Academic Affairs News

Dear Colleagues,

As you begin to prepare to come back to campus and are working on your upcoming courses, you may be thinking about the recent advancements in language learning models and generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools. While we will each approach AI differently in our classrooms, I urge you to be thoughtful and purposeful in your communication with students about the role AI might play in your courses. If you have not already developed an AI policy for your syllabus, please consider adapting one of the suggested statements provided on the WKU Syllabus page that best matches your teaching philosophy and course goals.

To help support the work our campus is doing in response to generative AI, the CITL is forming a Generative AI Community of Practice (CoP). This group will be charged with developing further resources and best practices related to the use of AI in the classroom and I would urge you to consider joining. For more information about the CoP, including expectations and compensation, please see this announcement. If you have questions regarding the community, contact Micah Logan from the CITL.

If you have questions about AI in the classroom, the CITL has developed a resource page to help provide additional information, and you are welcome to email citl@wku.edu with any questions you have about AI in the classroom. One important concern related to AI is academic dishonesty and I assure you that this is of utmost importance to us. While groups are developing tools to detect AI work, please keep in mind that the technology is working to catch up and these are currently unreliable. We will continue to monitor tools that are coming out and will make recommendations and updates as potential solutions are tested for reliability.