During a recent discussion that I attended on generative AI, there was that rare and fleeting thing in higher education – a panel in unanimous agreement, within the first five minutes, no less.
With heads nodded and backs patted regarding the impossibility of ever really being able to ban (or accurately detect) students’ use of AI, the panel moved onto much more interesting discussion – on the further complexities on what to actually do with AI tools like Chat GPT, Microsoft Copilot and Google Bard.
But as I sat in front of my Zoom webinar window watching the comments cycle furiously across the screen, I got thinking – why aren’t we considering the other side of the question, what AI might be able to do for students?
There was an interesting moment where the panel looked at some early examples of staff and student guidelines on the use of generative AI in assessment.
