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Learning and Teaching
About
The Artificial Intelligence Learning and Teaching Task Force (AILTTF) has been established in response to Senate’s June 2024 approval of a Senate Committee on University Teaching and Learning (SCUTL) motion calling for the development of university-level policy and guidelines on the use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) by instructors and students for purposes of learning and teaching at SFU.
The Task Force includes faculty, students and staff and is chaired by Paul Kingsbury, SFU’s Associate Vice-President, Learning and Teaching, pro tem and Professor, Department of Geography.
The motion represents a key step towards helping SFU adapt to and leverage generative AI within learning and teaching contexts.
- Paul Kingsbury
The main purposes of the AILTTF are threefold:
#1
To develop AI policy and guidelines that address students’ and instructors’ uncertainties and concerns over academic integrity, governance, data privacy, intellectual property rights, inequities, as well as the safe and ethical uses and expectations of AI in learning and teaching practices.
#2
To make recommendations on the development of processes and the provision of resources including broad foundational training for instructors and students on the acceptable uses of AI in various disciplinary contexts, oversight and operational support for the introduction of AI technologies into classrooms, and a governance structure that can guide university decisions and policy amendments amidst the changing landscape of AI technologies.
#3
To work with the Senate Graduate Studies Committee (SGSC) on suggested requirements for transparency statements on the uses of AI in research, exams and theses and the provision of AI training available for graduate students and supervisors.
Membership
| Name | Role | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Kingsbury | Chair |
Office of the Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Learning & Teaching |
| Parsa Rajabi | Task Force Advisor | Faculty of Applied Sciences |
| Lana Newton |
Impact Assessment and Communication, Co-chair |
Centre for Educational Excellence |
| Diana Cukierman | Impact Assessment and Communication, Co-chair |
Faculty of Applied Sciences |
| Parm Gill | Pedagogy and Teaching Innovation, Co-chair | Centre for Educational Excellence |
| Megan Robertson | Pedagogy and Teaching Innovation, Co-chair | Centre for Educational Excellence |
| Dai Heide | Governance and Ethics, Co-chair |
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
| Eryn Holbrook | Governance and Ethics, Co-chair | IT Services |
| Arlette Stewart | Academic Integrity, Co-chair |
Student Services |
| Agata Becalska | Academic Integrity, Co-chair | Faculty of Science |
| Pamela Stern | Graduate Studies, Co-chair | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
| Amir Shabani | Graduate Studies, Co-chair | Faculty of Applied Sciences |
| Fabiana Rassier |
Project Director |
Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation |
| Shreyashi Sanyal | Project Manager | Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation |