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Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) takes a request from a user and uses a statistical model to predict what the desired response should be based on the data is has access to. It is not a truly intelligent form of AI, as it never reasons or learns, but it has become increasingly proficient at mimicking human thought and speech. Imagine GenAI as a sock-predicting machine. Every morning when...

Letting students use AI tools, based on the professor's guidelines, can support their learning and help them meet course objectives. Using college-sanctioned tools will help students develop a highly marketable and practical skill; however, only if this is done in a way that does not allow shortcuts around skills development and the learning process. The best way of approaching this is to ensure...

For many professors, the term “Academic Integrity” evokes notions of student academic offences like plagiarism or cheating. This is part of it, certainly, but doing all college work in an accountable and honest manner is a shared obligation. Faculty members have a responsibility to be honest about their own use of AI tools, to be ethical in how those tools are employed, and to be transparent in...

To establish a baseline expectation for student AI use, your course outline includes a standardized statement about academic integrity. It mentions GenAI applications specifically, noting that by default, students are not permitted to use these tools to aid with assignments unless otherwise instructed by the professor. Accordingly, if you intend to allow or integrate any use of AI tools in your...

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At Fanshawe, all credit courses, whether they are delivered face-to-face (web-enhanced), in a blended format, or fully online, will have a FanshaweOnline (FOL) course presence. FOL is the College’s learning management system (LMS), a cloud-based product based on D2L’s Brightspace platform. FOL is the online extension of our campus, used extensively to deliver primary and supporting course content...