Faculty and Instructors

Faculty and instructors are encouraged to explore the evolving landscape of generative AI and its implications for teaching. To support this, below are several resources and upcoming events designed to guide your use of AI in your pedagogy.

Guidance

• Generative Artificial Intelligence Guidance: When using generative AI tools, members of the University community must also consider issues related to information security, privacy, compliance, and academic integrity.
• Generative AI Tool Review: If you use an AI service, it is your responsibility to review the accuracy and ownership of AI-generated content. Please complete thisform before acquiring or using any generative AI technology tools, add-ons, or modules with University confidential data, even if they are free.
• How to Think About Generative AI in Your Teaching: Academic Technology Solutions (ATS) created a starting guide with background on generative AI tools, strategies for integrating them in the classroom, and policies for their use.
• Academic Technology Solutions Blog Posts on Artificial Intelligence: ATS has drafted several blog posts on the use of artificial intelligence in teaching. Topics include hallucinations, different lenses for looking at AI, and prompt templates.
• Generative Artificial Intelligence and Assignment Design: This three part series on generative AI explores strategies for integrating and managing AI in academic settings.
• Generative Artificial Intelligence and Assignment Design: (ATS) Part one discusses strategies for the use of AI in creating assignments.
• Strategies for Designing AI-Resistant Assignments: (ATS) Part two explores strategies to discourage AI and increase student motivation to do the work without AI assistance.
• Strategies for Leveraging GAI in Course Assignments: (ATS) Part three examines modeling appropriate and thoughtful use of Generative Artificial Intelligence tools to offer students examples of effective and ethical usage.
• Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning (CCTL) AI Resources: CCTL is available to provide guidance on the teaching and learning implications of generative AI for anyone in an instructional role at the University - faculty, instructional professors, graduate student instructors.
• Artificial Intelligence and Education Working Group Report: President Alivisatos and Provost Baicker convened the Artificial Intelligence and Education Working Group at UChicago, charging them with supporting faculty in navigating and developing the role of AI in teaching and pedagogy in undergraduate and graduate education and its effects on the University’s educational mission. Their findings and recommendations are summarized in this report.

Support

• Academic Technology Solutions: ATS offers support from instructional design to multimedia development, to AV needs in the classroom. ATS has workshops on generative AI and offers consultations for individual requests.
• Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning: CCTL provides several modes for engagement, from one-on-one consultations to workshops and reading groups, to year-long pedagogical communities organized around particular issues, including generative AI.
• For support with University generative AI tools, submit a request on the Services Portal or call 773.702.5800 for immediate assistance.