RAPID: Understanding and Supporting K-12 School Leaders' AI-related Decision-making

2022年ChatGPT的推出加速了学校领导（在地区和建筑层面）做出与在学校使用人工智能相关的重要和时间敏感的决策的需求。鉴于人工智能的快速发展，学校领导者几乎没有既定的实践或指导方针可以依赖，学校领导者目前对人工智能的了解可能过于有限，无法为这些决策提供信息。然而，这些决定将对人工智能在K-12教育中的未来使用产生重大影响，因为它们将授权或限制教师的教学决策以及学习发生的整体环境，最终影响人工智能促进学校更大公平和包容性的潜力的实现。因此，迫切需要为学校领导提供支持，为学校使用人工智能的相关政策和决策提供信息。这个RAPID项目将为学校领导提供在线资源，以及关于以下问题的新知识：（1）学校领导已经做出了什么样的决定，并希望做出关于人工智能的决定？(2)学校领导目前对人工智能及其在K-12教育中的应用有什么了解，他们对人工智能有什么关键问题？ (3)学校领导对人工智能的态度是什么，他们认为人工智能在教育环境中的应用存在哪些风险和机遇？(4)哪些资源可以帮助学校领导做出关于人工智能的决策，以及如何有效地提供这些资源？及（5）对上述问题的回应如何因应学校领导的角色/职能及/或所属学区的特点而有所不同？解决这些问题的数据将通过访谈和对所有西纽约公立学区的督学、技术总监、教学助理督学和校长的调查相结合来收集。这些见解将与该领域分享，为学校领导未来的研究和干预提供信息，帮助他们利用人工智能，最终目标是实现更公平，包容和有效的K-12教育。访谈和调查的结果也将用于为学校领导创建公开的在线资源，以帮助解决他们最迫切的需求。本提案是对亲爱的同事信（DCL）的回应：在正式和非正式环境中快速加速人工智能在K-12教育中的研究（NSF 23-097），并由学生和教师创新技术经验（ITEST）计划资助，该计划支持建立对实践，计划要素，有助于增加学生对科学，技术，工程，信息和通信技术（ICT）该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The 2022 launch of ChatGPT has accelerated the need for school leaders (at both the district and building level) to make important and time-sensitive decisions related to the use of artificial intelligence in their schools. Given the rapid development of artificial intelligence, there are few established practices or guidelines for school leaders to rely on, and school leaders' current knowledge of artificial intelligence may be too limited to inform these decisions. Yet these decisions will have a great impact on future uses of artificial intelligence in K-12 education, as they will empower or constrain teachers' instructional decisions as well as the overall environment where learning takes place, ultimately affecting the realization of the potential of artificial intelligence to promote greater equity and inclusion in schools. Therefore, there is an urgent need to provide support to school leaders to inform policies and decisions related to the use of artificial intelligence in their schools. This RAPID project will contribute online resources for school leaders as well as new knowledge about the following questions: (1) What kinds of decisions have school leaders already made and expect to make about artificial intelligence? (2) What is school leaders' current knowledge of artificial intelligence and its applications in K-12 education, and what key questions do they have about artificial intelligence? (3) What are school leaders' attitudes towards artificial intelligence, and what risks and opportunities do they perceive about its applications to educational settings? (4) What resources could help inform school leaders' decisions about artificial intelligence, and how could these resources be effectively delivered? and (5) How do responses to the previous questions vary depending on the role/function of the school leader and/or characteristics of their school district?Data to address these questions will be gathered through a combination of interviews and a survey with superintendents, directors of technology, assistant superintendents for instruction and principals across all Western New York public school districts. The insights will be shared with the field to inform future research and interventions for school leaders to help them capitalize on artificial intelligence with the ultimate goal of achieving a more equitable, inclusive and effective K-12 education. Findings from the interviews and survey will also be used to inform the creation of publicly available online resources for school leaders to help address their most immediate needs. This proposal was received in response to the Dear Colleague Letter (DCL): Rapidly Accelerating Research on Artificial Intelligence in K-12 Education in Formal and Informal Settings (NSF 23-097) and funded by the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program, which supports projects that build understandings of practices, program elements, contexts and processes contributing to increasing students' knowledge and interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and information and communication technology (ICT) careers.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.