Developing Prompt Engineering Skills in Business Forecasting Course: A SoTL Initiative

Prompt Engineering can be a useful tool to prepare students to develop critical and higher order thinking for future jobs. The focus of businesses is shifting to transform the technology landscape of their processes to include Artificial Intelligence (AI) based models, cloud computing and data analytics - to name a few. Undergraduate students in business forecasting course at Penn State University Lehigh Valley worked with a Generative AI tool to develop prompt engineering skills for completing assignments. One of the challenges students faced was lack of experience for using AI tools efficiently. The paper provides examples of student artefacts including self-reflection pieces demonstrating how students can develop prompt engineering skills for collaborating with AI based tools for gaining efficiency and higher productivity at work.