Students’ informed consent is often not considered when talking about the use of AI in teaching.
Educators can be quick to initiate conversations about the benefits
of new AI tools, however, when those tools have serious psychological,
physical, and social impacts, everyone involved should understand the
risks and give informed consent. If the student and instructor decide
the risks are worth the proposed benefit, then the next step in any
research protocol is to mitigate potential harm as much as possible
while still retaining proposed benefit.
In this workshop we will look at what information is necessary for
informed consent if you’re integrating AI into assignments or discussing
this with students and colleagues. Bring any assignment or application
for which you would like to develop informed consent, and we will write
example statements and brainstorm harm reduction strategies.
By the end of this workshop, participants will:
- Gain a framework for assessing the risk-benefit ratio when considering implementing “AI” in educational contexts
- Have an improved understanding of information required for informed consent regarding “AI” use
- Reflect on harm reduction strategies for “AI” use in educational contexts