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Use Cases: Rachel HorstDesigning Spaces for Critical AI Engagement: Teaching with HelpMe and GenAI
Rachel Horst’s teaching practice engages Generative AI openly and relationally, as a space for collaborative inquiry, critical reflection, and pedagogical experimentation. In her Master of Educational Technology courses, she invites students to work with AI systems such as HelpMe, a course-embedded, transparent, and configurable chatbot developed at UBC Okanagan that draws on curated course materials,…
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Use Cases: Kelly AllisonReimagining Learning about the Social Determinants of Health: Integrating Critical AI Literacy into Social Work Education
Kelly Allison thoughtfully redesigned a social work assignment to give students choice in leveraging Generative AI within a scaffolded approach that explores the social determinants of health (SDOH) in a social work context. By considering bias, ethics, and AI literacy, alongside explicit guidance and reflection on how and when AI should be used, students can…
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Use Cases: Dongwook YoonBuilding Automation Resilience: A Design-Based Approach to Integrating AI in Computer and Data Science Education
Led by Dr. Dongwook Yoon, the Automation Resilience project successfully integrated eight ‘AI modules’ as structured learning activities into the existing Computer Science curriculum. These modules empower students to achieve specific AI-related learning outcomes alongside traditional course content and ensure that students develop the technical resilience needed for an AI-integrated workforce. For the 2026-2027 academic…
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Use Cases: Laurie McNeill, Andrew OwnWhat Students Are Telling Us about GenAI Use in Classrooms: Key Findings from UBC Arts Students
We’re Only Human (WOH) is an Arts-based, TLEF-funded, initiative that explores new challenges and opportunities presented by generative AI in courses where writing plays a key role in students’ understanding of foundational, discipline-specific knowledge and practice. To explore how students are using GenAI in their academic lives, at the end of Fall 2024 and Spring 2025, the WOH team surveyed UBC students enrolled in…
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Use Cases: Jonathan OttoDeveloping Critical GenAI Literacy
In his WRDS 151 and WRDS 150 classes, Dr. Jonathan Otto works with students to develop critical Generative AI (GenAI) literacy. This includes introducing students to the technology’s social, political, economic, and environmental dimensions and expanding their understanding of its benefits and limitations for emerging academic writers. He invites—but does not require—students to use GenAI,…
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Use Cases: Eden Fussner DupasBIOCBOT: A GenAI study buddy tool
BiocBot is a Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) biochemistry study buddy tool that acts as both a tutor (the mentor) and protégé (the mentee) to remove situational barriers and encourage more students to engage in the highly effective strategy of learning-by-teaching.
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Use Cases: Brianne Orr-ÁlvarezEnriching Spanish language teaching and learning with AI
Dr. Brianne Orr-Álvarez integrates Generative AI to support communicative and intercultural competence by helping students practise autonomously, experiment with expression and dialect, and reflect on how meaning is constructed across linguistic and cultural contexts. Her approach includes guided and scaffolded use of AI across core skills—reading, writing, listening, and speaking—and activities with clear instructions and…
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Use Cases: Ramon LawrenceHelpMe: An AI-Enhanced Student Support System Hosted at UBC
Our group developed HelpMe, an AI-enhanced student support platform that unifies multiple help channels including an AI chatbot, asynchronous questions, and office hours into a single system. The tool was created to address the challenge of supporting (large) classes with limited instructional staff while ensuring that students receive timely, course-specific guidance. By embedding instructor validation…
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Use Cases: Angèle BeausoleilBoosting Engagement with GenAI: How Interview Practice Improves Learning
Dr. Angele Beausoleil, a UBC Sauder entrepreneurship educator, designs a Generative AI (GenAI) exercise to simulate empathy interviews before sending students to engage with real customers. The activity helped them explore target customer personas, practice open-ended interview techniques, and analyze responses for key themes. Students reported increased engagement, enjoyment, and appreciation for GenAI’s role in…
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Use Cases: Fong Chan & Jamie YuenEnhancing Clinical Skills with GENRx: A Generative AI Approach to Pharmacy Education
A team from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences shares what sparked their use of Generative AI in a teaching and learning activity—and key insights they’ve gained through this experience so far.