AI Integration

Innovating Curriculum and Instruction

This collaborative approach in the sequence below advances teaching and student learning by reinforcing faculty partnership, practical support, open-minded innovation, accessibility, and continuous improvement focused on student success.

DESIGN → ENGAGE → INNOVATE → INCLUDE → IMPROVE

DESIGN
ALIGN OUTCOMES, LEARNING ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS, AND WORKFORCE EXPECTATIONS.

What should students know and be able to do, and are my learning activities and assessments aligned with those outcomes?
- Resources
  - Distance Education Faculty Handbook
  - EDUCAUSE OER
- Trainings
  - eLearning: Principles of Good Practice
  - eLearning: Getting Started in Canvas
  - eLearning: Hybrid Course Design
  - eLearning: Making Sense of Copyright
  - eLearning: Designing and Teaching Online
ENGAGE
USE ACTIVE, COLLABORATIVE, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING.

How can I move students from receiving information to actively using, discussing, applying, and creating with it?
- Resources
  - AAC&U - High Impact Practices
- Trainings
  - eLearning: Regular and Substantive Interaction
  - eLearning: Student Engagement
INNOVATE
THOUGHTFULLY INTEGRATE NEW APPROACHES TO STRENGTHEN LEARNING.

Where could AI or other instructional technology meaningfully improve learning rather than simply add another tool to my course?
- Resources
  - DMC Initial Guidelines for GenAI Tools
  - AI Tools for Detection, Research and Writing
  - DMC GenAI Tools Comparison
    - Microsoft Copilot (Requires DMC sign-on)
    - OpenAI ChatGPT (Contact DMC IT regarding paid plan licensing)
    - Adobe Firefly (Image-Based Tools Contact IT for access)
- Trainings
  - eLearning: AI Essentials for Educators
INCLUDE
APPLY UDL AND WCAG 2.1AA ACCESSIBILITY PRINCIPLES TO REACH ALL LEARNERS.

Can every student perceive, navigate, understand, and participate meaningfully in this learning experience?
- Resources
- Trainings
  - eLearning: Basics of Universal Design
IMPROVE
USE STUDENT FEEDBACK AND ASSESSMENT RESULTS TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE THE COURSE.

What evidence tells me this is working, and what should I change the next time I teach the course?
Course Review Resources
- Pre-Submission Course Review Checklist
- Rubric Criteria and Considerations

Page last updated November 3, 2026.

AI Integration

AI Integration

Innovating Curriculum and Instruction

DESIGN → ENGAGE → INNOVATE → INCLUDE → IMPROVE

DESIGN

ALIGN OUTCOMES, LEARNING ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS, AND WORKFORCE EXPECTATIONS.

ENGAGE

USE ACTIVE, COLLABORATIVE, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING.

INNOVATE

THOUGHTFULLY INTEGRATE NEW APPROACHES TO STRENGTHEN LEARNING.

INCLUDE

APPLY UDL AND WCAG 2.1AA ACCESSIBILITY PRINCIPLES TO REACH ALL LEARNERS.

IMPROVE

USE STUDENT FEEDBACK AND ASSESSMENT RESULTS TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE THE COURSE.