3 credits
Spring 2026 Distance Learning Upper Division
This course is designed to provide opportunities for STEM educators to develop understanding of teaching and learning with AI Applications. Central to this work is the construction of models of learners' understanding of AI as an "assistant" and of the user as the analyst of the assistant's products. Students will develop models of learner's understandings of different facets of AI applications and then use those models and their emerging understanding of curriculum in the disciplines to explore challenges in teaching and learning with AI. Discussions will center on how teachers and students can engage to support the emergence of powerful strategies and mental structures that can be applied to generate new understandings in interaction with STEM disciplines.
Learning Outcomes1Complete a STEM inquiry activity by using AI.
2Reflect critically on your use of AI in a STEM inquiry activity by recording an audio reflection.
3Create an interview protocol to learn about students' use of and ideas about AI in STEM.
4Analyze students' view of AI perception and learning in STEM.
5Design a STEM inquiry mini-curriculum that incorporates AI as a tool, assistant, or student.
6Defend an ethical stance toward the role of AI in STEM inquiry.
7Compare AI-generated and non-AI-generated STEM content and procedures.
8Compare and contrast human and AI perception in the context of STEM.
9Compare and contrast human and AI learning in the context of STEM.
10Identify roles for AI in a given STEM inquiry lesson.
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