March 10, 2025

Promoting Student Confidence, Critical Thinking, and “Task Stewardship” with AI

Reading Time: 5 minutesDevelop students’ critical thinking by building their self-confidence and promoting “task stewardship” with generative AI.

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February 26, 2025

Email Templates Responding to Suspected Student Use of AI 

Reading Time: 5 minutesIn this post, we will explore three scenarios in which you may need to contact students by email to express concern about suspected inappropriate AI use in an assignment. The email templates below chart a scaffolded approach, moving from 1) an expression of concern regarding the suspected use of AI, to 2) informing the student you will be filing an...

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February 18, 2025

8 Ways to Guide Students on the Potential Pitfalls of AI

Reading Time: 8 minutesReview reasons why students might use AI in spite of its restrictions, and explore different ways to help students avoid AI pitfalls they may encounter with AI (mis)use.

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February 11, 2025

Use Mini-Scenarios to Talk to Students About AI

Reading Time: 5 minutesCustomize a mini-scenario that can be used to discuss with students academic integrity and the appropriate and ethical AI use for course work and assignments.

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January 3, 2025

Starter Slide Decks for Talking About AI With Students

Reading Time: 2 minutesDownload 3 starter PowerPoint starter slide decks for ideas to adapt as you talk to your students about AI and your course expectations.

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December 19, 2024

Generative AI Guidebook for Teaching

Reading Time: < 1 minuteVisit the GenAI Guidebook for Teaching, a digital resource to aid faculty with AI adoption in teaching, learning, assessment, and research on teaching.

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December 10, 2024

AI Savvy Rubrics for Writing Assignments

Reading Time: 4 minutesConsiderations for designing and updating rubrics to reflect AI use permissions and a repository of examples of analytic and checklist rubric items

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December 3, 2024

Critical Thinking with AI: 3 Approaches 

Reading Time: 8 minutesThree “worked example” strategies to help students practice critical thinking using AI in the classroom.

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November 6, 2024

Using GenAI as a Learning Partner in Class 

Reading Time: 5 minutesDorina Grossu shares her approach to using genAI for inquiry-based learning and ideas for faculty who wish to bring AI to active learning in the classroom.

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October 18, 2024

A Spectrum of Student AI Use in Classroom Learning Tasks

Reading Time: 5 minutesAn job aid that describes five types of learning tasks that can be completed with AI and three different approaches to using AI for each type of task.

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October 1, 2024

Smart Solutions: Authentic Assessment for GenAI-Era Academic Integrity

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe rise of generative Artificial Intelligence (genAI) in education has brought significant benefits, but it sometimes poses challenges to academic integrity. Traditional assessments are increasingly vulnerable to misuse of GenAI tools, which can generate human-like responses to various tasks. Authentic assessment, however, offers a promising solution to this problem by focusing on real-world applications, critical thinking skills, problem-solving, and the...

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September 26, 2024

STEM, AI, and You

Reading Time: 5 minutesWhere are you in your journey to bring the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into your STEM-related teaching? And how will AI impact your teaching and your students’ learning if it has not already done so?  Helping students understanding how to use AI so that it works with them and not for them will be an important skill to learn...

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September 4, 2024

Faculty Ideas for Teaching with the GenAI Toolkit

Reading Time: 6 minutesGet some ideas for using the Generative AI Toolkit for Students in active learning ideas, suggested by faculty.

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July 31, 2024

Why Using Generative Artificial Intelligence Models for Grading High-Stakes Assessments is Problematic

Reading Time: 5 minutesGenerative artificial intelligence has undoubtedly proven to be a useful tool in education, especially in supporting teachers and students in the teaching and learning process (Baidoo-Anu & Owusu Ansah, 2023). Recognizing the valuable role of GenAI in enhancing learning, many educational institutions, including Conestoga College, have started exploring ways to ensure safe, responsible and ethical use of GenAI in promoting...

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July 18, 2024

Getting Started with Copilot in Your Class

Reading Time: 6 minutesWhy get started with Copilot in your class? Exposure helps students get better at using Copilot and other generative AI chatbot tools. It also helps students to be more aware of the limitations and risks of using AI. This exposure prepares them to use AI wisely not only in your course but also in their future careers. Reminders for Getting...

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