A recent CBC article discusses how several New Brunswick university instructors are managing AI in the classroom. Mount Allison University Purdy Crawford Teaching Centre Director Toni Roberts discussed the importance of using AI “to our advantage,” since it is “not going away.” St Thomas University Associate Professor Andrew Klein said that expectations for students may increase because lower levels of work—which may be equivalent to those produced by AI—will no longer be considered passing level work. The instructors shared strategies they use in the classroom to combat inappropriate AI use, including telling students why the tool is banned or asking students to create a class AI policy. MtA Dean of Science and Graduate Studies Jennifer Tomes noted that since AI detection software is unreliable, she creates “AI-proof assignments.”
