Teaching with AI
Empowering instructors to design engaging, ethical, and AI-ready learning experiences.
Artificial intelligence is changing how students learn and how instructors teach. This hub provides practical guidance, proven strategies, and Nebraska-specific resources to help you confidently integrate AI into your courses while maintaining academic rigor and student success.
Why Teach with AI?
AI should not replace teaching.
It should help instructors spend less time on repetitive tasks and more time mentoring, engaging students, designing authentic learning experiences, and providing meaningful feedback.
AI Across the Teaching Workflow
Before Class
AI can help instructors:
Brainstorm learning objectives
Create lesson plans
Generate lecture outlines
Develop quizzes
Prepare discussion questions
Create visual explanations
Build laboratory activities
During Class
AI can support:
Live demonstrations
Brainstorming
Student discussions
Case studies
Interactive polling
Coding assistance
Group activities
After Class
AI can assist with:
Feedback generation
Rubric development
Assignment summaries
Common misconception analysis
Office-hour preparation
Reflection activities
AI Course Design Framework
Five-step process. Each expands as below.
Learning Outcomes
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AI Policy
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Assignment Design
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Assessment Strategy
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Student AI Literacy
Learning Outcomes
What should students learn that AI cannot simply produce?
AI Policy
Define acceptable AI use
Assignment Design | |
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Traditional Assignment | AI-Ready Version |
Write an essay | Write, critique AI output, revise, and reflect |
Solve homework | Explain reasoning, compare methods, justify choices |
Programming assignment | Design, debug, optimize, and document AI-assisted code |
Literature review | Compare AI-generated synthesis with scholarly sources |
Presentation | Use AI for preparation, then defend decisions orally |
Assessment Strategy
Oral examinations
Design reviews
Project-based learning
Reflection journals
Peer evaluation
Studio critiques
Process documentation
Live demonstrations
AI Literacy
Teach students how to use AI responsibly.