AI Essentials: Faculty Quick Start Guide
This guide provides a clear overview of what AI Essentials is, why it matters, and how faculty may choose to incorporate or promote it within their courses. The guide emphasizes that participation is entirely flexible and that faculty retain full autonomy over their course design, instructional approach, and policies regarding AI use.
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Course Integration Resources
Al Essentials is a foundational training experience designed to support the development of AI literacy at Penn State. This document is provided as a ready-to-use resource with language and activities to integrate AI Essentials into your course. Faculty are welcome to use any option as-is, adapt the language to fit their instructional voice and discipline, or set them aside entirely. Including any of these materials does not imply that AI is permitted or required in your course. Activity descriptions are provided to supplement any AI Usage Guidance Policy you include in your syllabus that aligns with your teaching approach. Assigning or including AI Essentials in your course does not equate to requiring students to use AI or allowing AI usage in your course. AI Essentials supports students in acquiring foundational AI literacy so that they can make informed and ethical decisions.
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