Thursday, February 15, 5:30 – 6:30 pm, The Egg in Hodson.
Cromwell CTL will moderate a student panel discussion and Q&A on the uses and limits of AI tools in learning. Honor Board chair Heather Fabritze will provide context for the updated guidance in the Honor Code regarding authorized/unauthorized use of AI, and will be joined in the discussion with leaders from the SGA, Peer Mentors, and Student Tutors.
Unauthorized Use of AI: using AI software to generate ideas, text, or images and submit them as one’s own work, without proper attribution and/or absent a clear statement of permission from an instructor.
Some questions we will explore in the discussion:
- Definition. Based upon your own exploration or what you have observed from peers, how do you define AI tools and their place in academic work? Where and how are they playing a role? What do they do?
- Value. What are the uses and limits of AI tools? How might they improve and/or impede learning and academic study?
- Responsibility. How should the uses of AI in academic study be addressed: restricted, encouraged, supervised?
Faculty and staff are encouraged to join the conversation with questions for students and feedback from the perspective of teaching and mentoring students. For additional thoughts and resources regarding AI in the classroom, read Prof. Sean Meehan’s post “Ethical AI: Educational Perspectives” and from last year this Catalyst listing of readings and resources related to AI in education.
Further Reading:
- Article in The Elm: “Updated language of academic honor code in student handbook addresses generative AI”
- Generative AI: Resources for Students and Faculty (UNC)
- Article in The Elm: “Student leaders participate in on-campus AI panel discussion”