Please review the talks and resources linked below for AI and on Academic Integrity.

  • Watch talk with Lucas Wright (UBC) on Artificial Intelligence. He recorded a talk for our class on “Generative AI: A Sea of Change” (first video below), but we also recorded a fireside chat with lots of screensharing of good examples demonstrating AI use considerations (second video below):

  • Watch talk by Dr. Normand Roy (UMontreal)
  • Watch talk by Dr. Mariel Miller (UVic) on “Learning with AI”

  • The aforementioned talks mention the environmental consequences of AI. The following resources review these impacts:
  • When it comes to academic integrity, Dr. Sarah Eaton (UCalgary) is a sought-after researcher in the area of academic integrity and artificial intelligence. While we could not fit her into our schedule, we will provide some recordings to recent talks she has given, as well as links to some of her favourite student resources:
  • No one has a crystal ball to know fully how the world will integrate or respond to AI, and many scholars came together to explore the speculative futures around both positive and negative impacts through the use of short stories in this article on “Speculative Futures on ChatGPT and Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI): A Collective Reflection from the Educational Landscape.” As this is a long article, you are not required to read all of it, but you are encouraged to check out a few brief stories. If you’re curious to read my contribution, see my negative story, “The academic borg have arrived,” on p. 118 and positive story, “The kids are going to be alright: Life hacks for oppressive pedagogy,” on p. 88
  • I would like everyone to book in with me for a 10-minute 1-1 meeting to 1) support your inquiry assignment #1, including brainstorming the topic if you have not picked it yet, accessing experts, discovering resources, etc., and 2) reviewing your blog posts thus far on both assignment 1 and assignment 2. If you are feeling confident in your work, please book the required 10-minute assessment meeting. If you need more help, please book two 10-minute meetings as we might need more time. I can be booked in Calendly. You can also DM me on Mattermost or text my cell if you want to connect at a different time or if no spots appear (in which case they have all filled up and I can open up more). Pods can also book in with me for 20-minute meetings to go over any pair, trio, or quad inquiry projects.
  • As an extra nugget of information, for those interested, you can review the slides from a guest talk that Dr. Normand Roy from the University of Montreal delivered to our PhD seminar (EDCI 614) on AI in Research. Note: he advised our PhD students NOT to rely on AI for the literature review process given it only has access to about 60% of the research out there… a 40% gap is not acceptable. Yes, it can be used as an assistive tool, but not one to delegate entirely to.