Resources
Reports & Recommendations
- AI Task Force for Teaching & Research Report: This 2024 report surveys the generative AI landscape, assesses potential impact on research and education, identifies limitations and concerns, offers guidelines on the best use of gen AI, and proposes policies and administrative support structures.
- AI Task Force for Administration Report: This report evaluates the potential for integrating gen AI within administrative processes and makes recommendations for the organizational structures and supports needed to do so successfully.
AI Policies
Education & Training
- Video Hub: Guidance and inspiration from BU community members on using AI in the classroom and on the job.
- AI @ BU—A to Z: An alphabetical dive into artificial intelligence, informed by interviews with BU faculty working in the AI space.
- Teaching & Learning in an AI World: Resources on academic integrity, communicating with students, ideas for classroom use, and more.
- Institute for Excellence in Teaching & Learning: BU’s new hub for teaching and learning takes an active role in fostering a culture of innovation and embracing the transformative power of AI.
- Teaching Writing with Generative AI: BU writing instructors brainstormed this list of teaching ideas in the spirit of exploration and experimentation.
- Generative AI Tools Training: Live trainings from BU IS&T on Microsoft Copilot, Adobe Firefly, and Noodle Factory AI, the chatbot in Blackboard. Offered several times each semester.
- Artifical Intelligence Bundle: These asynchronous courses for BU faculty and staff in Terrier eDevelopment are a helpful introduction to AI on the job. Assessments will test your knowledge and then suggest learnings to help you in areas where you may not be as knowledgeable. Many additional resources can be found by browsing Terrier eDevelopment.