Week 8: Talking About AI

Tuesday, July 21 from 4:00-5:30 p.m. PST

Zoom: https://uci.zoom.us/j/99438557326

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Readings

• AAC&U. (n.d.). The AI challenge: Perspectives of higher education faculty [Report]. https://www.aacu.org/research/the-ai-challenge

• Gladd, J. (2026, April 14). Why are some of us bonding over AI while it divides others? [Blog] https://open.substack.com/pub/joelgladd/p/why-are-some-of-us-bonding-over-ai?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

• Hendrick, C. (2026, March 14). AI brain fry, workslop, and the ironies of automation [Substack post]. Carl Hendrick. https://open.substack.com/pub/carlhendrick/p/ai-brain-fry-workslop-and-the-ironies

• Watkins, M. (2025, December 1). Our response to AI cannot be adversarial [Substack post]. https://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/our-response-to-ai-cannot-be-adversarial

Optional: My Robot Teacher Episode 13 "How to talk about AI in higher education"

Slides: TBD

Due: Thursday, July 23

Create a short explainer (with accompanying 1-3 sentence statement) that responds to the weekly prompt provided by the instructor.

Prompt: Create an AI course policy, instructions on an assignment, or personal statement about AI use.

Where to Submit: Canvas assignment

See this document for instructions on the Weekly Explainers.

Due: Saturday, July 25

Each week, you will engage with two peers’ explainers and provide constructive, professional feedback on each.

Where to Submit: Canvas will automatically assign you two peer reviews to complete after you have submitted your explainer to the Canvas assignment.

See this document for instructions on peer review for the Weekly Explainers.

Due: Sunday, July 26

Each week, submit a brief reflective journal entry (approximately 100–300 words) about your AI use during that week’s course activities.

Where to Submit: Canvas assignment

See this document for instructions on the Reflective Journal.