In my work at
UMAP 2021, for instance, we discover that faculty vary widely in their allocation of editorial tasks for educational recommendation. Some favor a
role-preserving or conservative model, where students can view (and rate or comment on, in a subset of cases) suggested readings, but not create or remove them. Others lean towards a
collaborative authoring or egalitarian model where students are actively involved in all or most authoring and feedback tasks. This distinction of editorial task allocations is linked to the trust faculty and teaching assistants place in students and recommendation agents. Role-preservers often believe in
instructor prerogatives, burdens of
algorithm supervision, and overall
student disengagement. Collaborative authors often cite the needs for
student feedback and
content moderation.
Keywords: Explainable AI, editorial processes, trustworthiness in recommendation, transparency affordances