“By allowing students to engage with AI in ethical ways that promote active learning, creativity, and critical thinking, educators are encouraging students to continue engaging with it positively”
(MacDowell et al., 2024, p. 14).
The research suggests that students are going to use these tools whether educators facilitate proper use or not, suggesting that educators can move towards integrating ethical use in several ways. Overall, students would benefit from understanding what constitutes plagiarism. Designing coursework, content and assessment that aligns with using AI with a guided framework of plagiarism, will help them maintain their academic integrity while embracing new technology. One way to do this is to facilitate student awareness and clear communication.
A specific solution that works towards ethical engagement with AI includes helping students to identify what constitutes plagiarism through visual graphics and frameworks.
Step 1:
Mind & Machine Collaboration Levels
Introducing this framework first helps facilitate clarity around AI use in your classroom.
Step 2:
Level 1 – 5:
Introducing this graph helps students understand the specifics of AI use, and provides more concrete examples. It would compliment the red light, yellow light, green light framework well.
LevelsStep 3:
Conversations with Students – Rate the AI Use
Use the following four slides with students to open a conversation around ethical AI use and what constitutes plagiarism.
ConversationsStep 4:
6 Categories by University of Saskatchewan
This graph provides ways that students can apply GenAI in their learning through various assistance in their planning and creations.
Step 5:
This framework provides a way to guide students and educators with the pillars of AI-ethics.
The 4 Cs of AI Literacy: Building a Foundation for AI-Ready Classrooms
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