ENAI Recommendations on the ethical use of Artificial Intelligence in Education

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools are constantly being released into the public domain. As with all new technological innovations, this brings a range of opportunities and challenges for education: primarily for educators and learners. There is an increasing interest in the academic community and beyond to use Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) to generate content. This presents opportunities and challenges for academic and research integrity.The European Network for Academic Integrity (ENAI) is an international association gathering educational institutions and individuals interested in maintaining and promoting academic integrity. As the use of AI tools may not always be consistent with academic integrity, we consider it important to familiarise all education stakeholders with how to use AI tools responsibly and in accordance with academic integrity practices and values.ENAI presents a set of recommendations with the aim of supporting academics, researchers and other educational stakeholders, including students' organisations, on the ethical use of AI tools. The recommendations focus on the importance of equipping stakeholders with the skills and knowledge to use AI tools ethically and the need to develop and implement relevant educational policies addressing the opportunities and challenges posed by AIED. ProcessTo create these recommendations, we used our experience and knowledge, both about AI, and academic integrity. The authors collectively drafted the main structure and main ideas of the recommendation. The draft was circulated to the ENAI working group members, most of whom provided valuable comments and suggestions. Then the authors incorporated the comments and prepared the final wording of the document.The field of artificial intelligence is advancing fast, and the ways that it disrupts education are changing from one week to the next. We consider these recommendations as a working document, and we invite everyone to provide feedback. There will be a special session at the European Conference on Ethics and Integrity in Academia 2023 in Derby, UK, dedicated to this document.

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