Work through the six steps in order.
Write short answers. You are trying to make the decision visible—not write a report.
Start with the purpose of the work.
Ask: “What should someone become more capable of because this work is done well?”
Name the human capacity before discussing AI. Examples: reasoning, evidence judgment, clinical judgment, disciplinary interpretation, communication, ethical responsibility, mentoring, or intellectual ownership.
Name the human exercise on both sides.
Student/Learner: What must the learner actually learn, practice, or become capable of doing?
Faculty/Decision-maker: What judgment, expertise, responsibility, or relationship must the human still exercise?
Then run the Formative Test: if AI removed this human exercise, would the work lose something it is intended to develop, evidence, or require? Yes = formative. No = potentially non-formative.
Name one specific AI use.
Ask: “What will AI actually do?”
Avoid answers like “use ChatGPT” or “use AI.” Instead write the action: “AI generates counterarguments,” “AI drafts feedback,” “AI grades the first pass,” “AI summarizes advising notes,” or “AI creates the first draft.”
Judge what happens to each human exercise.
Mark the student effect and the faculty effect separately. Do not force them to match.
Strengthen: the human still performs the essential exercise and AI improves support, feedback, range, or efficiency.
Bypass: a meaningful human step disappears even though the final product may still look acceptable.
Replace: AI performs the essential human work in the person's place.
Map both verdicts into an action.
Record a decision for the student side and faculty side. Then specify the operating conditions: AI May, Human Must, Redesign / Release Action, and Evidence / Rationale.
Decision Bridge
Run the Presence and Governance gates before implementation.
Presence Gate: ask whether care, formation, adjudication, witness, commitment/covenant, or another context makes accountable human encounter part of the value. If yes, identify what human encounter must remain.
Governance Gate: review privacy/data, approved tools/security, accessibility, intellectual property, accreditation, academic integrity, and relevant institutional policy.
A formation recommendation is not cleared for implementation while a required governance item remains “Needs Review.”
If you get Preserve / Permit
State what AI may do, what humans must still do, and what evidence will make the human exercise visible.
If you get Redesign
Identify the step AI is bypassing and change the workflow so the essential human exercise returns.
If you get Preserve Human
Do not delegate the formative human exercise. AI may still support surrounding non-essential work.
If you get Release Task
The task may be automated or removed if it is genuinely non-formative and governance requirements are satisfied.
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