Faculty Resources
The Faculty of Education has a number of resources to support learning.
Tool use
If you’re interested in reading about student privacy, educational technology tools and other issues visit Tools, Privacy and Conditions of Access and Use
University Policies
UBC provides resources to support student learning and to maintain healthy lifestyles but recognizes that sometimes crises arise and so there are additional resources to access including those for survivors of sexual violence. UBC values respect for the person and ideas of all members of the academic community. Harassment and discrimination are not tolerated nor is suppression of academic freedom. UBC provides appropriate accommodation for students with disabilities and for religious and cultural observances. UBC values academic honesty and students are expected to acknowledge the ideas generated by others and to uphold the highest academic standards in all of their actions. Details of the policies and how to access support are available from the UBC Senate Website.
Course Policies
Please make sure you are familiar with the academic policies and procedures.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to follow UBC policies for academic integrity and academic misconduct, which includes practices around plagiarism, referencing and citation, and copyright. For more see, UBC’s Learning Commons Academic Integrity resources.
Statement on using AI generated material
The introduction and growth of AI and GenAI tools represents a moment of both significant challenge and opportunity for education and learning. Working with and integrating the use of GenAI into your work can be productive and beneficial for learning and skill development, when it is done thoughtfully and with careful attention to ensure that the authoritative voice and ideas expressed in your work are still your own. The policy below is intending to strike a balance between the use of GenAI in coursework and maintaining the integrity of independent and collaborative academic work. If you are ever unsure about using GenAI in an assignment, do not hesitate to reach out and ask your instructor.
First, as a rule, if generative artificial intelligence tools are employed by the student to complete any coursework, the generated material must be clearly and correctly indicated and cited/referenced using APA referencing style for generative AI. In addition to this citational practice, you are asked to include one further document consisting of two parts related to your AI use.
Part 1: A brief (i.e. 200~ word) AI “Artist’s statement.” A typical artist’s statement tries to provide context and understanding for a given work and the process that has gone into its development. Applied to the use of GenAI in coursework, this statement should aim to do the following: explain your decision to use GenAI in your work, highlight your understanding of how GenAI has contributed to your work, comment on the process of working with GenAI, and identify the specific areas where GenAI has been integrated.
Part 2: An appendix that contains captured images (screenshots) of the prompts you have entered into the GenAI tool(s) and of the results that the tool(s) has produced. This appendix should include every prompt and response that you end up using in your work. To capture a screen image on a windows OS, students can hit the windows key + ‘print screen’ (sometimes abbreviated to PrntScn). On Mac OS, students can hit the command key + shift + 3 to capture a screen image. This appendix should be organized so that it is legible (i.e. a given prompt is followed by the generated response from AI, in order).
Some assignments include working with GenAI tools as part of the process, and in these cases, it is important to ensure that the above information is accounted for. For most assignments, the decision to use or not use GenAI tools will be up to you (or up to your group for collaborative work). If you do decide to use GenAI for an assignment, please make sure you include the necessary information outlined here in your submission.
Accessibility
If you have any challenges accessing materials that will impact your success in this course, UBC’s Centre for Accessibility can support your needs by providing appropriate accommodations to support you.
Learning Analytics
Some of the learning technologies used for this course collect data to support the improvement of teaching and learning. This includes the collection of data related to overall class progress to provide personalized feedback, engagement in discussion forums to support the fostering of community within the course, and how resources are being accessed to support improvements to the course design. To learn more about learning analytics at the Faculty of Education and at UBC, see the What is Learning Analytics? page.
Copyright
All materials of this course (course handouts, lecture slides, assessments, course readings, etc.) are the intellectual property of the Course Instructor or licensed to be used in this course by the copyright owner. Redistribution of these materials by any means without permission of the copyright holder(s) constitutes a breach of copyright and may lead to academic discipline.
Recording
Students are not permitted to record classes.