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Humber Statement on Artificial Intelligence

Given the capabilities of AI applications, we need to set clear guidelines on how to use AI responsibly, ethically, and productively in academic settings, both to uphold the principles of academic integrity and to prepare learners for AI integration in their future careers.

Academic integrity is more than just following rules; it's a way of life. As a Humber student, the principles of honesty and fairness you uphold today will serve you tomorrow as you achieve your potential and become a positive changemaker in your workplace and community.


 

Humber's Digital Campus Plan

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Artificial intelligence (AI) systems have become powerful tools that we use regularly in our professional and personal lives. Spell and grammar checkers, autocorrect with predictive language cues as we text, automatic live captions, or written transcriptions when we live stream are just some of the ways in which artificial intelligence makes our lives and our work faster and easier.

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Emerging AI generative tools like ChatGPT offer groundbreaking opportunities to harness technology in new and exciting ways. In education, these tools present new possibilities that are challenging the status quo and driving teaching and learning innovation. Given the capabilities of AI applications, we also need to set clear guidelines on how to use AI responsibly, ethically, and productively in academic settings, both to uphold the principles of academic integrity and to prepare learners for AI integration in their future careers.

As a community of higher learning, Humber:

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Embraces the integration of AI generative tools in ethical, equitable, and constructive ways in support of teaching and learning.

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Commits to supporting students, faculty, and staff to develop the digital fluency skills to participate effectively, responsibly, and ethically in AI-enhanced workplaces.

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Recognizes that integration of AI will vary across disciplines and will require context-responsive approaches.

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Acknowledges that professors have discretion to decide how AI can be applied in a particular course in ways that enhance student learning. This involves the provision of explicit guidance for students in assessment and assignment instructions on how AI tools are to be used and cited.

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Contends that un-cited and/or other unauthorized use of AI in assessments and assignments constitutes academic misconduct as defined in Humber’s Academic Regulations.

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Commits to college-wide consultation to develop supports for students and professors in the use of AI that is grounded in research/evidence-based best practices.

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Will continue to adapt and innovate in response to the rapid changes we will face as artificial intelligence continues to evolve.

Humber’s Centre for Innovative Learning has convened a group of stakeholders representing faculty, staff, student support and information technology services to curate resources and guide Humber in the use of AI tools. As this process unfolds, interested faculty members are encouraged to join our Communities of Practice in Academic Integrity, EdTech tools, and Universal Design for Learning to join the discussion on integrating AI appropriately into teaching and learning at Humber.