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Generative Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Pedagogical and Ethical Issues

9 May 2024

– 2 – Generative Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Pedagogical and Ethical Issues | Summary Importance of ministerial action and consultation with stakeholders In the eyes of the CSE and the CEST, the current technological context provides an opportunity to update the steps already taken in relation to the use of digital technologies in education, by pursuing some of the objectives and. [...] Using constructive alignment as a guide As to whether or not generative AI should be integrated into learning activities, given the absence of tangible evidence of the large-scale effectiveness of the use of generative AI in higher education, the CSE and the CEST propose using the notion of constructive alignment as a guide. [...] – 3 – Generative Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Pedagogical and Ethical Issues | Summary However, it is up to the MES to formulate, in collaboration with each of the stakeholders in higher education, general directives and guidelines on the responsibilities of institutions, teachers and students with respect to generative AI in the context of the evaluation of learning. [...] The CSE and CEST also call on the Ministère to affirm, across the board, the essential nature of digital competency development in its policies, regulations and other frameworks, and to place the issue of generative AI at the core of the next ministerial strategic planning. [...] 7 Support the pooling of initiatives, expertise, practices and guidelines Ministère de concerning the use of generative AI, both in terms of tools and strategies l’Enseignement conducive to its use in the context of assessment for learning purposes, and supérieur and in terms of the means to promote its judicious use in accordance with the higher education principles of intellectual honesty and ac.

Authors

Conseil supérieur de l'éducation

Pages
12
Published in
Canada