UCI Digital Learning Lab launching AI in higher education course | New University

UCI Digital Learning Lab launching AI in higher education course FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Photo by Xinbo Gao / Staff By City News Writer March 3, 2026 The UCI Digital Learning Lab (DLL) and UCI School of Education will launch an Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Higher Education course for instructors starting in summer 2026. The online course will be delivered synchronously over Zoom, tailored for higher education faculty, lecturers and supporting staff. The course aims to enhance AI literacy in the college classroom by providing a “foundational understanding of generative AI.” According to the course description, instructors who have finished the course should be able to explain and responsibly teach important AI concepts and ethical issues, critically evaluate the use of AI tools in their classes, use AI tools to support their own teaching, and “create an AI-infused lesson tailored to their own students and subject area.”  Tamara Tate — associate director of the DLL — spoke with New University about the course and the utilization of AI as a learning tool.  “There are ways to use [AI] that can make sense and not hinder your ability to know what to do,” Tate told New University. “And so we’ve learned, and are learning and are evolving, that there’s sort of a process or a set of habits that seems to help keep the humans in charge and the learning in charge.” Tate discussed how the course would encourage instructors to be clearer about their assignments — especially o...