Construction Kit for Faculty AI Resources
Three tools to engage faculty with AI in their curricular and teaching practice
AI is rapidly changing what students want from their institutions and what employers need from graduates. 81% of the class of 2027 say their institution should be preparing them with AI skills, and nearly two in three business leaders say they wouldn’t hire someone without AI skills. To remain credible and competitive, institutions must revitalize their pedagogy and curriculum to account for the opportunities and consequences of AI. This includes but is not limited to generative AI (GenAI).
Neither pedagogical nor curricular change can happen without faculty. Institutions need faculty to be AI literate and engage students with AI tools to promote learning. Many institutions have revised their academic integrity policies for students and offered opportunities for faculty to learn about AI. However, despite these efforts, most faculty have made little progress on incorporating AI into their curricular or teaching practice.
From AI skeptic to AI educator
Provosts have the responsibility to push (not shove) faculty to make progress on AI and create the conditions for agile and AI-engaged faculty. They can do this by promoting messaging and sharing resources that help faculty get past the most difficult hurdles to move from AI skeptics to AI educators.
This toolkit is designed to help academic leaders jumpstart faculty engagement with AI in teaching with:
- Language to respond to common faculty questions and concerns about AI
- Checklists for clear guidelines around faculty and students’ AI use of AI in teaching and learning
- Resources for faculty to answer their most pressing questions about AI
Explore the three tools in EAB’s Faculty AI Resource Repository Construction Toolkit below to engage faculty with AI in their curricular and teaching practice, or download the full toolkit.
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Tool 1: Faculty Conversation Guide
This tool helps academic leaders like provosts, deans, and academic AI strategists address common faculty misconceptions and frequently asked questions about AI tools. By using this conversation guide, you will share talking points that can help faculty overcome common barriers to incorporating AI into teaching.
Use this resource if you have not explicitly told faculty that you support integrating AI into teaching or you are looking to strengthen your existing messaging about AI.
Tool 2: Classroom AI Guidelines Checklist
This tool helps academic leaders and AI working groups develop academic affairs recommendations to guide faculty and students’ use of AI tools. By using this checklist, leaders can encourage responsible and appropriate use of AI tools (for themselves and their students) in teaching and learning contexts.
Tool 3: Faculty AI Resource Repository Builder
This tool helps academic leaders connect faculty and instructors with free resources to address questions about AI pedagogy and curriculum that pose common barriers to incorporating AI into teaching.
Many institutions have spent considerable time developing faculty resource repositories hosted on their website. By sharing this template with faculty (with your institutional information filled out), you will save time on sourcing resources yourself and make sure that resources shared online are actionable for faculty.
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