Fostering AI Literacy for Students and Ourselves

As GenAI reshapes how students learn, are you ready to help them navigate those changes? What are essential AI literacy competencies that we want to cultivate in students—and ourselves?

This learning community is grounded in an AI literacy framework developed specifically for higher education instructors and utilizes the open educational resource (OER), Fostering AI Literacy: A Guide for Educators in Higher Education, designed to help instructors foster AI literacy in their courses (regardless of whether students ultimately use AI in their classroom). The OER outlines essential AI competencies for instructors and students and features interactive content, specific classroom examples, reflection questions, and hands-on activities.

Throughout the semester, we will explore practical strategies for integrating AI literacy into course design and identify approaches to foster equitable and inclusive learning environments where student learning is the priority. Through collaborative learning, reflection, and practical application, this learning community is designed to help you develop your own AI literacy and then make intentional, informed course design decisions that can in turn cultivate students’ AI literacy. If you are interested in adapting your teaching in response to GenAI, this community will give you the space to explore, experiment, and learn.

Intended Outcomes

As part of this community, you will:

• Identify and describe core elements of AI literacy for students and yourselves

• Explore concrete, flexible strategies for fostering students’ critical engagement with AI

• Design or adapt one or more aspects of your course to help students think critically and ethically about AI

• Collaborate with colleagues navigating similar questions about AI in teaching and learning

Expectations

You are expected to commit to attending at least four of the five sessions and completing up to 1 hour of assigned learning content in advance of each meeting to enable full engagement in discussions and hands-on activities.

Eligibility

Any instructor interested in AI literacy is encouraged to register, including full-time and part-time faculty (tenured/tenure-track, AGF), staff, postdocs, and graduate students. No prior experience with GenAI is required, and you do not need to plan on using GenAI in your class to participate.

Deadline

Please register by Friday, September 4, 2026.