La integridad ética, inteligencia artificial generativa y educación superior: Tensiones, desafíos y horizontes pedagógicos

Maria-Rosa Buxarrais Estrada; Tomás Peralta Palazón

doi:10.32870/punto.v12i23.322

Authors

Maria-Rosa Faculty of Education. University of Barcelona https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7511-3814
Tomás Peralta Faculty of Education. University of Barcelona https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7924-325X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/punto.v12i23.322

Keywords:

academic integrity, generative artificial intelligence, applied ethics, higher education, teaching ethos

Abstract

The overall aim of this article is to carry out a critical analysis of the ethical, pedagogical and institutional implications that generative artificial intelligence raises for academic integrity in higher education. The text is conceived as a critical-argumentative essay, drawing on a critical review of specialist literature and an analysis of recent ethical, regulatory and institutional frameworks.

The text argues that the challenges posed by generative AI can only be addressed in part, and not through regulations, prohibitions or detection systems, as the impacts affect the educational purpose of the university, assessment, authorship, epistemic justice and responsibility for knowledge. Similarly, the paper considers it necessary to strengthen the teaching ethos, reconsider assessment practices and promote ethical training for both teaching staff and students.

Author Biographies

Maria-Rosa, Faculty of Education. University of Barcelona

Professor in the Department of Theory and History of Education at the Faculty of Education, University of Barcelona (UB). Principal investigator at GREM (Moral Education Research Group) at the University of Barcelona. Chair of the Teaching Evaluation Committee at the Agency for the Evaluation of Quality in the Catalan University System (AQU-Catalunya). Member of the Editorial Board of the series ‘Moral Development and Citizenship Education’, Sense Publishers (Netherlands). Author of several books and academic articles on the main lines of research related to Moral Education, Values Education, Higher Education, Family Education, ICT, and Teacher Training.

Tomás Peralta, Faculty of Education. University of Barcelona

Tomás Peralta Palazón is a pre-doctoral researcher (FI-SDUR) at the Faculty of Education of the University of Barcelona, in the Department of Theory and History of Education. He holds a degree in Education, a Master’s degree in Educational Psychology, and a postgraduate qualification in Leadership and Group Management. He has worked as a senior specialist and researcher on projects relating to the digital society and education, and has served as an associate lecturer. His research focuses on the educational and ethical implications of generative artificial intelligence in higher education, particularly in relation to academic integrity.

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