Generative AI in the Classroom

Learning Services has been hosting bi-weekly Generative AI Experimentation and Research Drop-In sessions, where we come together to explore emerging tools, share relevant articles, and exchange insights from our ongoing work. These sessions are designed to create a collaborative space for learning, experimentation, and discussion around the evolving role of GenAI in teaching and learning.

Resources

Instituitional Tools & Guidance

Resources for faculty, students, staff and researchers: A comprehensive array of tools and methods for Generative AI used by faculty, students, staff, and researchers at UBC.
The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) at UBC has published guidelines and recommendations surrounding AI and Assessments.
Generative AI Studio Deep Dives: A series of recorded, hour-long sessions that explore specific GenAI topics in teaching and learning, building faculty knowledge and skills progressively.
An archive of recorded videos highlighting events, including the use of GenAI, hosted by CTLT Events.
Incubator at LTIC: Supports the development of AI projects at UBC, particularly initiatives connected to Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) projects.

Teaching & Assessment Practices

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University – Getting Started with AI: A faculty training course that guides instructors in developing course-specific AI policies and designing scaffolded, AI-integrated learning activities and assessments ready for immediate classroom use.
The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology at UBC has published guidelines and recommendations surrounding AI and Assessments.
PRACTICE WHAT MATTERS: Use AI tools with curiosity and caution. VCC Digital Learning for Innovative Teaching has posted a collection of 8 short activites to assist with genAI in teaching.
Published by MacEwan University, Generative Artificial Intelligence in Your Class: Recommended Practices.
Prompt Library — More Useful Things: AI Resources. Use this to have ready made prompts for student assignments or Instructor Aids.
LUDIA and https://poe.com/Iudia – An AI tool that supports course design through UDL principles, helping instructors identify and remove barriers to learning.
AI & OER Community Hub: A community resource supporting AI use in creating and adapting Open Educational Resources, with curated collections on AI literacy, accessibility, and broader applications.

Ethics & Responsible AI Use

Duke|Centre for Teaching and Learning launched an AI Ethics Learning Toolkit to help their instructors engage students in critical conversations about AI across disciplines
A student-led initiative from the University of Leeds has set-up an open Pressbook project to explore the current landscape of how students use GenAI to support their studies in Learning with AI.
Octavia Cayenne Pepper – Settler Responsibilities: A reflective AI tool designed to support non-Indigenous users in engaging with discomfort, recognizing complicity, and building capacity for reconciliation-focused learning

Privacy & Risk

Privacy and risk management: An overview of the Privacy Impact Assessment status for Generative AI use at UBC, including tools under evaluation and additional articles on risk managment.

Student Perspectives & Trends

CBC News article by Jessica Wong, “More young Canadians are tapping AI for learning, even when concerned about it.”
A student-led initiative from the University of Leeds has set-up an open Pressbook project to explore the current landscape of how students use GenAI to support their studies in Learning with AI.
Better Images of AI: An image library and generator designed to move beyond stereotypical AI imagery by offering more thoughtful, accurate, and inclusive visual representations of artificial intelligence.

Getting Help

Schedule a one-on-one teaching & engagement strategies consultation with Learning Services at your convenience by emailing help@sauder.ubc.ca.