Teaching in the AI Landscape
The pedagogical implications of AI continue to evolve as these tools and technologies develop, and as instructors and students learn more about them. Informing our pedagogical decisions are a host of considerations related to the opportunities—and risks—of AI tools for promoting student learning, equity of access to various tools, legal and privacy issues, and more. Join the Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning (CCTL), Academic Technology Solutions (ATS), and the Library for a series of conversations and presentations over a day and a half as we take stock of the current pedagogical landscape as shaped by AI.
Wednesday, Sept. 10 - Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 | Regenstein 122
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The aims of this program are to provide faculty and instructors:
- Up-to-date, teaching-relevant information about AI tools
- A pedagogical framework to inform their decisions on how to approach teaching in this context
- A space and structure to receive feedback on syllabi, assignments, policies, and other aspects of teaching potentially affected by AI tools
This program will draw on and feature the insights of UChicago faculty and instructors who have been thinking through and experimenting with various approaches to AI tools, from constructive integration to thoughtful restriction of their use in a variety of teaching and learning contexts.
Topics will include:
- A teaching-focused primer on AI tools
- Pedagogical considerations for the AI landscape
- Approaches to AI from UChicago instructors (panel discussion)
- Using AI to support student learning
- Designing AI-resistant assignments
- Academic integrity issues
- Communication and syllabus policy language
Faculty and instructors from across the University are welcome to attend all or part of the program.
Schedule
| WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 10 | |
| Time | Session Title |
| 8:30AM |
Check-In Opens Coffee, tea, and pastries will be served. |
| 9:00AM | Welcome: Framing the Landscape |
| 9:15AM | What is AI and How Does It Work? |
| 10:30AM | Break |
| 10:40AM | Pedagogical Considerations for the AI Landscape |
| 11:30AM |
Break & Pick-Up Lunch Box lunches will be served. |
| 11:45AM | Report from the AI in Education Working Group |
| 12:45PM | Break |
| 1:00PM | Legal, Privacy, and Ethical Issues |
| 2:30PM | Break |
| 2:40PM | Information Literacy and AI |
| 3:40PM | Conclusion of Day 1 |
| THURSDAY, SEPT. 11 | |
| 8:30AM |
Check-In Opens Coffee, tea, and pastries will be served. |
| 9:00AM | AI Tools for the Classroom |
| 9:30AM | Break |
| 9:40AM | Designing AI-Aware Assignments |
| 11:10AM | Break |
| 11:20AM | Academic Integrity Issues |
| 12:10PM | Conclusion of Day 2 |
Teaching in the AI Landscape Canvas Course
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The Teaching in the AI Landscape Canvas site provides a concise, asynchronous overview of the key information and ideas presented at the annual September event. This open-enrollment Canvas site is the product of an ongoing collaboration across Academic Technology Solutions (ATS), the Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning (CCTL), and the Library to provide, in one place, a set of ideas and resources to support faculty and instructors in thinking through the teaching and learning implications of artificial intelligence.