How do we support students to understand artificial intelligence in the classroom? Is new technology like ChatGPT and Google Bard an educational friend or a foe? These slides, delivered as a keynote presentation at DigiED Horizons 2023, explore some of the opportunities that artificial intelligence provides for universities and also the risks if ethical use of this technology is not considered.

1. Title & Presentation name
Dr Thomas Lancaster (@DrLancaster)
Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?

2. Dr Thomas Lancaster (@DrLancaster)
Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
Dr Thomas Lancaster
Computer Scientist at Imperial College London
Senior Tutor
Technology enthusiast
Academic integrity enthusiast
Keynote speaker
http://www.thomaslancaster.co.uk
Stable Diffusion AI prompt: film photo, portrait of thomas-lancaster as a winter
stylized man, epic lighting, red hair, detailed hair, 85mm focal, urban background

3. Dr Thomas Lancaster (@DrLancaster)
Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
There is much more to creating an
AI image than writing a prompt!
Stable Diffusion AI prompt: film photo, portrait of thomas-lancaster as a winter
stylized man, epic lighting, red hair, detailed hair, 85mm focal, urban background

4. Dr Thomas Lancaster (@DrLancaster)
Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
AI is useful – even if all these tools are not…

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
presentation slides from my module AI generated video transcript (with errors)

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
Questions answered about
the transcript
(http://www.chatpdf.com)

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
A fun summary

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
Opportunities for
discussion

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
A (plagiarised?) presentation – with script

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
Ethical use of AI in an
educational setting is a
hard concept to define

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
Bans aren’t always the
answer
(poem not by Roald Dahl)

13. academic integrity?
Dr Thomas Lancaster (@DrLancaster)
Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?

14. Dr Thomas Lancaster (@DrLancaster)
Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
The Values Based Approach to Academic Integrity
(https://www.academicintegrity.org)
honesty respect fairness
responsibility trust
courage

15. Dr Thomas Lancaster (@DrLancaster)
Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
Academic integrity is the
responsibility of
everyone involved with
education!

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
• How does generative AI work?
• What can generative AI do and not do?
• How can students be supported to work
with AI in an ethical way?
• When is it dishonest for students to use
AI in an educational setting and what
should we do about it?
• How can we prepare students for
employment?
• What do local regulations, strategies and
procedures say?

17. Dr Thomas Lancaster (@DrLancaster)
Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
Generative Artificial Intelligence
• Not usually “intelligent”
• Trained on large quantities of data
• Can mimic structures and patterns

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
Students Value AI
“I use this to help understand
certain topics in chemistry that
I find hard to process”
(paraphrased quote)
https://thomaslancaster.co.uk/blog/exploring-artificial-intelligence-alongside-
undergraduate-students-on-an-academic-integrity-research-module

19. AI is unavoidable
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64970062
Dr Thomas Lancaster (@DrLancaster)
Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65018107

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
AI can be wrong!

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
Dangers of a Null Response
• Students get credit for assessments
that they haven’t worked on
• Students believe incorrect
information
• Students miss out on core learning –
and cannot succeed
• Universities suffer reputational
damage

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
Detection may not be
the solution

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
Embracing Artificial Intelligence
• Develop assessments that cannot be solved satisfactorily by just writing a
simple prompt
• Use a range of assessment methods to engage students
• Ensure that there are AI free assessments where students need to
demonstrate core skills
• Assess students on their ability to use relevant AI systems and critically
evaluate the output

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
Scaffold support
throughout academic
programmes

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
Work with employers to
develop authentic and
future ready assessments

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
Collaborate with our
students as our academic
integrity partners

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
AI – Friend or Foe?

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
AI – Friend or Foe?

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?
AI – Friend or Foe?
If we want to teach and
assess with academic
integrity – there is no
choice!