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Generative AI in Teaching and Learning

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming teaching and learning in higher education. How can you, as an instructor, leverage these tools effectively and mitigate potential challenges? This gallery is designed to support you in navigating the generative AI landscape in higher education, from what generative AI is and how you can learn more about it to what using it could look like within and across disciplines.

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    Learning Technologies

    What is Generative AI?

    To leverage the power of generative artificial intelligence (AI) for teaching and learning—and minimize negative impacts—it is important to understand how generative AI tools work. Here, we recommend some of the more accessible resources to help get you up to speed.

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    Michael Palmer
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    Learning Technologies

    What Can I Do to Prepare to Teach With AI?

    While generative AI is not new, the introduction of ChatGPT has instructors feeling a wide range of emotions. What are some practical steps you can take now to prepare for teaching in this changing landscape? Check out these resources for some concrete strategies that you can put into action now.

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    Jess Taggart
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    Learners and Learning

    How Do I Communicate About AI With My Students?

    Instructors and students alike must learn how to navigate the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in teaching and learning. Setting clear expectations is essential. Here we recommend resources to help you communicate about AI with your students.

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    Jess Taggart
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    Course and Assignment Design

    How Can I Promote Academic Integrity With AI?

    Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked renewed concern about academic integrity.  Here, we recommend resources to help you consider ways to promote academic integrity in your courses, whether you choose to encourage or discourage the use of AI.

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    Jess Taggart
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    Learning Technologies

    What Are Ethical Considerations for AI?

    What should you, your colleagues, and your students be mindful of as you engage with generative AI like ChatGPT? This collection provides an overview of a variety of ethical considerations for AI.

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    Jess Taggart
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    Course and Assignment Design

    Ethically Integrating AI Into Your Courses

    This collection of resources offers insights on fostering responsible AI integration into your course, while emphasizing the importance of communication and upholding academic integrity in the evolving landscape of AI in education.

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    Maggie Nunley, Meridith Wolnick
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    Learners and Learning

    Accessibility and AI

    This collection explores the intersection of AI and accessibility, highlighting how AI can both support and pose challenges to students with disabilities. It offers practical insights, strategies, and tools for fostering inclusive, accessible learning environments.

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    Katie Bertel
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    Learning Technologies

    Explore the World of AI Media and Non-Textual Tools

    Discover the capabilities of generative AI in shaping visual and auditory content and how to integrate generative media production into your classroom with essential tools and resources. Then explore the ethical and societal implications specific to AI media and addressing these topics in class.

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    Josh Thorud
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    Creating Assessments with AI

    This collection highlights how AI and ChatGPT can be used to develop classroom assessments. The resources provide suggestions for using AI to develop (1) low-stakes formative assessments for gauging learning, and (2) summative assessments used for evaluating students' mastery of course content.

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    Michelle Hock
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    Course and Assignment Design

    Navigating the AI-Driven Writing Classroom

    Generative AI (GenAI) is already changing the landscape of writing courses in multiple ways. The following resources collectively advocate for a thoughtful integration of GenAI, ensuring your students are well-equipped to harness its benefits ethically and effectively.

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    Pary Fassihi
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    Integrating AI into Assignments to Support Student Learning

    What role might generative AI play in helping students meet the learning goals we have for them? This collection features concrete examples of assignments that thoughtfully integrate AI to support student learning.

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    Derek Bruff
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    Leveraging AI in Assignments

    Assessment possibilities abound within the current generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) landscape. Here, we share resources highlighting how you might lean into GenAI and leverage it in your assignments.

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    Jess Taggart
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    Course and Assignment Design

    Writing Assignments and Generative AI

    Writing is at the core of every discipline and profession. Generative AI stands to redefine how we write and what counts as writing, while also challenging how we teach, assign, and assess writing. The following resources provide suggestions for any instructor who assigns writing in their courses.

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    T. Kenny Fountain, Heidi Nobles
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    UVA SEAS Resources: Teaching GenAI for Engineering Design and Analysis

    This collection compiles course materials developed by UVA School of Engineering and Applied Sciences faculty to teach students how to use generative AI for engineering design and analysis. Any examples of student work are shared with students' permission.

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    Jeff Saucerman, Leyf Starling
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    Generative AI in World Languages

    Generative AI presents both opportunities and challenges for language teaching and learning. Explore our recommended resources on ChatGPT's potential and learn useful tips for integrating AI in language instruction.

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    ChatGPT in Technical Courses

    ChatGPT can write code and provide instant, detailed explanations of complex topics, enhancing students' understanding and learning experience. Here, we offer resources pertaining to the integration of GenAI in teaching technical courses such as statistics, computer programming, and data science.

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    Jingjing Li, Reza Mousavi
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    Instructional Practices

    Generative AI in Statistics

    Generative AI can both help and hinder instructors and students of statistics. This collection presents a framework for considering how we might use AI in classroom activities, a call for healthy skepticism, and examples of using AI to start and iterate on a programming task.

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    Rich Ross
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    Learning Technologies

    Generative AI in Business

    Here you'll find a collection of the resources we've been sharing at UVA Darden School of Business to learn more about generative AI (GenAI) and its impact on our MBA curriculum and instruction.

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    Joanne Meier
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    Course and Assignment Design

    Generative AI in Nursing

    Generative AI can provide nursing educators with customized simulations and scenario-based learning activities that mimic the unpredictability of actual clinical environments, enhancing students' practical skills. Here, we recommend resources to help nursing educators use generative AI.

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    Kim Acquaviva
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    Programming AI to Your Advantage

    This collection offers advice to deepen your understanding of AI and program it to your advantage. It features a variety of resources to help you develop and apply more advanced AI skills, from ChatGPT Plus, Medium, and DeepLearning.AI to OpenAI Playground, OpenAI API Reference, and Hugging Face.

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