Advances in generative AI tools like Copilot and ChatGPT are rapidly transforming teaching and learning.
Ohio State is leading the way with a bold initiative to embed AI across the curriculum. Launching in autumn 2025 first-year students, the AI Fluency initiative will ensure that every Ohio State graduate will be fluent in AI by the time they graduate, beginning with the class of 2029.
Teaching and Learning Considerations for Gen AI:
A Team-Based Approach
How to effectively and ethically engage with AI tools is one of many key questions facing Ohio State educators. Given the fast-evolving nature of Generative AI, no single office can tackle all related instructional challenges. Fortunately, various university departments have embraced a collaborative approach, significantly contributing to the guidance and resources available. Resources listed here are available from a diverse group of collaborators that has come together to offer both centralized and distributed support to educators as they navigate the impact of AI on teaching and learning.
Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning
The Drake Institute offers expanded guidance on AI in teaching. Instructors can attend workshops on AI-infused course design, assignments, and prompting, or request a consultation to explore evidence-informed approaches.
Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing
The Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing (CSTW) helps instructors explore reading, speaking, and writing in the context of Generative AI—skills that are essential for engagement in academic, professional, and public spheres
Committee on Academic Misconduct (COAM)
The Committee on Academic Misconduct upholds academic integrity at Ohio State by investigating alleged student misconduct. COAM also guides instructors on handling potential academic misconduct related to Generative AI.
The Teaching and Learning Resource Center
The Teaching and Learning Resource Center (TLRC) is a virtual hub of resources for Ohio State educators. Below are key TLRC resources offering guidance on teaching with AI.
- AI Considerations for Teaching and Learning are outlined in this article to help instructors adapt and integrate AI. Resources focus on the intersection of AI technology and education, the concerns it raises, and the strategies for its effective use.
- AI Syllabus Statements is a practical guide to support you as you reflect on potential uses for GenAI in your course and to enable you to craft a syllabus statement in accordance with your expectations.
- AI Teaching Strategies: Having Conversations with Students addresses some of the concerns around the educational uses of AI and provides concrete suggestions for how to openly and effectively discuss AI with your students.
- AI Teaching Strategies: Transparent Assignment Design offers practical guidance for instructors to incorporate AI into their courses and emphasizes the importance of transparent communication with students about the use of AI for course assignments. Instructors integrating generative AI into assignments should guide students on how to acknowledge its use, either by following field-specific citation formats or using MLA and APA guidelines.
In addition to online resources, instructional support staff in the academic units work with instructors to consider the integration of educational technology, teaching strategies, and Gen AI into their courses.
University Libraries’ Teaching and Learning Department
University Libraries’ Teaching and Learning Department supports instructors in exploring how generative AI intersects with information literacy and research. They offer guidance on using AI tools in teaching, course design, and assignments, and how students may use AI in research and learning. Past AI workshops have included: