Teaching with AI @ Auburn (Canvas Course)

What is Teaching with AI @ Auburn?

Artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot and many others are forcing educators to rethink assignments, activities, courses, and questions. Some find this thrilling, others fear for the future of higher ed, their jobs, and their students' learning.

Wherever you fall on the spectrum, we all stand to benefit from learning more about these technology tools and thinking deeply and collectively about what they might mean for the courses we teach, the students we serve, and the world we are helping to shape.

The Auburn University Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning introduces a world-class, online, self-paced course: "Teaching with AI" especially designed for higher education faculty, graduates, and professional staff.

As featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed, this course is interactive (not just a bunch of videos!) and thought-provoking. This course was also awarded the 2024 Outstanding Program: Noncredit Award by the UCPEA, the online and professional education association, recognizing the course for its high quality.

Course Content

Module 1: What do I need to know about AI?

Provides an overview of key terms, a current and growing list of the AI tools available, and a high-level overview of the current conversation around AI tools in higher education.

Module 2: What do I need to rethink in terms of the Exams, Papers, or Projects I assign?

Explore meaningful strategies to mitigate, support, or elevate students' use of AI tools in activities, assignments, and assessments, and reflect on your short-term and long-term goals related to teaching in the wake of the AI disruption.

Module 3: How are students using AI tools and how can I partner with my students?

Engage with ideas, feedback, and data gathered from students about how they are using AI tools in their classes, how they are thinking about the ethical implications and their own learning, and what they hope faculty know and consider as they redesign courses, as well as how we can support students through collaboration and partnership.

Module 4: What are the ethical considerations of AI in our higher ed context and beyond?

Considers the ethical implications of using AI tools from the student, faculty, and institutional perspective. How will these tools impact academic integrity and the accreditation process for individual programs? What policies are different institutions implementing? What are the conversations about the ethical use of AI beyond higher ed?

Module 5: How do I (Re)Design Courses in the wake of the AI disruption?

Create a redesign plan that integrates what you have learned about AI tools and how you plan to implement them in your courses on a scale and timeline that fits with your professional role and responsibilities. This module includes sample syllabus statements that articulate AI policies that faculty can use or build from.