One University’s AI Guide for Students, Written with the Help of AI
“When permitted, you can use AI tools for help but not to do the work for you.” That line appears in the recently released “AI-U“, billed as “a student guide to navigating college in the artificial intelligence era.” What would a typical student make of it? Fortunately, the guide, put out by Elon University and the American Association of Colleges and Universities, contains some more definitive advice. Of particular use, I thought, was the following checklist: Before you start 1. My school and my professor allow the use of the AI tools I’m considering for this assignment 2. I clearly understand when and how I can use AI for this assignment Doing the work 3. I am using my own thoughts, words and tone of voice 4. I have checked sources generated by AI and properly cited any facts, statistics or quotes 5. I have critically analyzed the AI output and identified any false, biased or harmful information 6. I have documented where and how I used AI and cited that use according to my professor’s expectations 7. I have not used confidential, protected or copyrighted information When the assignment is complete 8. I can explain my findings and demonstrate full understanding without the aid of AI 9. I can prove what sources I used and how I verified the information Thoughts on this checklist are welcome. A question that arises, of course, is how to encourage students to comply with it. This term I am putting a fair degree of emphasis on #8. Students in one of my lower-level courses work on a multi-part research project throughout the term, and the penultimate part is a graded one-on-one meeting in which the student gives a brief presentation and then is subject to extended questioning from me about it. They’ll have to know what they’re talking about, and so it won’t be good enough to have memorized an AI-written presentation. With 40 students in this course, these meetings are a substantial time commitment, and I don’t think I’d do this with a larger course without TAs. But I’m curious how it will go. As for #6 (and possibly #3, though it is impossible to tell), I wish the authors of this guide..
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