Stefan Düll, president of the German Teachers' Association, warns of the impact of students' use of artificial intelligence on homework. He calls for greater scrutiny of how work is produced and more handwriting in exams. At the same time, he urges against blanket condemnation of young people's handling of technology.
The German Teachers' Association (DL) fears that students' increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) will undermine homework. «The danger exists that we can no longer assign homework in this way», DL President Stefan Düll told the «Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung».
Larger works done outside class, such as specialist papers, would also be affected. Düll recommends questioning the production process rather than the content: «I must not even ask about the content, but ask: 'How did you arrive at this content?'» Anything outside the classroom could theoretically be done by or with AI, which teachers can hardly control.
To prevent cheating, he suggests requiring handwriting for homework and exams in lower grades.
However, Düll warns against condemning young people outright for their handling of new technologies. Students are capable of using digital tools responsibly. «We must be able to tolerate that today's young people develop different competencies than we had», he emphasized.