Six principles for AI in ELT: human first, privacy and data rights, ethics and bias, safety, transparency, accountability. Each comes with concrete actions such as removing personal data and disclosing AI use to learners.
Actions under the principles
- Check AI output for accuracy and inclusion before learners see it.
- Remove personal data before using AI with learner work.
- Tell learners how AI is used and get permission.
- When citing AI output, name the tool and version.
- Keep human oversight over any AI-assisted marking.
- (Unsourced claim on the page: AI queries use ~5–10× the energy of a web search.)
Apply in my context (Claude)
- Directly relevant to RS Insight, Coursebook-to-Lesson and the LMS. A one-paragraph AI-use statement for parents and teachers, based on these six principles, would pre-empt trust problems.
- Anonymise student scores before analysis in any AI tool.