In the context of the rapid development of artificial intelligence, Shanghai Jiao Tong University is progressively promoting teaching innovation and reconstruction. This effort is guided by the creation of a teacher's teaching guide, supported by the establishment of the Siyuan AI Learning Support Platform, and guaranteed by the release of the AI+ Education Special Fund to aid classroom practice. In June 2024, the university published the "Teacher's Guide to Regulating Students' Use of AI Tools" and the teaching case of "AI+ Design."
The "Teacher's Guide to Regulating Students' Use of AI Tools" aims to guide teachers in standardizing students' use of AI tools in classroom teaching. This guide helps improve students' AI literacy and promotes understanding of its limitations and potential biases. This follows the "Generative AI Teacher's Usage Guide" released in June 2023, which provided guiding principles on data security, academic integrity, and ethical issues. Once again, SJTU provides teachers with a reference for guiding students on how to use AI tools in the classroom.
After thorough discussion, SJTU has unanimously agreed: "AI will become an essential tool like office software in the future. Therefore, integrating it into courses to achieve curriculum updates is the top priority." Following this guiding principle, SJTU has initiated a total of 56 AI+ education-related projects and established the Siyuan AI Learning Support Platform. This platform integrates 17 commonly used large models and deploys local large models to ensure data security. After initial trials, the platform has been opened to all students. In nearly two weeks of open access, over a thousand teachers and students have registered to use it.
The "Teacher's Guide to Regulating Students' Use of AI Tools" released this time is based on the practice of 56 AI+ education special fund-supported courses and draws on relevant measures from different universities. The guide provides detailed guidance and reference on how teachers can express their stance on AI use to students, guide students in explaining their AI usage, properly cite AI, and address potential violations.
Simultaneously with the release of the guide, SJTU summarized the experiences of the 56 AI+ education projects and plans to launch a series of AI+ education practice cases. The first case released is "AI+ Design" by Professor Liu Xiaokai. During the AI+ education special fund support process in 2023, Professor Liu conducted classroom teaching practice. This case deeply analyzes the effectiveness of AI in improving students' design and drawing skills and artistic expression. By combining innovative thinking and personalized learning paths, it demonstrates how AI technology helps students quickly generate design concepts, enhance drawing skills, and improve their spatial imagination. In the future, SJTU will gradually release cases in different areas such as AI+ English interpretation and AI+ teaching evaluation, promoting excellent teaching practices.
Relying on the prior practice of guidelines, platforms, and courses, SJTU has preliminarily formed an AI+ education curriculum reform expert group. Based on this expert group, SJTU will continue to advance and deepen AI+ education teaching reform in three steps during the fall semester of 2024. Firstly, the teacher's guide will be continually updated and iterated to keep pace with AI advancements, providing timely guidance for teachers on AI usage. Secondly, the second phase of the Siyuan AI Learning Support Platform construction will be launched, refining the teaching resource library and forming a personalized course usage model. Thirdly, the AI+ Education Special Fund will continue to support teaching reform in courses. The ultimate goal is to leverage AI as a useful tool to aid educational innovation and teaching.