Information for Gen AI Resources in Teaching and Learning - Faculty
Updated Oct. 21, 2024
Navigating the vast array of Gen AI tools can be overwhelming, especially for those exploring these resources for the first time. This guide contains a selection of resources that faculty may find informative regarding Gen AI and teaching and learning, as well as its broader applications. This includes resources accessible through your VCU account, along with those that you may explore online. (This list will continue to be updated as new tools and information emerge.)
Licensed Gen AI Resources Available Through VCU
- Microsoft CoPilot (VCU license, free for all VCU staff/faculty/students)
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Adobe Express (VCU Students-- subscription included in VCU student software bundle. VCU employees-- obtain access through department.)
- https://adobe.vcu.edu/
- https://adobe.vcu.edu/access-licensing/employees/
- https://www.adobe.com/express/
- Adobe Firefly (VCU Students-- subscription included in VCU student software bundle. VCU employees-- obtain access through department.)
VCU-Based Resources and Information Regarding Gen AI
- VCU Libraries-- Generative AI
- VCU Generative AI (Gen AI) and Teaching & Learning Resource Tool
- VCU Office of the CIO Generative AI Guidelines
- VCU Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence ‘Gen AI & Teaching & Learning Series’
- A Visit with Alchemy: Using Gen AI to Empower Your Course Design
- Slide Deck
- Session recording
- Additional Gen AI webinar resources from Alchemy
- Additional Webinar recordings from Alchemy on AI in Higher Education
- Fair Images: Creating and Recognizing Bias in Gen AI Imagery
Commonly Known Gen AI Resources You May Find Useful
- Claude AI (free and premium versions)
- ChatGPT (free and premium versions)
- Dall-E (free and premium versions)
- Google Gemini (previously ‘Bard’--free and premium versions)
- Canva (free and premium versions)
Resources with a Focus on Teaching and Learning
This section is meant to provide faculty with a starting point for finding the right tool for their particular use. While ChatGPT might be a useful and powerful general purpose tool, sometimes a tool with a narrower focus can be more helpful for tasks related to teaching and learning.
- Recommendations for AI tools to help you teach
- Several tools can help you generate materials for the classroom, such as lesson plans, activity sheets, and even syllabus language. There’s an AI for That (Teaching Tools) is an AI aggregator that maintains one of the most up-to-date and comprehensive lists of AI-related tools on the internet. This collection focuses on teaching and learning tools, and includes information such as descriptions, reviews, user-friendliness, pricing, and pros and cons of each resource.
- Recommendations for teaching with AI in the classroom
- Many instructors are now integrating and experimenting with AI tools in their classrooms. Faculty are encouraged and supported in these efforts. If you are looking for a place to start, we might recommend UCF’s open educational resource, “ChatGPT Assignments to Use in Your Classroom Today” (Yee et al., 2023) which also includes useful strategies that apply across many different types of GenAI resources.
- Recommendation for critical approaches to teaching and learning with AI
- We acknowledge that the concerns of many faculty around the topic of ethics and AI, extend far beyond the classroom. Engaging with these questions about the ethical implications of these tools can be a valuable learning experience for students and faculty, alike. We recommend the AI Pedagogy Project from metaLAB (at) Harvard, which is designed for instructors looking to engage in creative but critical ways with AI in their teaching.
Resources That May Further Inform Your Evolving Journey with AI in Teaching and Learning
- The Chronicle of Higher Education (articles on the topic of Gen AI)
- Inside Higher Ed (articles on the topic of Gen AI)
- Compendium of AI Applications in Higher Education (EAB-- Education Advisory Board)
- 4 Steps Academic Leaders Must Take to Integrate AI Tools Into Pedagogy (EAB-- Education Advisory Board)
- Unlocking AI’s Potential in Higher Education (EAB-- Education Advisory Board)
- Is Math the Path to Chatbots That Don’t Make Stuff Up? (NY Times)
- From Principles to Practice: Responsible AI in Academia (Chronicle of Higher Education, content provided by Google Cloud) (Chronicle of Higher Education)
- Student Guide to AI (AAC&U and Elon University)
- AI and Higher Education webinar recording (AAC&U)
- The AI Revolution-- Transforming Higher Education for the Workforce of Tomorrow webinar recording (AAC&U)
- How Do We Maintain Academic Integrity in the ChatGPT Era? (AAC&U)
- I Quit Teaching Because of ChatGPT (Time.com)
- ChatGPT Calls for Scholarship, Not Panic (Inside Higher Ed)
- ChatGPT Guidance for the CUNY Classroom-- Graduate Center Experts Weigh in on How Professors can Reap the Benefits and Avoid the Pitfalls of ChatGPT
- I’m a Student. You Have No Idea How Much We’re Using ChatGPT. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
- ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of Writing (Psychology Today)
- Inside Higher Ed Archive of AI Articles
- The Chronicle of Higher Education Archive of Educational Tech Articles
- Don’t Use AI Detectors for Anything Important (https://aiweirdness.com)
- AI For Accessibility: Opportunities and Challenges (https://equalentry.com)
- Believe Your Assignment is AI-Immune? Let’s Put it to the Test (https://automatedteach.com)
- American Association of Colleges and Universities (https://aacu.org)
- ChatGPT Assignments to use in Your Classroom Today (https://stars.library.ucf.edu)
- There's an AI for That (https://theresanaiforthat.com)
- AI Pedagogy Project (metalab, https://mlml.io/)
- Restricting ChatGPT Use in Classes with Writing Assignments: Policies, Syllabus Statements, and Recommendations
- AI Prompts for Teaching: A Spellbook