Caribbean Examinations Council Embraces Artificial Intelligence to Ensure Academic Integrity
New Approach to Address Intellectual Laziness
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), based in Barbados, has announced that it is embracing artificial intelligence (AI) to ensure academic integrity and safeguard against intellectual laziness.
Achieving Cognative Development
CXC’s Registrar and chief executive officer, Dr. Wayne Wesley, has stated that the council is interested in exploring AI, adding, “In fact, we have embraced artificial intelligence.”
“We believe…what we need to do is to create the environment with the requisite safeguards, academic integrity, safeguarding against what I call intellectual laziness. In other words, you want persons to develop cognitively,” said Wesley in an interview on DBS Radio.
Verifying and Ensuring Accuracy
CXC aims to ensure that the information created by AI is verifiable and accurate to prevent the hallucinations that AI tends to create.
Generating a Regional AI Policy
Currently, CXC is developing a generative regional AI policy for the secondary education system. The council is building upon work done at the tertiary level in Guyana and the University of the West Indies, creating a framework for the effective governance of teaching, learning, and assessment.
About the Caribbean Examinations Council
Established in 1972, the CXC is a regional examination board providing secondary school leaving examinations that meet the needs of the Caribbean region. CXC has grown to become one of the most respected and sought-after regional examinations in the region.
Conclusion
The implementation of AI by the CXC demonstrates a proactive approach to ensuring academic integrity and fostering cognative development. By integrating AI into the examination process, the CXC aims to safeguard against intellectual laziness and ensure the accuracy of the information produced.
FAQs
What is the goal of CXC’s AI initiative?
To create an environment for academic integrity, safeguarding against intellectual laziness and promoting cognative development.
What kind of information does CXC plan to generate using AI?
CXC plans to generate information that is verifiable and accurate to prevent the hallucinations that AI tends to create.
How is the CXC addressing intellectual laziness in the examination process?
The CXC is creating an environment that fosters academic integrity, ensures verifiable and accurate information, and promotes cognative development.
What kind of policy is CXC developing?
The CXC is developing a generative regional AI policy for the secondary education system, providing guidance and framework for the effective governance of teaching, learning, and assessment.