The Future of Education

The launching of Artificial Intelligence gave rise to an uncontrollable epidemic of cheating, causing students to bypass learning; the essence of education. While cheating with AI can be identified by many educators, it cannot be fully verified as there is no reliable AI detection software to date [1]. Derived from the significance of this reality, this paper presents one instructor’s experience teaching in a graduate course, which involved reshaping learning by endorsing ethical and responsible use of AI with the goal of minimizing cheating and maximizing learning. Based on the practical wisdom of education, this approach ensured that students aligned with ethical standards and societal values. First, the significance of learning was introduced which entailed “the virtues of episteme (knowledge), phronesis (practical wisdom), techne (craft), and human judgment (phronesis)” [2, p1]. Then, opportunities and limitations of AI were discussed; concerns including privacy, security risks, biases, hallucinations, and other potentially negative impacts of AI on society [3] were considered. Finally, to define AI partnership, effective prompting was examined in teams [4]. This was a limited experience, but revealed that presenting an intentional framework to promote responsible and transparent use of AI in learning increased motivation and convinced students to learn rather than take shortcuts. Since AI cannot be reversed or halted, it becomes an ethical duty for educators to support responsible learning by re-emphasizing the value of cultivating an innovative ecosystem where student curiosity and compassion continue to remain at the center of learning.