How should the Professional, Regulatory and Statutory Bodies (PRSBs) who support and accredit university programmes react to ChatGPT and generative artificial intelligence? This webinar, delivered for the Chartered Institute of Building and the Professional Associations Research Network, considers the issues that PSRBs should be thinking about when advising their members and provides examples of how students looking to use ChatGPT to learn could accidentally end up breaching academic integrity.

1. ChatGPT and Academic
Integrity
Thoughts For Professional, Statutory
and Regulatory Bodies (PSRBs)
Dr Thomas Lancaster
Imperial College London
28 June 2023

2. Dr Thomas Lancaster
Computer Scientist at Imperial
College London
Academic integrity and contract
cheating researcher, speaker and
commentator
Technology enthusiast
Member of the QAA Academic
Integrity Advisory Group
http://www.thomaslancaster.co.uk
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3. Discussion Welcome!
Twitter: @DrLancaster

5. Introduce you to some of the nuances in the
academic integrity discussion
I am intending to…
Share (text) examples relating to generative AI
and ChatGPT
Engage in discussions and take questions
Suggest areas for PSRBs to explore with
universities

6. Exhibit Set A

7. An open (at the
time of
developing these
slides) request on
Freelancer.com

8. contract
cheating?
or is it
a sensible way of
using a legitimate
service?
is this

9. What about if we
put a considered
prompt into
ChatGPT?
Using:
GPT-4 Model
ChatGPT May 24 Version

10. academic
misconduct?
or is it
a sensible way of
using a legitimate
service?
is this

11. We are addressing a
nuanced problem in a
continually changing
world of technology

12. Exhibit Set B

13. What learning is taking place here?
Would this graduate be suitable for
employment?
When and how should a university
have intervened?

14. Is this a more reasonable
approach?

15. Is this still a more
reasonable approach?

16. An aside
These appear to be
real references

17. A student (or other party) with the technical ability
could potentially build up the content for an entire
thesis – even if this was not their original intention

18. But, in general, students do
value their education.
They want to operate with
academic integrity - and they
appreciate support with this.

19. The University Question
Prevent? Embrace?

20. The University Question
Prevent? Embrace?

21. Professional,
Statutory and
Regulatory Bodies
(PSRBs)
Universities
Employers
Students
Tech Firms
Input is needed from these stakeholders… and many others…

22. Here are seven questions that I
think PSRBs should be asking
universities

23. Q1: What external
guidance have
universities used to
develop their
approaches?

24. Q2: How are students
being supported to
develop an
understanding of
academic integrity
and ethical conduct?

25. Q3: How are students
being taught to work
with ChatGPT (and
similar technology)
and to understand its
strengths and
weaknesses?

26. Q4: How are staff
being supported to
understand changing
technology – and how
to teach this to
students?

27. Q5: Where does the
balance between
prevention and
detection of academic
misconduct lie?

28. Q6: How is student
assessment being
structured to ensure
that students have
the skills currently
needed in their field?

29. Q7: How is the use of
artificial intelligence
addressed in
university regulations
and procedures – in
an agile manner?

30. Another View?

32. 1. Awareness and Education
2. AI Ethics
3. Use of AI in Education
4. Detection Tools
5. Updated Plagiarism Policies
6. Transparency
7. Auditing and Quality Assurance
8. Accessibility and Equality
9. Data Privacy
10. Continual Review
11. Cross-disciplinary Collaboration
12. Engagement with AI Providers

33. The messaging
to the sector is
important

34. We Need To
Share Ideas
and
Resources

35. FAIR AI Use in Assessment
Foundational
Can work
without AI and
can demonstrate
core skills
Appreciative
Able to evaluate
the quality of
information
produced
Illuminative
Uses AI to learn,
suggest ideas,
clarify, and
improve
Replaceable
Directs AI to
complete
assessments,
and can evaluate
the output
My proposal

36. Text by ChatGPT

37. The Future is To Be Determined!

38. Professional,
Statutory and
Regulatory Bodies
(PSRBs)
Universities
Employers
Students
Tech Firms

39. We need to
prepare
students to
work
effectively
and
efficiently in
the jobs of
the future

40. My Email: thomas@thomaslancaster.co.uk
My Website: http://thomaslancaster.co.uk
My Blog: http://thomaslancaster.co.uk/blog
My LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/thomaslancaster
My Twitter: @DrLancaster
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