{"id":1404,"date":"2025-05-05T16:26:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/celtt\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2025-05-05T16:26:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:26:05","slug":"ubalts-ai-landscape-your-voice-your-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/celtt\/2025\/05\/05\/ubalts-ai-landscape-your-voice-your-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"UBalt&#8217;s AI Landscape: Your Voice, Your Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Over the past two years, UBalt has emerged as a national contributor to the growing conversation around AI in higher education. Our first AI landscape survey and follow-up interviews with faculty and staff provided insights featured in\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sr.ithaka.org\/publications\/making-ai-generative-for-higher-education\/\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ithaka S+R&#8217;s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Making AI Generative for Higher Ed<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0a national report highlighting institutional strengths and challenges across the country. Thanks to\u00a0UBalt\u2019s\u00a0participation, researchers were able to illustrate how real educators are navigating AI\u2019s evolving role in teaching, learning, and scholarship. More importantly, faculty contributions helped shape our\u00a0own institutional approach to generative AI, a thoughtful, values-driven set of guidelines that prioritize academic integrity, digital equity, and practical classroom use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That progress is only possible when faculty voices are centered, and that matters even more in a community like ours. UBalt serves adult learners, transfer students, first-generation college students, and working professionals alike. Our students are curious; some want to understand the basics so they can use these tools effectively, while others have deeper concerns about how AI will impact their degrees, their careers, and their futures. They\u2019re looking to you for clarity, perspective, and reassurance.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As we enter our third year of AI-related initiatives,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ubalt.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_5dUk0LpHM5UtIyi\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">we\u2019re once again asking you to share your experiences<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0so that our evolving policies and support structures can continue to reflect the needs of our faculty and students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Your feedback directly shapes how we support AI literacy across disciplines, design professional development opportunities, and build ethical frameworks for student and faculty use. We\u2019ve already heard that many instructors are experimenting with AI tools but are unsure how best to align them with learning goals. Others have raised concerns about equitable access, academic integrity, and the need for clearer course design guidance. These themes appear not only in national reports but also in our own policies and planning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubalt.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_5dUk0LpHM5UtIyi\">Click here to take the 10-minute AI Landscape Faculty Survey<br \/>\n<\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(This is a confidential survey and part of a national research effort led by Ithaka S+R.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">UBalt\u2019s\u00a0future with AI will only be as strong as the people who help shape it. 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