Survey: AI Ethical Policies in FYC – Book prizes!

Posted on by

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to participate in "FYC Instructors’ Perceptions and Implementation of AI-Ethical Policies in Writing Classrooms." This study examines how first-year composition instructors construct AI policies in their syllabi and explores instructors’ perspectives on how their policy implementation approaches foster or hinder students’ critical awareness of AI-ethical usage. The objective of this study is to explore how First-Year Composition (FYC) instructors navigate the ethical considerations associated with students’ use of generative AI tools.

Participation Requirements

  • Taught at least one FYC course in the past three years
  • Have an explicit AI policy stated in your FYC syllabi
  • Willing to share your AI policy, FYC syllabus, and institution’s genAI policy (if available)

Study Components

Part A: 20-minute online survey (required)
Part B: Upload course AI policy and FYC syllabus (required)
Part C: 60-minute virtual interview (optional)

Confidentiality

While identifying information (e.g., email address, course syllabi information) might be collected in the survey, all data will be kept confidential and presented in aggregate in any publications that would follow. Interview data will be anonymized using pseudonyms in publications.

Incentive

Complete the survey and upload your syllabus to win one of three books:

  1. How to Think About AI: A Guide for the Perplexed by Richard Susskind
  2. AI Narratives: A History of Imaginative Thinking about Intelligent Machines, edited by Cave, Dihal, and Dillon
  3. Generative Artificial Intelligence: What Everyone Needs to Know by Jerry Kaplan

Note: Participation in the interview is not required to win.

Participate Now: https://iup.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bCOWaB3wB4wlEfI

This project has been approved by the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Institutional Review Board for the protection of human subjects (phone 724.357.7730).

Thank you!

Islam Farag (Kxsx) and Mahmoud Othman (fwlcc)

PhD Candidates in Composition and Applied Linguistics

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Faculty advisor: Dr. Matthew Vetter (mvetter)

Composition and Applied Linguistics PhD Program

Indiana University of Pennsylvania