About the Session
In this one-hour FLO Friday session, we’ll explore how educators can have practical, supportive conversations with students about responsible AI use. Instead of focusing on bans or fears, this session will offer simple strategies for guiding student thinking, setting clear expectations, and fostering ethical and thoughtful use of generative AI tools. Participants will leave with examples of starter questions, syllabus language, and classroom activities they can adapt to their own courses, as well as a clear approach to discussing AI with students positively and openly.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Identify common concerns and opportunities around student use of AI in learning contexts
- Explore sample strategies for introducing AI conversations into their own classrooms
- Draft a simple, adaptable statement or activity to set expectations for responsible AI use
- Reflect on how to frame AI discussions to encourage academic integrity and student agency
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This notice is to inform you that this session will be recorded, archived, and shared after the event. By participating in this session, you acknowledge that your participation will be recorded and the recording will be made available publicly.
About the Facilitator
Your FLO Facilitator for this session is Adina Gray.
Adina is a faculty member at Thompson Rivers University and an internationally recognized AI educator. Her current work explores how generative AI can transform teaching, learning, and research in higher education. She is particularly interested in AI literacy, ethical and responsible AI use, and supporting faculty development through practical, hands-on training. Through initiatives like founding and chairing the GenAI Innovation Group and leading events such as the 2025 GenAI Summit, she has championed AI literacy as a critical skill for educators and students. Adina was selected as a 2025 AI Innovator Fellow at the ASU+GSV AI Show (San Diego, April 2025), named a finalist for the 2025 AI Innovator of the Year Award by Women in AINorth America, and received the TRU Instructional Innovation Grant in AI along with four consecutive Decanal Grants for Innovative Teaching and Experiential Learning.
About the Session
In this session, participants will examine how rubrics can be used to communicate clear expectations around generative AI (GenAI) use in assignments, reduce ambiguity in grading, and emphasize human qualities such as voice, authenticity, and referencing. Participants will be introduced to a model for redesigning rubrics to address appropriate AI use and will engage with the AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) as a tool to determine the role of GenAI in their assessments.
By the end of this session, participants will:
- Be familiar with a model for integrating GenAI into assignment design
- Reflect on their experience with generative tools and how those shapes rubric choices
- Co-create criteria that account for generative AI
This notice is to inform you that this session will be recorded, archived, and shared after the event. By participating in this session, you acknowledge that your participation will be recorded and the recording will be made available publicly.
About the Facilitators
Your FLO facilitators for this FLO Friday session will be Anwen Burk and Jessica Gemella.
Anwen Burk (she/her) is a Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Specialist (CTLS) at VIU’s Nanaimo campus. She is particularly interested in how technology can be leveraged to make learning more flexible, accessible, and human centered. She previously worked at the University of Alberta as an instructor and as digital learning consultant, and at Red Deer Polytechnic as an instructional designer. She lives on the traditional and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation with her husband and her cat.
Jessica Gemella (she/her) is a Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning Specialist at VIU, situated on the traditional lands of the Coast Salish peoples including the Snuneymuxw, Snaw-Naw-As, Quw’utsun, and Tla’amin. Jessica has a background in teaching horticulture and has also served as VIU’s trades and applied technology CTLS. With a commitment to enhancing the quality of digital education, Jessica is pursuing a Master of Arts in Learning and Technology at Royal Roads University. Her research interests centre on building resilience in higher education, faculty development, and digital literacy.
This event is being hosted by BCcampus in partnership with Vancouver Island University (VIU). We gratefully acknowledge VIU for their collaboration and support.
