Using AI at the Language Centre

In our language courses, teachers can ask their students to revise texts using AI systems or to use AI systems in other ways. This way, we want to help enable our students to use AI systems transparently and effectively. Below, please find our guidelines for students and the declaration on the use of AI systems, to be handed in with an assignment.

Allgemeine Hinweise zu Nutzung von KI für Studierende (SoSe 2024)

Erklärung zum Einsatz von KI (offical document to be handed in with an assignment, in German)

Declaration on AI use (English, for your information only)

UniGPT - University of Münster (Link to the University of Münster chatbot)

TEDx Talk by Heike Mersmann-Hoffmann on ChatGPT (23 June 2023, in Englisch)

 

General information on using AI at university

There are now various institutions and networks that have published information on the use of AI in the university context. Below you can find a small selection which is constantly being updated.

• Häusler, Anja, Heike Mersmann-Hoffmann, Sigrid Richter, Lise Allirand, Karin Bukenberger, Maike Engelhardt, Juana Salas Poblete (2024): Einsatz von KI-Systemen  im Fremdsprachenunterricht  an Hochschulen – ein Impulspapier. Arbeitskreis Sprachen e.V.
  https://www.aks-sprachen.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AKS-Impulspapier-FSU-im-Zeitalter-der-KI.pdf (German)
  https://www.aks-sprachen.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024-07-04-AKS-Discussion-paper-Use-of-AI-systems_EN_final.pdf (English)
  The paper uses key questions to discuss the use of AI in language teaching at higher education institutions and what consequences using AI could have.
• Stracke, C. M., Bohr, B., Gabriel, S., Galla, N., Hofmann, M., Karolyi, H., Mersmann-Hoffmann, H., Mönig, J. M., Mundorf, M., Opel, S., Rischke-Neß, J., Schröppel, M., Silvestri, A., & Stroot, G. (2024): What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)? How can I use AI ethically at university? Edited by the German Network „Ethische Nutzung von KI“. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10995669
  The work of the VK:KIWA think tank "Ethical use of AI" has so far resulted in a website and the above guidelines for educators, with further publications in the pipeline.
• Salden, Peter/Leschke, Jonas (eds.): Educational and legal perspectives on AI-supported writing in higher education. Ruhr-Universität Bochum. 
  https://doi.org/10.13154/294-10284
  For fundamental didactic considerations, see the above paper by Peter Salden and Jonas Leschke (March 2023), which includes a legal opinion by Thomas Hoeren.