Faculty Guide: Collective Wisdom for Navigating AI & College

From "From Tool to Taboo":

"While we all see AI in education in different ways, we all agree that if students and professors can come together to find a balance that works for both, it would make the topic much less intimidating. This collaboration could bridge the gap between two generations' approaches to learning."

From "Critical Thinking in Crisis":

"We should help each other to manage how we could work together with AI... Everything humans create will always have an imperfection. We should work towards those imperfections and use them for the better."

From "The Impact of AI on Creative Writing":

"But also that transparency should be key. Like professors should openly discuss their expectations and uses for AI within their class so students aren't left like guessing because I know for the past few semesters, teachers have been trying 50/50 trying to incorporate AI or just straight up say don't use it. But in a way there's always going to be well now there's always going to be some sort of AI in it. Even if it's Grammarly, it still counts,"

From "Critical Thinking in Crisis"

"I feel like it should stop being like the elephant in the room and be like put down by professors like, oh, don’t use AI to complete your work, blah blah blah, because in reality it’s actually here and they they know, but they just don’t choose to  say anything or stopping them from using it like your professor like reality. If you personally use AI for something and you do it anywhere, how would they be able to tell? You have all these things turnitin and some other thing through Blackboard. You know, many people have gotten away with doing something completely AI written."

From "The Impact of AI on Creative Writing":

"...I think maybe they [Professors] can follow a similar approach of balancing the use of AI and letting students use AI to kind of help with feedback, but teaching them how to incorporate AI without completely relying on it.

From "The AI Crutch":

"Professors really need to learn how to give us the right guidance to step by step on how to use AI so we could all succeed in our classes"

From "The Human Cost":

"professors need to recognize that AI is a tool that will be more commonly used among students and it's here to stay. I believe that professors should set up clear expectations and be upfront about how students can ethically use AI in their classes. So I think transparency is key....They shouldn't ban the use of AI since it's not guaranteed that a student will actually listen to the professor and follow that rule.  But I think it could be beneficial if professors help students learn how to use it responsibly."

From "Digital Divides":

"Professors should accept AI in a way and learn how it can be used correctly like we did in our class. We developed our prompts first and then used an AI program and asked how can we enhance this. So, we used it in a proper way, cited it correctly and didn't take advantage and used it to everyone's benefit."

From "Ethics in the AI Era":

"Just because it's out there doesn't mean that it's bad, but how can we incorporate that in the classroom and also use traditional methods as well have we been doing before technology? So that's really all that we can hope for is to educate students on what's wrong, what's right."

From "AI Bandits":

"They can help keep things in balance by telling students how to use AI properly and encouraging them to do their work with integrity. Perhaps professors could implement projects that require both AI assisted and self-directed work, demonstrating how the you can work together effectively."

From "Decoding Complexity":

"We do envision AI being overall positive towards academia and education  in itself. We recommend that as college students -  only students but also professors were to incorporate AI into the classroom  with boundaries and a lot of supervision is required. Make sure students are not overrelying on AI. Again, the humanistic part of education needs to be there and recognizing that whether or not a student is utilizing AI to benefit them in a good way or a bad way is definitely extremely important."

From "Recitation Nerds":

"Professors should give their students smarter ways to use AI like other alternatives so they're not just plagiarizing. For example, one of my professors gave us a list of ways that we can use AI where we're not making AI do the work but like we are using AI to reword our work to make it sound more informational or just more professional."

From "Dialogue with AI":

"They just need to know  for starters that there are errors in AI. So yes even though they should allow the students to use it within classroom instructions or any form of prompts they should just also remember to go through the ethical codes with their students and create some form of framework where their student can understand when to use it and when not to use it...instead of telling them, "No, you can't do this." It's like, "Let me teach you how to appropriately do this,”"

From "Think for Yourself":

"I really think that professors need to know that there are ways that AI could be useful only if they establish ground rules and make them very clear to the classes that they're teaching. That way they can avoid the overuse of AI or plagiarism in itself."

From "AI Crutch"

"I usually use it if I'm like cause we're about to take an exam soon, so I'm using it so that I understand the topics of of the exam so I'm prepared when studying. However, even with other other classes that I have, AI has been like - I don't know- it's always there whenever I'm stressed or feel like I have an overload of work. It's just like come over here let me help you. I'm like no go away but it's really like a bad temptation sometimes because when I'm tired or overwhelmed I'm like I'm not thinking oh let me use AI the prop like the appropriate way. I'm like hey here, give me the answers"

From "Resume Revolution":

"I feel like professors need to know, they need to offer opportunities to students that will allow them to gather professional feedback on resumes.  A lot of students use AI and it benefits them because it can substitute career counseling services for people who do not have access to it. So if professors are able to offer that in their classrooms  they wouldn't need to resort to AI as much."

From "AI Bandits":

"That means whenever students need help, AI is always there with them 24/7 whereas teachers only have a certain time and schedule per week. Therefore, they are not always available for their students' concerns."

From "Decoding Complexity":

"I think recently  people are more focused on getting stuff done quickly rather than efficiently and AI is  useful in that sense. Students are taking advantage of it and just putting in all the work, just getting the answer and not really reviewing it or editing it in any way. and that seems like an abuse of it."

From "Recitation Nerds":

"Professors should know that students will use AI, they also should take into consideration that some students may not have access to someone who can help them with their homework. They may not have an adult with them or they can't get in touch with a teacher. So they may need to rely on AI to help them break down some information so they can get a better understanding."

From "The Human Cost":

I think that it would be better if professors  implemented tasks that allow us students to think deeply. So, I feel like assignments that would allow students to use the creativity would be more beneficial because if assignments are solely based on just regurgitating information, then AI will just do it faster."

From "Resume Revolution":

"I feel like professors need to know, they need to offer opportunities to students that will allow them to gather professional feedback on resumes.  A lot of students use AI and it benefits them because it can substitute career counseling services for people who do not have access to it. So if professors are able to offer that in their classrooms  they wouldn't need to resort to AI as much."

From "Ethics in the AI Era":

"What I can say is that teachers need to become more  flexible and open-minded with their curriculum. You know, it can't always be the same thing every year. You have to be more flexible and creative."

From "Ethics in the AI Era":

"Hopefully, teachers and even professors can actually learn something from this and target their students and  what their student needs instead of them going somewhere else for that."

From "Another Level of AI":

"For some students, AI is genuinely a second resource because traditional methods just aren't working for them. While cheating is always a possibility, it's also likely that these students are simply trying to find a way to pass and to succeed. Before immediately failing or removing a student suspected of using AI, take a moment to understand why they're turning to another resource instead of the ones you provided. It could reveal underlying struggles that with the right support could be addressed more effectively."

From "Time Well Spent?":

"As for educators  they should look into the currently available AI and try to create a basic understanding they have to learn how to start being open-minded to it and actually learn how to use AI."

From "Another Level of AI":

"During these challenging times for both students and teachers, one thing we would advise professors is to take the time not only to understand AI their students are using, but also to understand why they are using it."

From "Decoding Complexity":

"I think professors using AI in general I feel like would most definitely exponentially  help themselves as a professor to come up with  slideshows and to present their work in a more formal manner but I think what's important is that there should most definitely be trainings in order to properly use AI in terms of developing outlines to present to students or lecture them on topics."