Integrating AI into Learning & Asssessment

Please check out the Centre for Teaching and Learning's resource, Teaching and Learning in the Context of AI, to get started.

Take a moment to read an interview with the Faculty of Education's Dr. Lia Daniels' interview: Take-home Exams, AI, and the Question beneath the Question (February 2026).

For years, take-home exams were framed as an authentic alternative to tightly proctored tests, less about speed, more about thinking. Generative AI hasn’t suddenly broken that logic. Instead, it has forced us to confront an older, quieter question: when students work at home, how confident are we that the work represents their learning?

Dr. Laura Velazquez, from the Centre for Teaching and Learning, provided a professional learning session for instructors to understand and develop approaches to the use of AI in our Education courses. The session was recorded and a video produced that has chapters for easy access and the transcript is searchable.

Please refer to the presentation slides used:

Here are some other resources to explore:

1. 1. 1. Freeman, J. (2025, February 26). Student generative AI survey 2025 (HEPI Policy Note 61). Higher Education Policy Institute. https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/02/26/student-generative-ai-survey-2025

      2. University of Alberta. (2024, December 19). Framework for responsible and ethical use of AI at the University of Alberta. https://www.ualberta.ca/en/media-library/artificial-intelligence/framework-for-responsible-and-ethical-use-of-ai.pdf

      3. University of Alberta. (n.d.). GenAI use: Acknowledgement and reflection form. Centre for Teaching and Learning. GenAI Use: Acknowledgement and Reflection

      4. Velazquez, L. (n.d.). Framework for assignment (re)design: Adapted from Harvard’s PACADI 2.0 framework — Centered on learning + responsible AI use. Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of Alberta.

      5. Velazquez, L. (n.d.). Scenarios for analysis. Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of Alberta.

      6. Prompt Engineering for Assisted Learning (coming soon). One Example.