All UA students will be automatically enrolled in a course to help build AI fluency this fall.
The UA AI Experience will be led by the Office of Teaching Innovation and Digital Education in collaboration with the UA Teaching Academy, The program aims to ensure that all students, staff and faculty are able to build AI fluency.
“The University of Alabama is setting a national standard for preparing students, faculty and staff to use AI thoughtfully and responsibly with the UA AI Experience,” said Claire Major, faculty director in the UA Teaching Academy. “As we bring our community together to approach AI with discernment, informed judgment and accountability, we are building a shared vocabulary and common expectations for appropriate use and helping define what informed and principled AI engagement looks like across higher education.”
The curriculum will teach participants how to use AI ethically, create prompts, protect data and prepare students for AI in the workplace.
A pilot course will be launched over the Summer term with limited participants. In the Fall, faculty, staff and students will be able to access the course on Blackboard.
The curriculum is all online, and will take around three hours to complete over five modules. The initiative will be continuously evaluated by OTIDE and the UA Teaching Academy.
“Artificial Intelligence is at the center of how the world is evolving. At The University of Alabama, we prepare our students for the real world unlike any other institution,” said Peter Mohler, president of The University of Alabama. “The UA AI Experience will be the catalyst for faculty and staff to continue ethical and informed AI practices and prepare our students to become principled critical thinkers in a rapidly changing global society.”
