Allie’s Generative AI Policy

*Created September 2024 with updates as necessary
**Thank you to Rich McCue for the assistance in creating this policy!

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is constantly evolving in many areas of our lives. During Class 6, we will be exploring Artificial Intelligence in Education as it applies to teaching and learning. We will be looking at how GenAI can assist you in lesson plan creation, as well as the design of GenAI-resistant assignments.

In Classes 1-5, I will be asking you to avoid using GenAI for your coursework. Too much use of Generative AI creates bland, homogenous, and sometimes inaccurate results that can get in the way of your learning about what each tool or teaching method can offer. The best way to learn about the most effective and ethical use of Generative AI tools is to do the tasks manually first. If you look at the marking rubrics for the assignments, you will notice that the majority of grades are assigned for exploration, experimentation, and reflection, which can sometimes be messy and unpolished – and that is great! This learning process is much more important than the final product of this course.

In Class 6, we will be exploring Generative AI by looking at a range of tools that can help you create lesson plans and learning materials efficiently, as well as the ethics and challenges of using these tools. At this point, you are welcome to use some of these tools to assist you in completing assignments for the course, however, you need to cite your use of them and reflect on your use of these tools:

• Which tools did you find useful and why did you make the decision to use them?
• What did these tools make possible for you? What were the trade-offs?

Class 6 will help you learn to properly cite the use of GenAI tools. Using the scale below, this is the permitted use of Generative AI for each assignment in our course, EDCI 336 A03 Fall 2024:

Please refer to the chart below from Dr. Leon Furze for a detailed description of each level.