- AI as a Teaching Tool
Key Point
Use AI thoughtfully to support teaching — enhance student learning, but always review and adapt AI content to fit your goals and standards.
✅ Examples
| What to Do |
Why It’s Important |
Recommended Approach |
|---|---|---|
| ✅ Use AI to create visual aids or illustrative examples. | Helps explain complex concepts in engaging ways. | Generate AI visuals, diagrams, or short explanations, then check them for accuracy. |
| ✅ Test AI tools for lesson planning. | Saves time drafting outlines or topic ideas. | Use AI to draft a lesson framework, then adapt it to your students’ needs. |
| ✅ Share AI-assisted materials with clear context. | Builds student trust and transparency. | Tell students when an image or summary came from AI and explain how you verified it. |
❌ Examples
|
Problematic Practice |
Why It’s a problem |
Recommended Approach |
|---|---|---|
| ❌ Don’t use AI-generated materials without reviewing them. | Risk of inaccurate or misleading information. | Always check AI outputs for factual and contextual correctness. |
| ❌ Don’t present AI tools as a replacement for your expertise. | Students may rely too heavily on AI. | Emphasize that AI is a support tool — your judgment shapes the final lesson. |
| ❌ Don’t skip aligning AI materials with course objectives. | AI-generated content may not match learning goals. | Adapt and adjust any AI-generated content to fit the course syllabus and outcomes. |
Excerpt from the Official Guidelines
Instructors are encouraged to use AI tools to deliver personalized or group-tailored learning opportunities, acting as a personal tutor for each student or group to enhance engagement and improve learning outcomes. While AI can be a valuable tool in education, it should complement the instructor’s role rather than replace it. Instructors should remain aware of the potential limitations and inaccuracies of generative AI systems. For additional information on how AI tools may be used in the educational process, check out the “UCY Guidelines” and the “Information Resources” sections of the University of Cyprus’ AI website.
Certain AI tools considered to pose limited risk should be used transparently. Examples include AI-powered chatbots (e.g., virtual assistants for answering student questions), plagiarism detection tools (e.g., Turnitin, Blackboard SafeAssign), and AI-assisted feedback tools (e.g., Grammarly for writing improvement). Instructors who use these tools in ways that directly impact student assessment, or academic evaluation, must ensure transparency and inform students accordingly by specifying their use in the course syllabus.
Last Updated on 27 August, 2025
