Free Webinar: Designing Online Curricula for the AI Era
Part of the OLC Innovate 2025 Best-in-Track webinar series
Location
Online
Date & Time
July 9, 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Description
In this webinar, the presenters propose a bold new model for course design that integrates Large Language Models (LLMs) directly into the curriculum. Breaking away from traditional limitations on AI use, explore how strategically embedding AI tools within online course content enables students to experiment, problem solve, and improve their digital competencies.
Key messages:
- Identify and implement strategies for integrating generative AI tools into online course designs.
- Collaboratively develop an assignment or project that encourages students to explore the capabilities of AI for enhanced learning.
- Examine how AI can shift course design away from preventing its use and toward a more open, experimental approach that encourages creativity and critical thinking.
The webinar will begin with a brief demonstration of how students can easily use LLMs to complete traditional online assignments like discussion posts, essay questions, and quizzes. Next, attendees will be introduced to a course design model grounded in a rearranged Bloom’s Taxonomy (Hardman, 2024). Then, attendees will engage in a design sprint aimed at developing content and assessments that directly incorporate LLMs into the student experience. The focus will be on real-world applications of LLMs in online course design, with participants leaving the session equipped with strategies and examples they can use immediately in their own contexts.
