Marking the Moment 2023: Artificial Intelligence and the Student Experience at the Association for Academic Leaders

​Right now, everyone knows they need to talk about AI–and they’re not sure where to look. The Association for Academic Leaders is making sure that members have the resources they need to tackle top-of-mind issues and lead conversations with confidence and knowledge. 

To help Academic Leaders power end-of-year meetings and lead conversations on crucial topics like AI, we built Marking the Moment 2023, an exclusive member resource designed to help Academic Leaders power end-of-year meetings and lead conversations on crucial topics.

We know that Academic Leaders are invested in the effects of generative artificial intelligence (AI) on the student experience, so  we’re sharing a section from Marking the Moment 2023. Take a look at just one of the resources we’ve developed on AI for our members, and download the slide below.

Want more like this? In Summer 2023, we’re providing Association members multiple opportunities to ask the questions that generative AI raises–and find the answers that are right for their school. We’ll spend time in June during our Academic Leaders Forum in learning the latest developments around AI and discussing the implications in like-role groups. We have a meetup in June for Academic Leaders to learn and share about how AI is helping them in their work tasks. Then in July, we’re offering AI Considerations for Academic Leaders, a one-week asynchronous online course designed to get you up to speed on the right conversations to lead in August and September on your campus.

Generative AI is Changing the Student Experience.

​Spring 2023 Takeaway: Broad context and narrative that has shaped the year in independent schools.

• The capacity of artificial intelligence (AI) is growing exponentially. AI can help students by providing feedback and supplementation; it can also undercut the learning process. Independent schools are well-equipped to guide students as AI use becomes ubiquitous.

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Research and Data: Key points from surveys, research, and academic journals. Review our source document for each slide’s citations.

• Generative AI creates content that may be factually inaccurate, out of date, or biased. Students need to learn how to evaluate products of AI, as well as to recognize and counter biases in its generated material.
• AI expands options for families and is likely to widen educational inequities driven by socioeconomic status. AI tutoring is already in development and will be widely available to families within the next academic year.
• AI-generated products, including text, images, code, and music, invite complex conversations about the definitions of creativity, originality and authorship. As a result, definitions of academic honesty, plagiarism, and originality are also shifting concurrently.
• The protection of copyright holders is currently being tested in various courts with confusing rulings.

Discussion Questions: Opportunities to reflect on the challenges and opportunities for growth in your community.

• What professional development do our teachers need in order to guide students to use AI effectively?
• What will our school’s expectations be around the use of AI and how its use should be documented?
• How can AI help to differentiate and personalize student learning?
• How will we guide students in understanding and navigating the ways in which AI reflects and can amplify
• the worst aspects of our culture?