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Norwalk AI in Education

A collaborative guide by librarians to support faculty and students

AI in Teaching

The library aims to support faculty in evaluating AI as a teaching resource. We have collected links to quality guides on AI that are intended for faculty.

Students have been early adopters of AI for writing, summarizing sources, and creating images. In an industry report during fall 2023, Tyton Partners (2023) revealed that almost half of higher education students use AI while approximately 22% of faculty use the technology.

Source: Tips and Trends: AI Developments and Resources for Academic Librarians | Instruction Section Website (ala.org)

AI may improve the adaptivity of learning resources to students’ strengths and needs. Improving teaching jobs is a priority, and via automated assistants or other tools, AI may provide teachers greater support. AI may also enable teachers to extend the support they offer to individual students when they run out of time. Developing resources that are responsive to the knowledge and experiences students bring to their learning—their community and cultural assets—is a priority, and AI may enable greater customizability of curricular resources to meet local needs. 

Source: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and Learning (PDF) (ed.gov)

AI in Learning

Students need to understand when and how to effectively use AI in their studies. While AI can be a valuable tool in certain situations, it may not be suitable for all tasks. It's important to remember that the library's books and databases have been carefully selected to provide reliable, trustworthy information. The library staff is committed to helping students evaluate AI as an educational resource and has gathered quality guides (listed below) on AI specifically for student use. If you have questions on how and when to use AI as you complete your assignments, please reach out to your Norwalk Campus librarians.

AI Detectors

While AI can write like a human, there are certain behaviors that can signal that a piece has been written by AI. 

  • Check for repeated words or phrases. AI generated content often contains repeated words or phrases. 
  • Check sentence composition. AI generated sentences can read as rigid and uniform. Human writers are often inconsistent.
  • Check citations. AI has a tendency (called "hallucinations") to create citations for books and articles that do not exist. 

For more tips, see 10 Ways to Detect AI Writing Without Technology 

There are online tools that can detect if a paper has been written using AI. Earlier detectors were not accurate but the situation is improving. Accuracy is important not only to determine if a paper has been written without citing AI but also to avoid falsely accusing a student of plagiarism. 

The detectors listed below received a rank of %100 accuracy in this ZDNET review from August 2024.