(via Karen Harker, University of North Texas)
The ALA Library Research Round Table is pleased to announce the next webinar in the LRRT Research Webinar series, “Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity (AI & AI): The Research Process and Prognosis for Student and Faculty Perceptions of AI Ethics”. It will take place on Friday, February 21, at 1:00 PM CDT. Please see below for more information, including the link to registration.
As institutions of higher education settle into a new, generative AI reality, instructors and academic support professionals are confronting issues with student usage of AI tools for completing assigned learning activities, including discussion posts, essays, and even exams. These educators and administrators may feel overwhelmed in navigating the ambiguity of policy and classroom procedures, encountering flawed AI checking tools, and dishonest practices from some students. Enhancing our awareness of the rationale behind AI policies (or the lack thereof), student justifications for using AI in their work, and how we, as educators and information professionals, can study these topics further, is critical.
The purpose of this presentation is twofold: First, to document various approaches used by the presenter and his collaborators to study student and faculty understandings and perceptions of academic integrity in the age of artificial intelligence, including a variety of research methodologies employed as well as avenues to disseminate findings of this research; second, to present the results of presenter’s research on these topics and discuss how they may apply to the audience’s own institutions. This presentation will be useful both for researchers interested in studying these and related topics, as well as practitioners interested in employing the findings of this research within their organization.
The speaker is Brady D. Lund, Ph.D (Assistant Professor of Information Science at the University of North Texas). Dr. Lund’s research explores the impact of AI, emerging technology, and cybersecurity trends on society and culture, including within higher education and libraries. His work has been published in several top library and information science journals, including the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology and College and Research Libraries. He is a frequent presenter at international events, especially on topics relating to AI and higher education, and AI and publishing.
Register in advance for this webinar here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.