Integrating AI Literacy into GT Writing and Communication Courses

The goal of the project was to navigate the rapidly changing landscape of generative AI in the classroom.

The community of practice (CoP) engaged with scholarship and hands-on activities to explore policies, assignments, and ethical concerns. The CoP then applied those insights through pilot curricula and faculty workshops. 

Artifacts created: 

• Set of guidelines for faculty seeking to integrate AI literacy into their writing and communication courses  

• Four courses designed during the Fall CoP  

• A student survey about AI literacy and analysis of results  

• Four workshops:

• • Confronting the ‘Yes Man’: Teaching Critical Engagement with ChatGPT, developed and facilitated by Sarah Fredericks and Kelli Gill

• • AI Tools in the Classroom: Research Methods to Active Learning, developed and facilitated by Moinak Choudhury and Luke Rodewald) 

• • Generative AI and Academic Writing: Benefits, Challenges, and a Literacy Framework, developed by Moinak Choudhury and Sarah Fredericks

• • AI Refusal Holding Space for the Conscientious Objector, developed and facilitated by Kelli Gill and Luke Rodewald

1,637 students enrolled in courses taught by the 22 faculty members who participated in the Community of Practice.

This project was shared via a Celebrating Teaching Day poster and a presentation at the Conference for College Composition and Communication.