Purpose
This activity empowers you to proactively address the evolving landscape of AI in education by crafting clear, ethically-informed syllabus language that resonates with your students and aligns with your course objectives.
Instructions
The unprecedented changes and influence of ChatGPT and other AI technology got many instructors looking for ways to provide more guidance for their students and their course policies. While policy directives differ across USM schools, faculty should prepare to include a statement in their syllabus based on their own considerations and suggestions made by UBalt.
- Select the following resources to compare and contrast:
- AI course policies drafted and edited by Dr. Alan Lyles from the University of Baltimore.
- One of the policies within this list. that aligns with a course you teach.
- As you review your two choices, reflect upon what you like about each one, whether you feel anything is missing from either one, or if you prefer one over the other.
- Then, draft a policy or syllabus statement (or review/revise your current one) that addresses the ethical and practical considerations you have identified.
- Make sure your language follows these student-based criteria:
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- Clarity and completeness of the information
- Thoroughness of the ethical and practical considerations addressed
- Alignment of the message and language throughout the statement
- Suitability for your student audience and your course specifics
Follow your instructor’s directions for submitting this assignment to your LMS or elsewhere.
Citation:
Eaton, L. (2024, March 31). Syllabi policies for AI generative tools [Unpublished manuscript]. Google Docs. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RMVwzjc1o0Mi8Blw_-JUTcXv02b2WRH86vw7mi16W3U/edit#heading=h.1cykjn2vg2wx.
Lyles, A. (2024, March 20). Evolution of an AI course policy [Unpublished manuscript].
