09-04-2024
Today we take a look back. A few months ago, the Daniels School’s Kelly Blanchard, associate dean for student experience and undergraduate programs, and Cara Putman, a clinical professor in business law and ethics, vocalized questions around artificial intelligence and its use in the college classroom. How do faculty handle ChatGPT in their classes? When is it appropriate for students to use AI in their academic work? Ethical conduct and technology must go hand-in-hand, Putman says. How do we ensure that happens?
In the Daniels Insights blog post “AI Use in the College Classroom,” we summarized some subsequent answers laid out by university and school leadership. Business school faculty were provided a syllabus checklist, template, and sample statements, all geared toward clarity around the use of AI. They were also given a primer on creating assessments not easily completed by AI tools. These assessments, both for written and quantitative work, allow students’ non-AI generated work to shine.
We’ll continue to ask and answer questions about AI and its place in the classroom. And we’ll ask the same of technologies to come.
We can’t wait until after the latest, greatest technology is fully developed to decide what the ethical approach is going to be, Putman notes. “By then it’s too late,” she says.
