Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

I can understand, I support, why students' use of AI in the classroom might be considered a problem to solve. After all, it may still be true that students need to learn skills that can now be done at a fraction of the cost by machine. But it does trouble me when the natural response is to embrace authoritarianism. Consider the 'lessons' learned by Donald Saucier here: "have a useful AI policy in my courses... not allowing AI for at least some of the coursework... actions and consequences if students violate my stated AI policy... spacing out assessments." I find this stance remarkable in that it doesn't even consider changing what is taught, how it's taught, how it's assessed, and who should make the rules.

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Stephen Downes Stephen Downes, Casselman, Canada
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