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Learning and Teaching
About
The Artificial Intelligence Learning and Teaching Task Force (AILTTF) has been established in response to Senate’s June 2024 approval of a Senate Committee on University Teaching and Learning (SCUTL) motion calling for the development of university-level policy and guidelines on the use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) by instructors and students for purposes of learning and teaching at SFU.
The Task Force includes faculty, students and staff and is chaired by Paul Kingsbury, SFU’s Associate Vice-President, Learning and Teaching, pro tem and Professor, Department of Geography.
The motion represents a key step towards helping SFU adapt to and leverage generative AI within learning and teaching contexts.
- Paul Kingsbury
The main purposes of the AILTTF are threefold:
#1
To develop AI policy and guidelines that address students’ and instructors’ uncertainties and concerns over academic integrity, governance, data privacy, intellectual property rights, inequities, as well as the safe and ethical uses and expectations of AI in learning and teaching practices.
#2
To make recommendations on the development of processes and the provision of resources including broad foundational training for instructors and students on the acceptable uses of AI in various disciplinary contexts, oversight and operational support for the introduction of AI technologies into classrooms, and a governance structure that can guide university decisions and policy amendments amidst the changing landscape of AI technologies.
#3
To work with the Senate Graduate Studies Committee (SGSC) on suggested requirements for transparency statements on the uses of AI in research, exams and theses and the provision of AI training available for graduate students and supervisors.
Membership
| Name | Role | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Kingsbury (Chair) | Associate Vice-President Learning & Teaching pro tem |
Office of the Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Learning & Teaching |
| Parsa Rajabi | AI Task Force Advisor | Faculty of Applied Sciences |
| Kanthi Jasundera |
Director |
Centre for Educational Excellence |
| Parm Gill | Instructional Designer, Online and Blended Learning | Centre for Educational Excellence |
| Megan Robertson | Educational Developer | Centre for Educational Excellence |
| Eryn Holbrook | Associate Director, Application Services |
IT Services |
| Arlette Stewart | Academic Integrity Coordinator | Student Services |
| Kris Nordgren | Assistant Registrar | Student Services - Senate & Academic |
| Ebony Magnus |
Associate Dean of Libraries, Academic Engagement | SFU, Library - Learning & Research Services |
| Hope Power | Teaching & Learning Librarian | SFU, Library - Learning & Instructional Services |
| Pamela Stern | Associate Dean, Policy and Curriculum, Graduate Studies |
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
| Amir Shabani | Lecturer, Sustainable Energy Engineering | Faculty of Applied Sciences |
| Connie Liu | Lecturer, Management Information Systems |
Beedie School of Business |
| Kathleen Burke | University Lecturer | Beedie School of Business |
| Eric Werker | Academic Director | Beedie School of Business |
| Dai Heide | Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching, and Student Experience |
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
| Diana Cukierman | University Lecturer, Computing Science | Faculty of Applied Sciences |
| Nick Vincent | Assistant Professor, Human centered Artificial Intelligence | Faculty of Applied Sciences |
| Bernhard Riecke |
Professor |
Faculty of Communications, Art and Technology |
| Philippe Pasquier | Professor | Faculty of Communications, Art and Technology |
| Steve DiPaola | Professor, Graduate Program Chair | Faculty of Communications, Art and Technology |
| Engida Gebre | Associate Dean, Graduate Studies in Education |
Faculty of Education |
| Laura Tate | Lecturer, Resource and Environmental Management | Faculty of Environment |
| Laurie Nixon-Darcus | Instructor | Faculty of Environment |
| Nienke van Houten | Director, Undergraduate Programs |
Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Agata Becalska | Lecturer, Biology |
Faculty of Science |
| Steve Birnie | Director of Curriculum | School of Medicine |
| Tara Hashemi | Undergraduate Student | Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Nia Pazoki | Graduate Student | Student Learning Commons |
| Chris Kerslake | Graduate Student | Faculty of Education |
| Marie Pitre | Graduate Student | Faculty of Education |
| Jackie Amsden | Communications Officer | Office of the Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Learning & Teaching |
| Fabiana Rassier |
Director, Special Initiatives |
Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation |
| Shreyashi Sanyal | Strategic Projects Manager | Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation |