Teaching with AI Reading Group

“Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we learn, work, and think. Its integration into classrooms and workplaces is already underway, prompting ideas about creativity, authorship, and education.” Bowen & Watson, 2023

If you’re curious about AI and its impact on education, we invite you to join us this winter on Thursdays at 11:00 am (beginning January 16) as we read and discuss José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson’s Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning.

This reading group, hosted by UO Online and TEP, will provide a space for conversation and idea sharing around using AI as an educational tool. In particular, we will discuss how AI might support our students’ critical thinking skills and information literacy. 

This reading group will be hosted on Zoom and is open to the entire UO community. The text is available as an e-book through UO Libraries. (Must be logged in.)

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Meeting Details

Thursdays at 11:00 a.m. | Zoom Meeting link

Questions? Please contact Marla Wirrick (marlaw@uoregon.edu)

Winter 2025 Tentative Reading Schedule 

Session & Dateteaching with AI Chapter and/or Additional TopicsPOTENTIAL DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Session 1

16 January

Chapter 8: Grading and (Re-)Defining Quality

Consider what quality looks like in your discipline. Now consider what AI looks like in your discipline. Does AI change quality?

  1. How can higher educations balance the need for rigorous academic standards with the diverse learning styles and backgrounds of students to identify and encourage quality work?
  2. In what ways can the integration of AI and other emerging technologies enhance or detract from the quality of student work in higher education?
  3. In what ways can the definition of educational quality be reimagined to align with the skills and competencies required in a technology-driven world? 

Session 2 

23 January

Chapter 3: AI Literacy
  1. What do you wish your students knew about AI and their education? What might your students wish you knew about AI and how they're using it?
  2. What ethical considerations should be addressed when teaching AI literacy, particularly concerning data privacy, algorithmic bias, and the potential for AI to perpetuate existing inequities? 

Session 3

30 January

Discuss the Artificial Intelligence Resource Guide on teaching.uoregon.edu
  1. Data Privacy
  2. Course Policy
  3. Teaching with GenAI (faculty examples)
  4. Academic Integrity
  5. Resources

Session 4

6 February

Chapter 7: Policies
  1. How can we balance the need for innovation and career readiness with the necessity of maintaining academic integrity in the age of AI? Possible framing: it’s all about your personal credibility! 
  2. What strategies can be implemented to ensure that AI policies promote equity and accessibility for all students, particularly those from underrepresented or disadvantaged backgrounds? 
  3. In what ways can continuous evaluation and stakeholder involvement in AI policy-making help address the ethical challenges posed by rapidly evolving AI technologies? 

Session 5

13 February

Chapter 4: Reimagining Creativity
  1. How can the integration of AI in creative processes redefine our understanding of originality and authorship in art and literature? Research? 
  2. In what ways can we balance the use of AI as a creative tool with the need to nurture students’ intrinsic creative abilities and critical thinking skills? 
  3. What ethical frameworks should be established to address the challenges posed by AI in creative fields, such as the potential for AI-generated works to infringe on human artists’ intellectual property rights?

Session 6

20 February

Chapter/Topic TBD 

Session 7

27 February

Chapter/Topic TBD 

Session 8

6 March

Chapter/Topic TBD 

Session 9

13 March

Chapter/Topic TBD