Teaching and Generative AI Pathway

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Overview

Given the increased accessibility and rapid evolution of generative artificial intelligence, the development of basic literacy in the technologies is important for all instructors and students at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. As such technologies become even more pervasive, creating course and assignment guidelines and assessments that consider the influence of such tools will continue to be critical.

We are offering all instructors at Rutgers University-New Brunswick the opportunity to start wherever they are in their learning journeys in teaching with generative artificial intelligence and participate in a new pathway program that has several milestones described below.

Please note that this initiative is for instructors who are integrating GenAI tools into their teaching as well as those who are employing teaching approaches that are not focused on AI detection but other creative ways to keep learning at the focus. In addition to full-time teaching faculty, graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and lecturers are welcome to participate in this pathway. 

What are benefits to participating in this pathway?

We have heard a lot of interest from instructors wanting to learn more about GenAI. This pathway provides a systematic approach to allow the achievement of these goals and to support instruction. Instructors are encouraged to document, share, and celebrate their engagement in, and achievement of, the milestones of this pathway. We will also feature instructors and their milestones.

What are the four milestones?

• Foundational Knowledge – Learning about the tools and their limitations and opportunities in learning environments
• Implementation – Designing or redesigning an assignment in the face of GenAI
• Assessment of Impact – Understanding how an assignment revision influences student learning
• Ongoing Learning – Continued engagement in professional development on teaching and GenAI

How do instructors complete the milestones?

Acknowledging various communities of expertise and opportunities, instructors can achieve each milestone by engaging in professional development both within Rutgers or outside as long as it aligns with the competencies below. They will submit reflections and documentation through a separate Canvas site. Any engagements from May 2024 onward can count towards this pathway.

All instructors who engage with our programming around GenAI will be added to a Canvas site that will allow them to submit their reflections and documentation. Initiatives facilitated by colleagues within the Rutgers University-New Brunswick community will be noted below and updated as new initiatives are launched. Instructors should reach out to teachinginstitute@rutgers.edu to be added to the Canvas site if they engaging in other professional development or initiatives to participate in this pathway.

What are the competencies for each milestone?

Foundational Knowledge

• Competency 1: Understand how GenAI technologies (e.g. ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude) work and their possibilities and limitations in teaching and learning environments. 
• Competency 2: Develop guidelines that address student usage of GenAI in ways that foster the achievement of learning outcomes.
• Competency 3: Foster students’ GenAI literacy, including their knowledge of ethical and responsible usage, tool capabilities, limitations, and applications within the discipline. 

Implementation

• Competency 4: Develop and implement a major course assignment that addresses student usage of GenAI in ways that foster the achievement of learning outcomes. 

Assessment of Learning

• Competency 5: Measure the impact of a major course assignment design or redesign in the face of GenAI on student achievement of learning outcomes. 

Ongoing Learning

• Complete the other milestones plus additional initiatives that address two of competencies 1-5.