To integrate generative AI across the curriculum, higher education institutions must find meaningful connections between students’ day-to-day academic work, their learning outcomes, and the growing demand for AI literacy everywhere.

This on-demand session explores ways to do that work from the perspectives of both education and industry. Our featured panelists reflected on what measurable skills and learning experiences students need in order to face the future classroom and an uncertain future of work.

They also offered insights into what employers and academic institutions are looking for in terms of integrated approaches to generative AI across the curriculum.

Our speakers shared:

• How innovative institutions in North America approach curricular transformation and career readiness in the age of generative AI
• Strategies to thoughtfully and equitably invite all students to develop AI literacy through learning outcomes shared by all disciplines
• The growing expectations industry stakeholders have for college graduates transitioning to or upskilling in the workforce

To ensure that our students become critical, ethical, and agile users of generative AI, we need to integrate it into courses in every discipline. In this session, four faculty members shared a dozen successful classroom exercises and lesson plans that engage students and help build transferable skills like creativity and collaboration.

Our speakers shared:

• Practical day-to-day approaches to integrating generative AI in ways that promote student learning outcomes
• Pedagogical principles behind the lesson plans and exercises

After years in learning environments that couldn't accommodate creative, unstructured, exploratory, or even hands-on learning experiences, many of today's college students arrive on campus with a hyper-focus on checklists and grades.

In this session, Indiana University's Professor Justin Hodgson shared how educators can build more meaningful learning experiences — even failure-friendly experiences — that focus on the joy of discovery and integrating digital fluency into the classroom. 

Our speakers shared:

• How to shift rote coursework to approaches like “ungrading” that prioritize conversations and the development of skills including creative problem-solving, critical thinking, and collaboration
• How to drive engagement with creative projects that challenge students to show what they know
• How students can use Adobe Express and Firefly to craft media they’ll be proud to share while becoming critical, ethical, and agile users of AI

At the start of the 2023-2024 school year, thought leaders from four campuses visited the Adobe Digital Literacy Café to share how they established initial guidelines around the use of generative AI in academics. One year later, three schools have gathered and shared how they have evolved their approaches to responsibly integrating the technology across the curriculum — as well as one EDUCAUSE researcher who recently coauthored a report on AI integration in the education sector. 

Our speakers shared:

• How they’ve been working to ensure that their students and faculty can benefit from game-changing technology while maintaining academic integrity
• How their new policies and guidelines are designed to help students develop in-demand career skills
• Access to reports, projects, and other materials they’re creating related to generative AI policies and guidelines