In January 2023, inspired by Ethan Mollick approach, I made an announcement on LinkedIn that sparked quite a buzz. I said that #ChatGPT and other forms of #generativeai would be integral to my #marketing & #digitalanalytics courses at FSA ULaval. In essence, I said that students were welcome to use these tools as long as they disclosed it. On the other hand, my expectations would also be higher.
This post caught a lot of attention from my network and peers in #teaching, some of whom adopted a similar policy. It even earned me my 30 seconds of fame under the media spotlights. Laval University, like many other academic institutions, took a while to come up with their own guidelines - which are very similar to what I had initiated.
To gauge the impact of this policy, I conducted a short, anonymous, and optional survey with over 200 students from the fall semester. A total of 60 students participated in the survey.
Check out the results below. I'm eager to hear your thoughts, opinions, and any questions you might have.