In a world where artificial intelligence is constantly changing, they must adapt at the high school and college level.
CALEDONIA/COLUMBUS, Mississippi (WCBI) – In a world where artificial intelligence is constantly changing, they must adapt at the high school and college levels.
Gregory Elliott, principal of Caledonia High School, says the school administration has not yet established a policy because AI and Chat GPT are so new, but they are still training their teachers on how to use them.
And they are taking a proactive approach – AI is here to stay – so it needs to be used in the right way.
“We encourage our teachers to show students when it is appropriate to use it and when it is not,” Elliott said. “There are times when it is very useful and we want our students to know how to use it.”
Scott Tollison is provost and vice president for academic affairs at MUW. He says that faculty generally make their preferences regarding AI known in their curriculum.
“In some of our courses, you’ll see our faculty prohibit it altogether. In other courses, our students are allowed to use it for specific tasks, and in other courses, students have more freedom to use it as they see fit. As for the positive aspects of AI, I think the ability to generate ideas and create initial drafts would definitely be beneficial,” Tollison said.
At the same time, Elliott and Tollison agree that this tool can also cause damage.
“There are times in the classroom when we need to measure students’ writing skills, and so we will ask them not to use it during those times,” Elliott said. “And if they do use it during those times, that would be considered cheating.”
“Generative AI can also struggle with things like correctly citing data or returning incorrect results, and it can also replace our students’ original work,” Tollison said. “We have institutional policies on academic integrity. If we suspect a student has used AI irresponsibly, we have a process in place for faculty to report that case and we can investigate it to make sure the work came from the student.”
And they agree that it should not replace learning or independent thinking.
“In the world ahead, we’re likely to see people who know how to use artificial intelligence and chat GPT replacing people who don’t know how to use it,” Elliott said.
“As we use our AI-based tools, we need to ask ourselves, ‘How have they complemented our learning without replacing it?’” Tollison said.
Overall, students and educators at the high school and college levels must learn to adapt to the ever-changing world of artificial intelligence.
Both Elliott and Tollison say that improper use of AI tools has a number of consequences.
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