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I have four children. Two of them are twins. The twins are six years old, which means that they occasionally produce imaginative phrase turns which are cute and humorous. For example, my daughter recently noted that he was “raining the snow”, and his brother qualified the electric socket as a “wall battery”. I could continue again and again.

Instead, I’m going to talk about how this anecdote relates (vaguely) to a Star session. I am excited and honored with co-presentation at Innovate 2025 with my colleague OLC, Colette Chelf, and my colleague from D2L, Emma Zone. The three of us will share the results of a very recent research study which focuses on students’ commitment and AI. In this project, we have adopted a mixed method approach to answer two key questions:

• How do the use and perceptions of AI students in higher education have an impact on students’ commitment?
• How can students be better supported by establishments in their learning and use of AI?

We presented our results of the initial survey at the Accelerate conference in November, but we have more to share now that the interviews have been completed, the transcriptions cleaned, the coded responses and the results analyzed.

I do not want to give too much because it is better to hear it three during our session, which will take place on Wednesday April 2 from 12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. he. The good news is that there is still time to Register for the conferenceAnd as it is virtual, you don’t have to worry about hotels and plane ticket and Ubers and Baby-sitters. The most difficult part is to discover a time dedicated to your busy schedule to attend.

Back to children. I mention them in this context because I am infinitely delighted and surprised by their points of view. They see the world very different from me, and it’s a good thing. To this end, many or most of our students see the world very different from us. Also a good thing. My intention is not to infantilize students by comparing them to children, but to illustrate what we can learn by investing in their perspectives.

This is why I am particularly enthusiastic about this research; We intentionally looked for the voices of students. Too many of our conversations on AI and other subjects of serious importance begin and end with teachers, staff and administrators, to our detriment.

As I said, I don’t want to give it too much, but I leave you some quotes from student interviews. I hope you find them as stimulating as I am. They lack context, but that’s what the session is used.

“AI is like a knife. He has a sharp side and another side.

“The biggest challenge for me is excessive dependence on AI where it replaces critical thinking, creativity and innovation.”

“I think that every time I put it in AI, they give me as new ideas that I have not seen … and that I like to help me think more about what I write or the mission I do or to the quiz that I take. Anyway, I think Chatgpt is just a very good spark. »»

“I use it as a tool. I try to use it more as a tool than a way to cheat. »»

“AI is terrible for the environment and as this obsession that our society is starting to put for it for? For the most part, it would be much more useful for humanity if we concentrated our efforts elsewhere. There is a major ethical dilemma for me.

“… when I am stuck in procrastination … You know, what ideas write, … I help me somehow. This helps me get a framework before I even do it and avoids procrastination for me. »»

“Sometimes … it will check my papers for grammar errors. And so I can submit a mission and be like, I know that I did my best, or I checked my grammar mistakes. »»

“… This (ia) is really more useful than me sending an email to my teacher and waiting for a few hours or even as a few days for an answer whenever I could like to do my mission.”

“If we get into the habit of monitoring students, I think it will be detrimental to them in a different way. So finding a way to balance education where they understand that AI can be useful, but they should not abuse it either. … Balance.”

Again, I could continue again and again, but you will have to join us on April 2 to find out more. During the session, we will provide a more complete examination of our research and, above all, we will discuss the implications for those invested in students and their use of AI. We hope to see you!

I have four children. Two of them are twins. The twins are six years old, which means that they occasionally produce imaginative phrase turns which are cute and humorous. For example, my daughter recently noted that he was “raining the snow”, and his brother qualified the electric socket as a “wall battery”. I could continue again and again.

Instead, I’m going to talk about how this anecdote relates (vaguely) to a Star session. I am excited and honored with co-presentation at Innovate 2025 with my colleague OLC, Colette Chelf, and my colleague from D2L, Emma Zone. The three of us will share the results of a very recent research study which focuses on students’ commitment and AI. In this project, we have adopted a mixed method approach to answer two key questions:

• How do the use and perceptions of AI students in higher education have an impact on students’ commitment?
• How can students be better supported by establishments in their learning and use of AI?

We presented our results of the initial survey at the Accelerate conference in November, but we have more to share now that the interviews have been completed, the transcriptions cleaned, the coded responses and the results analyzed.

I do not want to give too much because it is better to hear it three during our session, which will take place on Wednesday April 2 from 12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. he. The good news is that there is still time to Register for the conferenceAnd as it is virtual, you don’t have to worry about hotels and plane ticket and Ubers and Baby-sitters. The most difficult part is to discover a time dedicated to your busy schedule to attend.

Back to children. I mention them in this context because I am infinitely delighted and surprised by their points of view. They see the world very different from me, and it’s a good thing. To this end, many or most of our students see the world very different from us. Also a good thing. My intention is not to infantilize students by comparing them to children, but to illustrate what we can learn by investing in their perspectives.

This is why I am particularly enthusiastic about this research; We intentionally looked for the voices of students. Too many of our conversations on AI and other subjects of serious importance begin and end with teachers, staff and administrators, to our detriment.

As I said, I don’t want to give it too much, but I leave you some quotes from student interviews. I hope you find them as stimulating as I am. They lack context, but that’s what the session is used.

“AI is like a knife. He has a sharp side and another side.

“The biggest challenge for me is excessive dependence on AI where it replaces critical thinking, creativity and innovation.”

“I think that every time I put it in AI, they give me as new ideas that I have not seen … and that I like to help me think more about what I write or the mission I do or to the quiz that I take. Anyway, I think Chatgpt is just a very good spark. »»

“I use it as a tool. I try to use it more as a tool than a way to cheat. »»

“AI is terrible for the environment and as this obsession that our society is starting to put for it for? For the most part, it would be much more useful for humanity if we concentrated our efforts elsewhere. There is a major ethical dilemma for me.

“… when I am stuck in procrastination … You know, what ideas write, … I help me somehow. This helps me get a framework before I even do it and avoids procrastination for me. »»

“Sometimes … it will check my papers for grammar errors. And so I can submit a mission and be like, I know that I did my best, or I checked my grammar mistakes. »»

“… This (ia) is really more useful than me sending an email to my teacher and waiting for a few hours or even as a few days for an answer whenever I could like to do my mission.”

“If we get into the habit of monitoring students, I think it will be detrimental to them in a different way. So finding a way to balance education where they understand that AI can be useful, but they should not abuse it either. … Balance.”

Again, I could continue again and again, but you will have to join us on April 2 to find out more. During the session, we will provide a more complete examination of our research and, above all, we will discuss the implications for those invested in students and their use of AI. We hope to see you!

I have four children. Two of them are twins. The twins are six years old, which means that they occasionally produce imaginative phrase turns which are cute and humorous. For example, my daughter recently noted that he was “raining the snow”, and his brother qualified the electric socket as a “wall battery”. I could continue again and again.

Instead, I’m going to talk about how this anecdote relates (vaguely) to a Star session. I am excited and honored with co-presentation at Innovate 2025 with my colleague OLC, Colette Chelf, and my colleague from D2L, Emma Zone. The three of us will share the results of a very recent research study which focuses on students’ commitment and AI. In this project, we have adopted a mixed method approach to answer two key questions:

• How do the use and perceptions of AI students in higher education have an impact on students’ commitment?
• How can students be better supported by establishments in their learning and use of AI?

We presented our results of the initial survey at the Accelerate conference in November, but we have more to share now that the interviews have been completed, the transcriptions cleaned, the coded responses and the results analyzed.

I do not want to give too much because it is better to hear it three during our session, which will take place on Wednesday April 2 from 12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. he. The good news is that there is still time to Register for the conferenceAnd as it is virtual, you don’t have to worry about hotels and plane ticket and Ubers and Baby-sitters. The most difficult part is to discover a time dedicated to your busy schedule to attend.

Back to children. I mention them in this context because I am infinitely delighted and surprised by their points of view. They see the world very different from me, and it’s a good thing. To this end, many or most of our students see the world very different from us. Also a good thing. My intention is not to infantilize students by comparing them to children, but to illustrate what we can learn by investing in their perspectives.

This is why I am particularly enthusiastic about this research; We intentionally looked for the voices of students. Too many of our conversations on AI and other subjects of serious importance begin and end with teachers, staff and administrators, to our detriment.

As I said, I don’t want to give it too much, but I leave you some quotes from student interviews. I hope you find them as stimulating as I am. They lack context, but that’s what the session is used.

“AI is like a knife. He has a sharp side and another side.

“The biggest challenge for me is excessive dependence on AI where it replaces critical thinking, creativity and innovation.”

“I think that every time I put it in AI, they give me as new ideas that I have not seen … and that I like to help me think more about what I write or the mission I do or to the quiz that I take. Anyway, I think Chatgpt is just a very good spark. »»

“I use it as a tool. I try to use it more as a tool than a way to cheat. »»

“AI is terrible for the environment and as this obsession that our society is starting to put for it for? For the most part, it would be much more useful for humanity if we concentrated our efforts elsewhere. There is a major ethical dilemma for me.

“… when I am stuck in procrastination … You know, what ideas write, … I help me somehow. This helps me get a framework before I even do it and avoids procrastination for me. »»

“Sometimes … it will check my papers for grammar errors. And so I can submit a mission and be like, I know that I did my best, or I checked my grammar mistakes. »»

“… This (ia) is really more useful than me sending an email to my teacher and waiting for a few hours or even as a few days for an answer whenever I could like to do my mission.”

“If we get into the habit of monitoring students, I think it will be detrimental to them in a different way. So finding a way to balance education where they understand that AI can be useful, but they should not abuse it either. … Balance.”

Again, I could continue again and again, but you will have to join us on April 2 to find out more. During the session, we will provide a more complete examination of our research and, above all, we will discuss the implications for those invested in students and their use of AI. We hope to see you!