There is a large and growing number of resources available on the web for AI in higher education. The list below has been curated for relevance to AUP and its context of an international liberal arts education. Please send to ai@aup.edu any suggestions for this list.
Intros & background
- in higher ed
- in the broader environment
- A New Age of Enlightenment? A New Threat to Humanity?: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence by 2040 (Imagining the Digital Future Center - Elon University)
- surveys of AI use
AI Guide – The AI Pedagogy Project (metaLAB (at) Harvard)
Communicating with students about AI & AI use
- Crowd-sourced list of Syllabus Policies for Generative AI (Lance Eaton)
- AI Syllabus Language Heuristic (Lance Cummings)
- AI Decision Tree – Artificial Intelligence Tools – Faculty Support (Oregon State University)
- The Sentient Syllabus Project (support for different stages/aspects in course/syllabus design)
- Generative A.I. in Fall 2023 - Faculty Resource Guide (Carroll College) -- based on key principles: Clarify, Communicate, Uphold, Engage
- Strategies for Creating “Generative AI-Resistant” Assessments (U Wisconsin)
- Advice about AI in the classroom for the coming new year (opinion) (Inside Higher Ed)
- Can I Use AI? – tool for generating clear AI use guidelines according to the nature of an assignment (Ryan Watkins)
- Engaging With AI Isn't Adopting AI (Marc Watkins) – "normalizing AI disclosure as a means of curbing the uncritical adoption of AI and restoring the trust between professors and students"
- Five Tips for Writing Academic Integrity Statements in the Age of AI - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning (Torrey Trust) – and see her detailed example of how you might articulate AI use guidelines in a syllabus (the specificity and the "why is this allowed" may get students' attention in ways that more general language might not)
- AI detection & its issues
- AI Detection: A Literature Review (Chris Ostro) – "any discussion about AI detection has to be paired with additional training"
- Testing of detection tools for AI-generated text | International Journal for Educational Integrity: "Detection tools for AI-generated text do fail, they are neither accurate nor reliable (all scored below 80% of accuracy and only 5 over 70%)."
- AI detectors have a bias against non-native English speakers
- The Use of AI-Detection Tools in the Assessment of Student Work (Sarah Eaton) – “If you insist on using tools to detect AI-generated text in student work at least do so in an open and transparent way”
- GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers: Patterns (Liang et al.) – “GPT detectors frequently misclassify non-native English writing as AI generated”
- Do teachers spot AI? Evaluating the detectability of AI-generated texts among student essays | Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence (Fleckenstein et al.) – “Generative AI can simulate student essay writing in a way that is undetectable for teachers”
- A real-world test of artificial intelligence infiltration of a university examinations system: A “Turing Test” case study | PLOS ONE
- Simple techniques to bypass GenAI text detectors: implications for inclusive education | International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education
- Constructive approaches to academic integrity & assessment validity
- Academic Integrity - Artificial Intelligence in Teaching & Learning (Camosun College Library)
- Updating the AI Assessment Scale - Leon Furze – and see his detailed explanation and examples for AI Assessment Scale Level 1: No AI
- Examples of tools used to fool AI detectors
Perspectives & discussion material on AI in learning/teaching
Teaching with and about AI
- Teaching AI Ethics: The Series – Leon Furze
- Demystifying AI - YouTube – AI & Bias (UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy)
- AI Ethics & Policy News - Examples of AI ethics issues covered in the news, categorized by issue area
- Ethics & Society at Hugging Face – description and examples of application of Hugging Face’s framework for ethical AI (Rigorous; Consentful; Socially Conscious; Sustainable; Inclusive; Inquisitive)
- Quick Start Guide to AI and Writing (MLA-CCCC Joint Task Force on Writing and AI)
- Exploring AI Pedagogy – A Community Collection of Teaching Reflections (MLA-CCCC Joint Task Force on Writing and AI)
- Assignments – The AI Pedagogy Project (metaLAB (at) Harvard)
- 101 Creative Ideas to Use AI in Education
- Instructors as Innovators: A future-focused approach to new AI learning opportunities, with prompts (Ethan R. Mollick, Lilach Mollick)
- Learn with AI (University of Maine) - partially crowdsourced but curated collection of links (with brief descriptions) to teaching resources and strategies
- Exploring AI Pedagogy – A Community Collection of Teaching Reflections (MLA-CCCC Joint Task Force on Writing and AI)
- Worked examples – discussion thread with example prompts for using genAI to assist in different learning scenarios (requires joining POD AI in Education discussion group)
- Generative Artificial Intelligence: Practical Uses in Education (Troy Heaps)
- Teaching with AI : A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning (José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson – AAC&U)
Guides for students
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Student Guide to Artificial Intelligence (Elon University & AAC&U)
AI in libraries & research
- Research tools
- AI-Based Literature Review Tools (Texas A&M University Libraries)
- Citing AI Tools (U Calgary Libraries) – summaries of APA, Chicago and MLA styles + other sources of citation guidance
- How do I cite generative AI in MLA style? (MLA Style)
- Citing content developed or generated by artificial intelligence (Chicago Manual of Style)
- How to cite ChatGPT (APA Style)
Clearinghouses of information/resources
- General - AI & Education Workshop Resource (Lance Eaton)
- AI Text Generators and Teaching Writing: Starting Points for Inquiry - The WAC Clearinghouse (Anna Mills) – see in particular AI Text Generators: Sources to Stimulate Discussion Among Teachers
- Policies (see “Environment, frameworks & examples for policy development” below)
- ai4lam (AI projects, data sets, resources for libraries, archives and museums)
- AI + Libraries: Information Literacy, Instruction, & Reference (Florida International University Libraries)
- AI Educator Tools (Dan Fitzpatrick)
- Prompt library (Anthropic/Claude)
- There's An AI For That (TAAFT)
Discussion & keeping up
- AI - EDUCAUSE Connect (requires EDUCAUSE account – AUP faculty & staff can create accounts)
- AI & Libraries
- AI & Libraries Slack group
- ai4lam - Community Calls (meeting notes and recordings)
- AI + Education = Simplified (Lance Eaton)
- One Useful Thing (Ethan Mollick)
- AILA→ AI in the Liberal Arts newsletter (Amherst College)
- Wonder Tools (Jeremy Caplan)
Training opportunities
Campus-level AI initiatives & policy development
We’ve found the resources listed here useful in shaping the AI@AUP initiative. AUP colleagues may find these useful as well in thinking about how they can contribute to the initiative or its goals.
- Broad principles for AI in higher ed
- Joint statement on Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education (UN lnternet Governance Forum, Kyoto, Oct 2023)
- New principles on use of AI in education (Russel Group of leading UK universities)
- Organizational assessment
- Developing a strategy
- Cross-Campus Approaches to Building a Generative AI Policy | EDUCAUSE Review
- 2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Action Plan: Generative AI
- Enhancing Higher Education With Generative AI: A Responsible Approach (MIT strategy guide for addressing AI at higher ed institutions)
- Governmental policy frameworks & recommendations
- Europe
- France
- United States
- Higher ed frameworks & recommendations for policy development
- Cross-Campus Approaches to Building a Generative AI Policy | EDUCAUSE Review
- Developing Institutional Level AI Policies and Practices: A Framework - WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies – based on this study:
- AI on Campus: The 5 Things Higher Ed Needs to Consider When Crafting AI Workplace Policies | Fisher Phillips
- Commentary & analysis on higher ed AI policy
- Library & publishing organizations’ guidance on AI
- Examples of existing policies
- Lists of existing policies
- Database of AI policies and guidelines at higher education institutions (Joe Sabado)
- University Policies on Generative AI
- AI Observatory | HESA – international examples of institutional policies & guidelines
- Institutional AI Policies & Governance Structures (Lance Eaton)
- Specific examples of note
- (proposed) AI Code of Conduct (metaLAB (at) Harvard)
- Usage Guidelines for AI Generative Tools at CU (College Unbound / Lance Eaton)
- See “AUP-relevant examples of campus-level initiatives” below
- Lists of existing policies
- Templates for developing your own policy
(See also the section above “Communicating with students about AI & AI use - Academic integrity & AI use”)
- Using human rights principles to guide academic integrity policies
- Human rights by design: future-proofing human rights protection in the era of AI (Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights)
- Future-proofing integrity in the age of artificial intelligence and neurotechnology: prioritizing human rights, dignity, and equity (Sarah Eaton)
- Postplagiarism: Helping Students Maintain Academic Integrity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” (Sarah Eaton)
- Why (And How) to Preserve an Honor Code (Josh Brake)
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AI literacy frameworks
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A Framework for AI Literacy (Barnard College’s scaled framework for moving up a scale: Understand → Use → Analyze → Create)
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Building a Culture for Generative AI Literacy in College Language, Literature, and Writing (MLA & CCCC)
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AI Literacy Model - Practitioner-Scholar Approach Template (Joe Sabado)
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AI Literacy in Teaching and Learning: A Durable Framework for Higher Education (EDUCAUSE AI Literacy Programs for Faculty, Staff, and Students Working Group)
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SUNY: Civic Discourse and Artificial Intelligence to be Integrated into Existing 30-Credit Requirement - Updates to their gen ed learning outcomes are highlighted in this memo: info lit learning outcomes now mention evaluating *origins* of information and understanding ethical dimensions of information work using AI
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What you need to know about UNESCO's new AI competency frameworks for students and teachers (UNESCO) - both frameworks emphasize a human-centered mindset and AI ethics, as well as understanding of AI in order to use it in learning or teaching contexts
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AI across the curriculum
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Developing a model for AI Across the curriculum: Transforming the higher education landscape via innovation in AI literacy (Southworth et al.) – includes U Florida’s AI literacy framework
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The next step in higher ed's approach to AI (opinion) (IHE) (Kathleen Landy)
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- Liberal arts colleges
- Amherst College:
- Davidson College:
- Larger universities
- AMICAL Consortium institutions
- Campus-level responses to generative AI: An AMICAL panel & workshop (recording and links to resources mentioned)
- Artificial Intelligence | The American University in Cairo
- CLT: AI & Higher Education (Forman Christian College)
- Introduction to Prompt Engineering (AU Kuwait Center for Teaching Excellence)