#ETMOOC Session 2 – AI and You: Ethics, Equity, and Accessibility

Session 2 of #ETMOOC2 was held on May 3rd. If you were unable to attend, the recording has been uploaded to YouTube (see embed below) and the slides note notes are available via the Session 2 landing page.

Session Notes

• Unauthorized content generation could be a phrase used to describe academic concerns around AI
• Equity and the field of AI, it should value and respect diverse cultural backgrounds
• There is a layer of techno-colonization within this tool
• There is no integrity in a stance that presumes the worst in our students (re: a ban on AI related to perceived affects on learning integrity)
• “SMARTIE is an innovative suite of web applications powered by ChatGPT API and Claude API designed to help university-level educators create comprehensive and inclusive course outlines. The application suite can help educators design a variety of course components, including descriptions and learning outcomes, corresponding learning activities that are EDIA-aware, rubric redesign recommendations.”
• Can AI help offload some of the cognition required for tasks in the same way a calculator facilitated mathematics rather than replacing it
• If it can be answered by AI, is it a good question?
  • what are we actually assessing?
  • what value is this bringing to students?

What AI-writing tools have you tried? What do you like (and dislike about them)? 

• I’m most familiar with ChatGPT and the MagicWrite feature within Canva
• I like the prompt building capabilities within ChatGPT compared to MagicWrite

What are some ways AI tools could be used (or are already being used) to help persons with disabilities?

• access information in a manner that provides reduced distractions compared to webpages with multiple columns, ads, pop-ups, banners, etc
• have information presented in a manner that fits their reading level
• provides information without the cognitive load required to sift through and select sources from a curated search engine finding list

Resources for Session 2

• The European Network for Academic Integrity (ENAI) Recommendations on the Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence – 
• Podcast about AI and Education
• UNESCO Guide for AI in higher education 
• How to Cite ChatGPT 
• Fjeld, J., Achten, N., Hilligoss, H., Nagy, A., & Srikumar, M. (2020). Principled Artificial Intelligence: Mapping Consensus in Ethical and Rights-Based Approaches to Principles for AI (SSRN Scholarly Paper No. 3518482).
• IEEE’s Ethically Aligned Design:  A Vision for Prioritizing Human Well-being with Autonomous and Intelligent Systems: 
• ArtsTechnica article  about Why AI chatbots are the ultimate bs machines and how people hope to fix them
•  Facebook Group – Higher Ed Discussions of AI Writing
• Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning resource – Teaching and Learning with AI apps
• Dawson, P. (2020). Cognitive offloading and assessment. In M. Bearman, P. Dawson, R. Ajjawi, J. Tai, & D. Boud (Eds.), Re-imagining University Assessment in a Digital World (pp. 37-48). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41956-1_4