The recent announcement of OpenAI for Nonprofits has created a buzz within the education and economic development community. At World Education, we see potential in harnessing these powerful AI tools. But with any new technology, particularly one as transformative as AI, questions arise. How do we adopt these tools responsibly? How do we ensure they align with our mission and values?
For that reason, we’ve developed an AI Integration Framework to support organizations in evaluating AI-enabled tools and reflecting on their human capacity to leverage them effectively.
The AI Integration Framework comprises six dimensions:
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- AI Capabilities and Learning Goals: This dimension ensures that the AI tools we integrate are aligned with our educational objectives. It involves identifying how AI can be leveraged effectively, both in terms of how the tool is designed to promote learning as well as how it will be leveraged to maximize impact.
- Mitigating Biases: AI systems can inadvertently perpetuate or even amplify existing biases. This dimension offers key questions that will facilitate critical conversations between vendors and educators. It also acknowledges the human responsibility to mitigate bias and expand AI literacy.
- Ethics and Data Use: Ethical considerations are paramount when integrating AI. This dimension covers the responsible use of data, including privacy concerns, data security, and consent. It emphasizes transparency in how data is collected, stored, and used and considerations for individual users in the handling of their own data (or that of a learner).
- Human Oversight and Overreliance: While AI can augment human capabilities, it is crucial to maintain human oversight. This dimension highlights the importance of having humans in the loop to oversee AI output, make final decisions, and provide a safeguard against potential errors or unintended consequences.
- Evidence of Impact: To justify the integration of AI tools, we need to demonstrate their effectiveness. This dimension encourages us to consider evidence of impact insofar as it can be provided by AI vendors as well as how impact might be measured in the educational context.
- Equity and Inclusion: It is crucial to ensure that AI tools are accessible to all learners, regardless of their backgrounds or abilities. This dimension highlights critical components of such digital inclusion, such as connectivity and disability-centered design.
As we navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of AI in education, our AI Integration Framework serves as a guiding tool to help nonprofits and educational institutions integrate AI responsibly and effectively. On the Workforce EdTech site, dive into each dimension to see what questions you should ask about AI tools as well as the questions you should consider regarding human interventions to use the tools effectively and ethically. By considering these six dimensions, organizations can ensure that their AI implementations are aligned with their mission, promote equity and inclusion, and enhance learning experiences. Here are some ways this could be used:
- Use the six dimensions to plan a professional development training program, diving into the questions, considerations, and scenarios within each
- Co-create guidance for your school or program by gathering diverse teams to discuss the questions within each dimension
- Make a copy of or download the editable spreadsheet on the site to take notes about and compare specific products, like OpenAI for Nonprofits
We invite you to explore our AI Integration Framework further and join us in our mission to be digitally resilient to emerging technologies while simultaneously working toward digital equity.
