reflection about your time in this course. Using a generative AI tool to produce your responses is not permitted.
Please do not spend more than an hour on this reflection, so you may need to occasionally ask the bot to move on to the next question if it is asking too many follow-up questions. Make sure you address all eight topics in the Reflection Questions section below. [My specific questions are provided separately. You would provide your own questions to your students in your assignment instructions.]

https://poe.com/Reflection-Bot-ERAU

Generative AI Creative Projects

Our AI & Writing students made some impressive final projects using a variety of AI tools. I'm so proud of what they were able to accomplish in just a few weeks with AI. A highlight: One student with no prior coding experience created an interactive mobile app entirely from scratch! Check out our Substack post if you're interested in seeing what else our students created.

Read our Substack post here
Contact me for collaboration requests or other professional opportunities.
E-mail: duxspele at erau dot edu