By: Venecia Easter | Staff writer
Colleges and universities are still determining how to utilize Artificial Intelligence in classrooms as students and professors are debating if AI enhances learning or encourages academic misconduct.
According to research collected by Copy Leaks, an AI-plagiarism detection platform, students use AI for numerous things such as brainstorming, outlines, rewording and summarizing.
Chat GPT is the AI tool that students use primarily. Applications such as Google, Microsoft and Grammarly have AI incorporated into its platform. College students state that it is a helpful tool for drafting papers, catching spelling errors and correcting grammar.
“The only time I would use artificial intelligence to write a paper would be when I’m doing voice-to-text for when I don’t want to write a full five-page paper,” said India Young, a third-year business student.
While AI can be a helpful source for students when used properly, relying on it incorrectly can cause issues for their future. Some students lean on AI so often that it becomes a shortcut rather than a learning tool.
“I feel like sometimes they use it to plagiarize, and that it can hinder them in the future, instead of actually going back and learning what you need to learn for your future job,” Sidney Belice, a third-year supply chain management scholar stated.
Zakori Ross is a student at Tallahassee State College who said AI interferes with hands-on learning by reducing the timeframe where professors are actually engaging with the students.
“I wouldn’t say that it makes learning easier,” Ross said. “I’d much rather learn from a professor in person, or learn from concepts being put on the board, being that I’m more of a visual hands-on learner.”
Chat GPT has become a resource that helps students understand academic work. When an assignment is unclear, many students turn to Chat GPT or any AI source for clarity. This technology breaks down tasks to make things more approachable.
“In my perspective, Chat GPT helps me better understand an assignment if the instructions are not clear to me, and it helps me grasp ideas that I did not think of,” said Isaiah Turner, a graduating senior majoring in psychology.
David Hoover, director of teaching and learning at Tallahassee State College shared, “a growing number of faculty are trying to build assignments and lessons into their course that helps students see how to use AI as a supplemental tool.”
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