With Artificial Intelligence (AI) changing into extra generally utilized in every day life and academia, Holy Trinity Catholic College Division (HTCSD) has created an Administrative Procedure to handle its use for college kids and employees.
“With all new know-how, I believe it’s vital for varsity divisions to concentrate to it, to ensure that it’s used correctly,” mentioned Ward Streuby, director of training with HTCSD.
Streuby mentioned that Mark Selinger, supervisor of studying and know-how with the division, did an preliminary audit to take a look at current insurance policies, earlier than working with the division’s govt council and administrative council to plan their very own coverage.
“We simply wish to ensure that, primary, we’re defending the privateness of our employees and our college students with the brand new know-how,” defined Streuby.
“Once you feed in private data, that data is saved. We wish to be sure employees and college students are conscious that you simply don’t share private data while you’re utilizing AI.”
He added that the procedure outlines pointers round copyright and mental property in relation to the knowledge offered by AI.
“We additionally wish to ensure that we’re utilizing it ethically and respectfully. For instance, we don’t need college students to be placing AI in on totally different college students and making them say issues they didn’t do.”
He mentioned that they’re at present creating skilled growth classes for employees and college students round utilizing AI. “We all know AI shouldn’t be going wherever, so we wish to ensure that it’s used correctly, and actually helps and enhances studying as an alternative of a few of the destructive issues that may occur.”
The executive procedure doc outlines that college students may face self-discipline if it’s found they submitted AI work as their very own. Streuby mentioned what self-discipline entails will rely on the scenario, and that educating college students on acceptable makes use of of AI is likely one of the major targets.
“I believe it’s higher to be proactive – put insurance policies and procedures in place to make use of it ethically, and responsibly.”