Zero Tolerance Policies on Artificial Intelligence in the Learning Experience are Problematic for All Members of the Academic Community
Grading papers for my remote learning classes where the largest portion of the assignments submitted are written work is taking on a new dimension. In addition to grading for quality, accuracy, and academic honesty…I spend hours debating if what I am reading was written by a human being at all.
Teaching in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a double-edged sword because it facilitates quick and easy lesson plans and compromises the relationship between teacher and student with an overwhelming sense of suspicion.
Most professors across the country have adopted some form of AI-related policy for their syllabi. Sanctions if you get caught using AI to fully complete and submit an assignment for grading very from academic taboo to learning experience.
Success for me has come in the conversations that lend to facilitating a learning experience for students who use 50%-100% AI generated content for graded submissions.
What I find is that these students knew what they were doing, and they did it because they are so incredibly busy…
