Artificial Intelligence Resources for Tufts Faculty and Staff

AI is now part of daily life for students and faculty at Tufts. Students use AI for research, writing, and problem-solving, while faculty are experimenting with it for course design, feedback, and their own scholarship. Meanwhile, students are witnessing how AI is transforming the job market, prompting all of us to ask what skills will matter most in the coming years.

This is an opportunity to strengthen what makes Tufts education distinctive: critical thinking, authentic experiential learning, and meaningful human connection. At CELT, we're focused on practical strategies that help faculty integrate AI thoughtfully while maintaining the rigor and values that define learning at Tufts.

Conversations are shifting to "How do we teach effectively & build resilient programs when students use AI daily?" The most productive discussions focus on specific, actionable questions within departments and programs where faculty share common contexts and concerns.

• Curriculum relevance: What skills do our graduates need when AI is standard in their field? How do we update our programs accordingly?
• Assessment integrity: Which assignments still measure what we want them to measure? Where do we need to redesign?
• Learning objectives: Are we teaching students to think critically about AI outputs, not just use AI tools?
• Professional standards: How do disciplinary norms around AI use affect what we teach and how we assess?

As AI tools become more deeply embedded in how students learn, communicate, and imagine their futures, “not engaging” isn’t neutrality. It’s a message. And our students are listening. - Demian Hemmel, Ai in the Classroom

As we prepare for the start of a new academic year, the AI landscape is shifting dramatically. National surveys in 2025  report that 90% of students are using AI, often in their coursework and study, while generative AI is becoming increasingly embedded in everyday tools—from Google and Microsoft 365 to PDF readers and writing software. This creates an environment where both faculty and students are working alongside AI capabilities daily. 

What can you do? 

• Experiment with AI: try out a new AI tool not just to see how well it can perform on your assignments, but to see how it works, perhaps by exploring a hobby or curiosity. 
• Learn with your students: Explore how AI is impacting their learning, and what opportunities and challenges you can uncover in the discipline.
• Begin updating courses
  • Create & Share Guidelines: Clarify how and when to use (or not use) AI in your course.
  • Rethink assessments: Revise assessments to verify they are still valid measures of learning and consider ways to foster critical thinking and authentic learning.
  • Reconsider In-Class and Out-of-Class Work: Adapt the course structures to create learning environments resistant to AI misuse.
  • Prepare for Conversations about Cheating: Establish a process for evidence-gathering and respectful dialogue, centering relationships with students while upholding academic integrity.

CELT is here to help with any of these steps—from experimenting with tools to redesigning assessments to facilitating department conversations, reach out to celt@tufts.edu.

• Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) resources and guidelines for members of the Tufts community interested in leveraging generative AI for research and teaching as well as administrative support.
• Developing Syllabus Statements for AI (CELT)
• Designing Courses in the Age of AI (Teaching@Tufts)
• AI and Teaching  (ETS)
• Tufts' AI Resource Hub for students, faculty & staff

Spring 2025 Forum - Let’s Talk AI: Navigating Academic, Environmental & Societal Impacts

• Video
• Slides

This event occurred November 21^st & 22^nd 2024

December 2023 Teaching Symposium: Artificial Intelligence and What it Means for a Tufts Education

Handouts & Recordings

• Slides December 2023 Teaching Symposium
• Keynote Slides Sparking Curiosity: Transforming Teaching & Learning with AI by Dr Cynthia Alby
• Video: Welcome & Keynote Address
• Video: Tufts Student Perspectives on AI
• Video: Faculty Panel

This event occurred on December 12th 2023.