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

RAPID：理解和支持 K-12 学校领导的人工智能相关决策

• 批准号: 2333764
• 负责人: David Miller
• 金额: $ 19万
• 依托单位: University of Rochester
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-15 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2333764&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Understanding; Supporting; 12; Leaders

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.

2022年推出的ChatGPT加速了学校领导(无论是在学区还是在大楼层面)做出与在其学校使用人工智能相关的重要且具有时效性的决策的需求。鉴于人工智能的快速发展，学校领导几乎没有既定的做法或指导方针可依赖，学校领导目前对人工智能的了解可能过于有限，无法为这些决定提供信息。然而，这些决定将对未来人工智能在K-12教育中的使用产生重大影响，因为它们将授权或限制教师的教学决策以及进行学习的整体环境，最终影响人工智能潜力的实现，以促进学校的更大公平和包容。因此，迫切需要为学校领导提供支持，为他们学校使用人工智能的相关政策和决策提供信息。这个快速项目将为学校领导提供在线资源，并为以下问题提供新的知识：(1)学校领导已经做出了哪些关于人工智能的决策？(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，他们对人工智能有哪些关键问题？(3)学校领导对人工智能的态度是什么，他们认为它在教育环境中的应用存在哪些风险和机会？(4)哪些资源可以帮助学校领导关于人工智能的决策，这些资源如何有效地交付？以及(5)根据学校领导的角色/职能和/或所在学区的特点，对上述问题的回答有何不同？回答这些问题的数据将通过采访和对纽约西部所有公立学区的负责人、技术总监、负责指导的助理监督和校长的调查相结合的方式收集。这些见解将与外地分享，为学校领导人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、更包容和更有效的K-12教育。访谈和调查的结果也将被用来为学校领导创建公开可用的在线资源提供信息，以帮助解决他们最紧迫的需求。收到这份建议书是为了回应亲爱的同事来信(DCL)：在正式和非正式环境中迅速加速对K-12教育中人工智能的研究(NSF 23-097)，并由学生和教师创新技术体验(ITEST)计划资助，该计划支持一些项目，这些项目建立对实践、计划元素、背景和过程的理解，有助于提高学生对科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)以及信息和通信技术(ICT)职业的知识和兴趣。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。