Posi ions o Highe Educa ion Ins i u ions
A ound he Wo ld on he Use o AI
D . eng. Diana ANDONE
Di ec o Digi al and Dis ance Educa ion
Depa men
Poli ehnica Uni e si y o Timisoa a, Romania
21 No embe 2025, online o UNESCO Lebanon
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Poli ehnica Uni e si y o Timisoa a,
Romania
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Educa ion
Licence
Mas e
Doc o a e
Full ime, dis ance lea ning,
li elong lea ning
Academic
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Romania
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Eu opean Uni e si y Alliance
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Cen alised Suppo o he Ne wo k o Highe Educa ion Re o m Expe s
(HERE) ‘SPHERE2’
a conso ium o OBREAL Global (coo dina o ) and he Eu opean Uni e si y Associa ion (EUA)
Eu opean Commission’s Educa ion, Audio isual and Cul u e Execu i e Agency (EACEA)
wi h
Na ional E asmus+ O ices (NEO) and HERE eams in Pa ne Coun ies neighbo ing he EU
Ma ch 2024 – June 2025
Technical Assis ance Missions (TAM)
T aining o mo e han 1000 HE expe s om Moldo a, Albania,
Ky gysz an, Lebanon, Kazakhs an, Koso o
Co-c ea e o con ol and bene i
om Gene a i e AI in Educa ion
Regula ion Adop Use casesLea n Teach/
Resea ch
AI will shape e e y indus y
bu in educa ion, i will shape i s
amewo k
Accep ance
Digi al Educa ion Council Global AI S uden Su ey 2024
Digi al Educa ion Council Global AI Facul y Su ey 2025
Inside Highe Educa ion -S uden Voice (May 2024)
F om dilemmas ...
Wha do we do when (almos ) e e y hing
we do and e e y hing we each s uden s
o do can be achie ed h ough AI?
To solu ions ...
We no longe ask I , bu How.
I ’s no abou wha we do o ou
s uden s. I ’s abou wha we help
s uden s do o hemsel es.
(EduCause Repo , 2023)
Whe e we a e AI in Educa ion
Impo ance on he use o AI in educa ion
Lea ning has become
one o he majo ways o
using Cha GPT
10,2% om all he
p omp s in Cha GPT a e
clea ly asking o suppo
in lea ning
(± 2 billions coming om
7 millions use s pe
week)
A. Cha e ji, e all – “How People use Cha GPT" (OpenAI, Sep 2025), h ps://cdn.openai.com/pd /a253471 -8260-40c6-a2cc-
aa93 e9 142e/economic- esea ch-cha gp -usage-pape .pd
AI in Educa ion
h ps://www3.we o um.o g/docs/WEF_Shaping_ he_Fu u e_o _Lea ning_2024.pd
I deployed well, AI can help unlock solu ions o imp o ing global educa ion sys ems.
AI in he news
Uni e si ies a e slowly
adop ing gene a i e AI in hei
wo k, bu in dep h guidance is
s ill missing o many
ins i u ions, wi h some wai ing
o he Eu opean Commission
o se EU guidelines o sa e
use.
h ps://sciencebusiness.ne /news/uni e si ies/uni e si ies- eady- ake-gene a i e-a i icial-in elligence-say-guidelines-a e
Regula ions and Policies o AI
●EU AI Ac
●EU | GDPR
●OECD | AI Policy Obse a o y
●UNESCO | A i icial in elligence in
educa ion
Eu opean Commission: Di ec o a e-Gene al o Educa ion, You h, Spo
and Cul u e,
E hical guidelines on he use o a i icial in elligence (AI)
and da a in eaching and lea ning o educa o s
, Publica ions O ice o
he Eu opean Union, 2022,
h ps://da a.eu opa.eu/doi/10.2766/153756
EDEH communi y wo kshop on
explainable AI in educa ion
(B ussels, 17-18 Oc obe 2024)
Summa y o policy ecommenda ions
The Eu opean Digi al Educa ion Hub hos ed i s nin h communi y
wo kshop on 17 and 18 Oc obe 2024 in B ussels on he opic o
explainable AI (XAI). Explainabili y, in e p e abili y and
unde s andabili y o AI sys ems a e c ucial o ensu e hese sys ems
can be selec ed o e hical and esponsible educa ional use, o iden i y
biases and hallucina ions wi hin he ools, and o hold de elope s and
deploye s accoun able.
Du ing he di e en wo kshop sessions, he 31 pa icipan s om all
o e Eu ope and om di e se educa ional backg ounds add essed he
ollowing h ee esea ch ques ions (RQ) esul ing in a se o policy
ecommenda ions ha a e p esen ed below.
The AI Ac and
explainabili y
Ques ion: How can he AI Ac in luence he implemen a ion
o explainabili y s anda ds in AI sys ems used wi hin o mal
educa ional con ex s wi h a ocus on anspa ency and
accoun abili y?
XAI in he e a
o gene a i e
AI
Ques ion: Wha a e he key challenges and oppo uni ies
o ensu ing explainabili y in gene a i e AI models used in
class oom se ings, and how can hese models be designed
o p o ide in e p e able eedback o educa o s and
lea ne s?
AI li e acy and
c i ical hinking
Ques ion: Which skills and compe ences a e equi ed o
eache s and s uden s o ques ion and c i ically assess he
decision o ecommenda ion p o ided by an AI sys em?
AI Policies in Highe educa ion
EDUCAUSE
Th ee A eas o Gene a i e AI
Policy Focus o Highe
Educa ion
h ps://www.educause.edu/ esea
ch/2024/2024-educause-ac ion-
plan-ai-policies-and-guidelines
UNESCO global epo on AI and he Fu u e o
Educa ion (inspi ed by )
𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
𝗔𝗜 𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀
AI and educa o s
𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲
𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆
UNESCO Digi al Lea ning Week, Sep embe 2025 h ps://unesdoc.unesco.o g/a k:/48223/p 0000395236
UNESCO global epo on AI and he Fu u e o
Educa ion (inspi ed by )
𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
AI u u es no only abou compu a ion, in elligence, powe , pene a ion
— o e hink wha “knowing” eally means.
— how we know and how we ind ou abou hings, how we acqui e
in o ma ion, alida e and unde s and i s alues
— Digi al di ide – hose who can ‘own’ i
— No only echnical bu ans o ma ional: how do we de ine lea ning,
p og ess, and human iden i y in an AI age?
UNESCO Digi al Lea ning Week, Sep embe 2025 h ps://unesdoc.unesco.o g/a k:/48223/p 0000395236
UNESCO global epo on AI and he Fu u e o
Educa ion (inspi ed by )
𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
— anspa en , ai , and accoun able by design and s uc u e
— Go e nance— i equi es democ a ic, pa icipa i e o e sigh (no
only echnical o e hical)
— S a egic adop ion o AI wi h all ac o s in ol ed and hei
accoun abili y
UNESCO Digi al Lea ning Week, Sep embe 2025
UNESCO global epo on AI and he Fu u e o
Educa ion (inspi ed by )
𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆
𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
Policy mus keep pace wi h as -mo ing AI capabili ies
balancing human and machine in elligence
— suppo ing open and collabo a i e s uc u es
UNESCO Digi al Lea ning Week, Sep embe 2025
AI Regula ions in Highe
Educa ion
AI egula ions in Highe educa ion
S uden s use GAI
Inno a i e
academics /
uni e si y
Academic adjus ing
syllabus, de eloping ,
c ea ing new
esou ces / ools
Academic
banning GAI
Academic
in eg a ing GAI/
new assignmen s
Uni e si y ac ions s.
GAI
Regula ions,
guidelines,
suppo , ,
pa ne ship,
de elopmen
guidelines /&
suppo
No in eg a ion /&
igno ing
UNESCO global epo on AI and he Fu u e o
Educa ion
G owing ins i u ional policy amewo ks on AI, and in es men in AI
ools
19% hei ins i u ions ha e a o mal AI policy
42% AI guiding amewo ks a e unde de elopmen
70% o ins i u ions in Eu ope and No h Ame ica ha e o a e
de eloping guidance
45% in La in Ame ica and he Ca ibbean
UNESCO Digi al Lea ning Week, Sep embe 2025 h ps://unesdoc.unesco.o g/a k:/48223/p 0000395236
Analysis o Expe iences on AI
Yes
10%
No
55%
I don' know
35%
DOES YOUR INSTITUTION HAVE AI
REGULATIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS?
1000 HE expe s om
Moldo a, Albania, Ky gysz an,
Lebanon, Ghana, Kazakhs an,
Koso o
AI Policies in Highe educa ion
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AI Policies in Highe educa ion
USA uni e si ies
Common uses o AI span ac oss he campus,
including in pe sonalized lea ning, i ual
assis an s and cha bo s, lea ning analy ics,
g ading, language ansla ion, con en and
syllabus c ea ion, esea ch and he admissions
p ocess.
h ps://lib a y.educause.edu/ opics/in as uc u e-and- esea ch- echnologies/a i icial-in elligence-ai
AI egula ions in Highe educa ion
USA uni e si ies
h ps://padle .com/ce l6/uni e si y-policies-on-gene a i e-ai-m9n7w 05 7 dc6pe
AI Policies in Highe educa ion
S an o d Uni e si y
Don' use AI o comple e assignmen s o exams. Disclose AI use and
ollow you ins uc o 's guidelines.
h ps:// eachingcommons.s an o d.edu/ eaching-guides/a i icial-
in elligence- eaching-guide
AI Policies in Highe educa ion
Massachuse s Ins i u e o Technology (MIT)
Don' chea o plagia ize wi h AI. Use AI e hically and p o ec you da a.
h ps://is .mi .edu/ai-guidance
AI Policies in Highe educa ion
Ha a d Uni e si y
Policies a y by school and ins uc o . Follow you ins uc o 's
guidelines and he Hono Code.
h ps://oue. as.ha a d.edu/ai-guidance
h ps:// egis a .gse.ha a d.edu/AI-policy
h ps://www.hbs.edu/mba/handbook/s anda ds-o -
conduc /academic/cha gp -and-ai
AI Policies in Highe educa ion
Yale Uni e si y
Policies a y by ins uc o . Don' use AI-gene a ed ex wi hou
a ibu ion.
h ps://p o os .yale.edu/news/guidelines-use-gene a i e-ai- ools
AI Regula ions in Highe
Educa ion
AI egula ions in Highe educa ion
•Poli ehnica Uni e si y o Timisoa a - ecommenda ions app o ed by
Sena e on 25.05. 2023
•The use is no o bidden, bu wi hin he e hics, au ho igh s and au hen ici y
egula ions
•To include a analise/p ocess alida ion
•To include he exac in o ma ion which is alida ed (ques ion and answe )
•To be ci ed acco dingly
•Changes in he S uden s’ Au hen ici y decla a ion
“In he elabo a ion o he wo k I used speci ic ools o a i icial in elligence (AI), namely
______ (name) _______ (sou ce), which I ci ed in he con en o he wo k/I did no use
speci ic ools o a i icial in elligence (AI)”
•Guidance and aining wi h academics and s uden s in he inal yea
•Valida ion a e he inals his yea
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AI egula ions in Highe educa ion
Poli ehnica Uni e si y o Timisoa a - ecommenda ions app o ed by Sena e on 25.05. 2023
S uden s may use gene a i e AI echnology o suppo hei w i ing, in ways simila o how
in e ne sea ch engines, g amma and spell checke s, and (online) dic iona ies and
hesau uses a e used.
2. S uden s may use gene a i e AI as a sou ce o in o ma ion and o gene a e con en , as long as hey use he
ool as an assis an , no an au ho .
3. I s uden s use gene a i e AI ools, hey mus p o ide ull anspa ency abou how hey use hem.
Ins uc ions on how o do his a e p o ided
4. S uden s a e ad ised o amilia ize hemsel es wi h he ad an ages as well as disad an ages and po en ial
isks o using gene a i e AI. These opics will also be discussed in class.
5. S uden s who make use o gene a i e AI ools in hei w i ing assignmen s emain ully
esponsible o he ex s hey submi .
h ps://www.up . o/img/ iles/hs/2023/HS_85_25.05.2023_Ap
oba e- ecomanda i-AI_UPT.pd
AI egula ions in Highe educa ion
Poli ehnica Uni e si y o Timisoa a, Romania
is open o he use o gene a i e AI (GenAI)- echnology conce ning
educa ion and esea ch and encou ages he s uden s, eaching s a
and esea che s o handle his echnology in a esponsible and c i ical
way
AI o esea che s
T aining
Plagia ism check
AI o eache s
T aining
Guidelines
Suppo
AI Tools in eg a ion
E alua ion
AI o s uden s
T aining
In o ma ion
Cou se ac i i ies
Deg ees
Tools de elopmen
h ps://elea ning.up . o/ o/educa ie-digi ala/
Compe ence de elopmen
CREATING GENERATIVE AI POLICIES
Ge all you
s akeholde s
in ol ed:
In ol e by su ey,
g oups, consul ancy
s uden s, academics,
adminis a o s, IT
leade s, esea che s,
echnology pa ne s.
Iden i y pocke s o
inno a ion I you can, build
on exis ing AI
policies a he
han s a ing om
sc a ch
Build he
academic in eg i y Imp o e Fu u e
Skills - AI
compe encies
De elop u o ials
and ins uc ional
suppo
AI will shape e e y indus y
bu in educa ion, i will shape i s
amewo k
My eposi o y on AI
h ps://zenodo.o g/communi ies/ai_andone_ esea ch/
2026 IEEE DEMOcon Digi al Educa ion
2026 IEEE DEMOcon Digi al Educa ion inco po a es he legacy o he
IEEE Lea ning wi h MOOCs (LWMOOCs) con e ence wi h
EMOOCs Eu opean MOOCs S akeholde s Summi
D . Diana Andone
Di ec o
Digi al Educa ion
Poli ehnica Uni e si y o Timisoa a
Romania
Email: diana.andone@up . o
Elea ning.up . o/diana.andone
@diando70
h ps://www.linkedin.com/in/dianaandone/
IEEE Educa ion ViceP esiden o Con e ences
IEEE Romania Educa ion Chai
IEEE Educa ion Boa d o Go e no s
IEEE Compu e Socie y, TCLT Open Chai
IEEE Educa ion and Women in Enginee ing
EUA Digi al T ans o ma ion S ee ing commi ee
EDEN Fellow 2011, Senio Fellow 2021
EDEN Vice-p esiden (2017-2021)
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