AI Resources

The Impact of AI

The impact that artificial intelligence (AI) technologies will have on education is enormous and the news is rapidly changing. This page contains the AI Syllabus Guidance for BC Instructors along with some additional resources, tools, and opinions regarding AI in learning and education. Let us know if you have any great resources to add!

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AI Syllabus Policy Guidance for BC Instructors

It’s unlikely you haven’t heard of ChatGPT. It’s the most well-known conversational AI chatbot and was released in November 2022 by OpenAI. It has advanced capabilities, such as performing writing tasks well, including composing emails, essays, resumes, and lists. It is also highly proficient in STEM tasks like writing and debugging code and solving complex math equations.

Often cited as the best alternative to ChatGPT, Copilot actually runs on GPT intelligence, but has a modern, welcoming and user-friendly user interface along with a ton of extra features included in the free version.

Claude has become very popular in education circles for its commitment to privacy. Its output and accuracy rivals stalwarts like ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini. Claude can answer prompts conversationally for anything you need assistance with, including coding, math, writing, research, and more. It also provides great support and training through its user guides and prompt library.

Gemini, formerly known as Bard, is Google’s conversational AI chatbot that functions most similarly to Copilot, sourcing its answers from the web, providing footnotes, and even generating images within its chatbot. Gemini has replaced Google Assistant and is supposed to mimic a conversation with a human. As a result, the AI can be interrupted, carry on multi-turn conversations, and even resume a prior chat. The best part is that it is now available for iOS and Android users for free.

Perplexity AI is a free AI chatbot connected to the internet that has an enjoyable user interface and provides sources by citing links within the text, making it very popular with educators. It’s a great tool for doing research and exploring new topics.

Often described as the best AI chatbot for kids and students, Socratic is designed as a learning tool that will generate a conversational, human-like response with fun, unique graphics to help break down a particular concept. It’s a powerful studying tool that can help students check their homework or get across the last hurdle if a question or formula just isn’t making sense.

NOTE: Interactive eLearning has not vetted most of these programs and does not necessarily endorse their use. This list is informational and provides an idea for what is available.

  • ChatSonic/WriteSonic (https://writesonic.com/chat). Conversational AI chatbot. Free 10,000 word trial then a cost.  Includes AI article writer and has a citations generator.
  • Jasper AI (https://www.jasper.ai/). Free trial then a cost.  Made for copywriting.
  • Quillbot (https://quillbot.com/): This tool is a free generative artificial intelligence tool that can be used to rewrite text, proofread documents, and generate creative content.
  • Grammarly (https://www.grammarly.com/): This tool uses AI to detect and correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. It also offers suggestions for improving sentence structure.

There are various views about the effectiveness of AI detection tools. This is a list for faculty who choose to explore using the tools in their classrooms. All of these tools are free, or a free trial period is available to test them out.

IMAGE DETECTION

Copyleaks AI Detector (https://copyleaks.com/ai-content-detector): This tool is a free generative artificial intelligence tool that can be used to detect AI-generated images.

  • DALL-E 2 (https://openai.com/product/dall-e-2): This tool is an image generator that can create images from a text description. 15 credits a month for free; then paid.
  • Midjourney (via Discord): This tool is an image generator that can create images from a text description. About 25 free images then paid. View instructions at their site.
  • Firefly
  • Stable Diffusion

  • Tone Transfer (https://sites.research.google/tonetransfer) is a free online tool that allows users to transfer the style of one song to another. Simply upload two songs, and Tone Transfer will generate a new song that sounds like the first song, but with the style of the second song.
  • Open AI Jukebox (https://jukebox.openai.com/) is a free online tool that allows users to generate music by simply typing in a genre, mood, and tempo.

  • Murf.ai (https://murf.ai/):This tool is a text-to-speech tool that can generate audio from text. Free trial has no downloads, just 10 minutes of voice generation, then a cost.
  • Speechify (https://speechify.com/):This tool is a text-to-speech tool that can generate audio from text. Three-day free trial then $139 a year. You must cancel or you’ll be billed.

  • Eightify (https://eightify.app/). This tool summarizes YouTube videos and includes links to key segments. Three free per week and then a cost.
  • Summarize Tech (https://www.summarize.tech/). This tool summarizes YouTube videos and includes links to key segments.  Unlimited use but not as thorough as Eightify. 

  • Starry AI (https://starryai.com/): This tool is a free online tool that allows users to create AI-generated avatars from their photos or drawings. 5 free credits.
  • FacePlay: This tool is a free app (phone only) that allows users to create AI-generated avatars from their photos.

OpenAI: Kahn Academy Explore the use GPT-4, March 2023

Edutopia: 6 Ways to use ChatGPT to save time, March 2023

Educause: Quick AI poll results in education, May 2023

New York Times: How AI is helping architects change workplace design, June 2023

Stephen Downes: AI and general education blog updates, ongoing 2023

Linkedin Learning, Many AI courses to choose from, ongoing 2019-present

IEEE Spectrum: The Internet isn’t completely weird yet. AI can fix that, June 2023

Imperfect Offerings: Risks to teaching as work, July 2023

Code Acts in Education: Degenerative AI in education, June 2023

The Human Artistry Campaign: Creative works shape our identity, 2023

The Intercept: As actors strike Netflix lists AI job for $900,000, July 2023

Gary Marcus: The Road to AI we can Trust, June 2023

Emily Bender: Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, June 2023

David Golumbia: ChatGPT Should Not Exist, December 2022

Faculty Focus: Essential considerations for Addressing the Possibility of AI-Driven Cheating, Part 1, August 2, 2023

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and Learning: Insights and Recommendations, May 2023

The University of Edinburgh: Tilting at Windmills (educational assessment), June 2023

Senate Judiciary Committee on AI and Copyright, YouTube video, July 2023

SpringOpen: A Comprehensive Policy for an AI Educational Policy Framework, 2023

Bryan Alexander: What are campuses doing about AI this Fall semester?, July 2023

This wording is an example of what is used at other colleges:

Cheating includes any attempt to give or obtain unauthorized assistance relating to the completion of an academic assignment. This includes using ChatGPT, Gemini, Co-Pilot, Claude.ai, or other generative AI tools to complete assignments unless otherwise specified by the instructor.

Last Updated January 14, 2025