Our institutional principles for the use of AI emphasise fostering AI literacy among both colleagues and students, as well as promoting an open culture where we can discuss, question, innovate, collaborate, and share best practice regarding the use of AI technologies. To ensure we maintain academic integrity while doing this, it is essential to create an environment that allows for clear and transparent discussions with students about the role of AI in teaching, learning and assessment.

On the pages that follow, we outline 5 steps to opening conversations with students about AI, and how AI technologies can be used to support their learning within the bounds of good academic conduct. For each step we provide examples for discussion and student-facing resources that you can draw upon as support.

This advice has been adapted and expanded from Monash University Communication with students about AI. Available at: Communication with students about AI - Learning and Teaching: Teach HQ (monash.edu).