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AI Use in Course Development – Transparency & Standards
During early idea generation and drafting of course pages, we used ChatGPT as a supportive tool, not as a substitute for human expertise. Specifically:
- We deployed a custom, equity-aware Chatbot (prompt-engineered and trained on OER-curated readings and open resources).
- The AI’s role was strictly ideation and initial drafting, not final content production.
- Every output was then thoroughly reviewed, edited, and revised by the course authors to ensure pedagogical quality, accuracy, and alignment with learning goals.
Copyright & Fair Use Considerations
We aligned with evolving IP policy frameworks, especially insights from the U.S. Copyright Office:
- The Office’s Part 3 report on AI model Links to an external site. Training highlights the importance of fair use analysis and restricts reliance on generative AI when it could replicate copyrighted works—our use was limited to non-protected, openly licensed materials.
- This cautious approach is consistent with guidance links to an external site. that encourages transformative use, transparency, and limits output that could inadvertently mirror protected content.
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