As technology continues to evolve, AI tools have become increasingly valuable resources. At CCO, we believe in empowering you to use these tools effectively, ethically, and in ways that enhance your learning experience.
Whether you’re new to AI tools or already familiar with them, the resources below offer valuable insights on best practices from leading educational institutions. They explore how to maintain academic integrity while leveraging AI, provide examples of productive ways to incorporate these tools into your coursework, and offer frameworks for thinking about AI’s role in your education.
- Elon University: Student Guide to AI
An initiative by Elon University’s Imagining the Digital Future Center, in partnership with the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), this guide provides comprehensive resources to help students understand and effectively use AI tools in their academic work.
- Harvard Graduate School of Education: Tips for Using AI, From Grad Students and Professors
This guide offers advice and strategies for using generative AI tools in education. It addresses potential anxieties surrounding AI and emphasizes the importance of meaningful and powerful learning experiences.
- University of Rochester: Generative AI Use in Education
This resource provides guidelines designed for faculty, staff, peer educators, and students on the use of generative AI in education. It emphasizes principles such as student learning, academic freedom, accountability, and academic integrity, aiming to support student success and holistic development.
- Barnard College: Generative AI & the College Classroom
This guide offers recommendations based on ongoing research into generative AI and its implications in the higher education classroom. It includes suggestions for classroom activities, assignment design, and considerations regarding academic honesty and ethical use of AI technology.
- Carnegie Mellon University’s AI Writing Guide
This guide provides detailed guidelines created specifically for higher education that address academic integrity concerns. It features excellent examples of appropriate versus inappropriate AI use in writing assignments across different disciplines.
- University of Michigan’s Generative AI Resources
This resource offers concrete examples of AI integration in coursework with an emphasis on maintaining academic integrity. It includes templates for citing AI-generated content and sample disclosure statements.