AI Faculty Initiatives

AI Literacy for All is a practical educational initiative designed to help faculty and students develop the knowledge, judgment, and practical skills needed to engage with generative AI responsibly, ethically, and effectively in teaching and learning.

Rather than focusing solely on AI tools, the initiative emphasizes AI literacy through understanding how AI works, evaluating when and how AI should be used, and applying AI in ways that support learning while maintaining human judgment, transparency, and academic integrity.

The initiative includes two complementary guides:

The Faculty Guide is a self-paced professional learning microcredential that supports educators in developing their own AI literacy while exploring practical strategies for supporting student AI literacy and integrating AI considerations into teaching and learning.

The guide moves through understanding generative AI, evaluating AI use in different learning contexts, communicating expectations and supporting students, exploring AI tools for teaching and learning, and applying AI literacy through practical classroom strategies and resources.

The Faculty Guide is aligned with the Acquire level of UNESCO's AI Competency Framework for Teachers (2024), which focuses on foundational AI literacy for educators across human-centred approaches, ethics of AI, AI foundations and applications, AI pedagogy, and professional learning.

The estimated completion time is approximately 4 hours. George Brown Polytechnic faculty who successfully complete the microcredential receive a digital badge from MyCred.

A Practical Guide for Students is an adaptable student-facing resource designed to help learners develop responsible AI literacy within their academic work.

Building on selected Creative Commons open educational resources, the guide has been adapted, expanded, and contextualized for George Brown Polytechnic through new learning activities, interactive scenarios, practical examples, reflection opportunities, and student-focused resources.

Together, the two guides create a faculty-to-student approach in which educators can develop their own understanding and then select, adapt, and integrate student-facing AI literacy resources within their courses.

AI Literacy for All launches through George Brown Polytechnic's Teaching and Learning Exchange (TLX). The AI Faculty Guide is a self-paced resource with an estimated completion time of approximately 4 hours and is available to George Brown Polytechnic faculty through the institution's learning environment.

My Contribution

I contribute to the design and development of AI Literacy for All, including faculty professional learning, interactive learning activities, student-facing resources, and practical approaches for translating AI literacy into teaching practice. I also serve as an instructor and facilitator for the Faculty Guide, supporting participants through questions and discussion and facilitating Q&A/Ask Me Anything sessions connected to the microcredential.

As part of the initiative's professional learning support, I also co-facilitate Introducing AI in the Classroom: What Makes Sense for Learning?, an interactive faculty session focused on where AI may or may not support learning, communicating clear AI expectations, co-creation with AI, and maintaining human judgment in teaching practice.