The Institute for Ethical AI in Education
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The Ethical Framework for AI in Education
The Institute for Ethical AI in Education
Our
Recommendation
We recommend this resource for its wide breadth of considerations on the ethical challenges in AI and think that the checklist on pages 4-9 can be quickly integrated into course planning.
The Framework is grounded in a shared vision of ethical Al in education and will help to enable all learners to benefit optimally from Al in education, whilst also being protected against the risks this technology presents. The Framework is aimed at those making procurement and application decisions relevant to AI in education.
Leaders and practitioners in educational settings are themselves key to ensuring that learners can benefit optimally from Al whilst being protected against its risks because it is they who have the final say over which resources are used. By using the Framework at the procurement stage, decision makers can help ensure that only ethically designed resources are used and procured, and can therefore ideally incentivise suppliers to design Al ethically and with learners' best interests at heart.
The Framework empowers leaders and practitioners to drive the design, procurement and application of AI on behalf of learners. But it cannot and must not be solely their responsibility to ensure that learners benefit optimally from Al in education. Those designing Al resources are ultimately responsible for ensuring that systems do not, amongst other things, discriminate against any group of learners, that they do not manipulate users, and that resources are designed in a pedagogically sound way.