Topic Category: School Management

2.2 Developing Institutional AI Strategies and Policies

2.2 Developing Institutional AI Strategies and Policies

Explore how universities can design and implement institutional AI strategies and policies that promote inclusion, transparency, and accountability. This unit focuses on turning ethical and legal principles into actionable frameworks, ensuring that AI innovation aligns with educational values, equity goals, and institutional missions.

👉 Start with the video for a quick overview.

👉 Now, read the document to explore the topic in more depth.

👉 Finish with the task to reflect and apply what you’ve learned.

Reflect on your institution’s current approach to AI. If your university were to develop a new AI Strategy and Policy, what three principles should guide it, and why? For each principle, identify one specific action or mechanism your institution could adopt to make that principle visible in practice. (Write up to 300 words.)

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2.1 Ethical and Legal Foundations of AI in Higher Education

2.1 Ethical and Legal Foundations of AI in Higher Education

Explore the ethical and legal principles that guide the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in higher education. This unit introduces key concepts such as fairness, transparency, accountability, and data protection, helping institutional leaders ensure AI serves educational values and respects human rights.

👉 Start with the video for a quick overview.

👉 Now, read the document to explore the topic in more depth.

👉 Finish with the task to reflect and apply what you’ve learned.

Reflect on how AI is currently used (or could be used) in your institution. Identify one potential ethical risk (e.g., bias, data misuse, lack of transparency) and suggest one action your institution could take to mitigate it. (Write up to 200–300 words.)

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1.4 Institutional Case and Planning Prompts: Designing a One-Term Inclusion Pilot

1.4 Institutional Case and Planning Prompts: Designing a One-Term Inclusion Pilot

Explore how a focused, one-term institutional pilot can translate inclusive digital education from policy intent into measurable learning improvements. This unit highlights how inclusive practices—supported by AI where appropriate—can be tested at small scale and used to inform evidence-based decisions about wider adoption.

👉 Start with the video for a quick overview.

👉 Now, read the document to explore the topic in more depth.

👉 Finish with the task to reflect and apply what you’ve learned.

Think about how your institution could test inclusive digital practices within a single academic term. On one page, identify two pilot courses and reflect on the minimum inclusive expectations you would apply from week one. Consider what concrete supports you would provide (e.g. short clinics, just-in-time guides, accessible templates) to make these expectations achievable. Select three indicators you could realistically collect without introducing new systems, and formulate one clear sentence that would guide your decision on whether to scale the pilot in the next term.

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1.3 Institutional Responsibilities: People, Processes, and Resourcing

1.3 Institutional Responsibilities: People, Processes, and Resourcing

Explore how inclusive digital education depends on clear institutional responsibilities and how leaders can align people, processes, and resources to make inclusion visible without adding unnecessary bureaucracy.

👉 Start with the video for a quick overview.

👉 Now, read the document to explore the topic in more depth.

👉 Finish with the task to reflect and apply what you’ve learned.

Think about how responsibilities for inclusive digital education are currently distributed in your institution. Using the six groups introduced in the video, sketch a simple swimlane and identify two concrete responsibilities for each group that could realistically be confirmed this month. Consider who currently owns each responsibility and where ownership may be unclear or missing. Choose one responsibility that lacks a clear owner and reflect on what would be needed to make this ownership real in the next four weeks (e.g. time, mandate, or support). (Write 6–8 sentences.)

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1.1 Inclusive Digital Education: Strategic Rationale and AI’s Role

1.1 Inclusive Digital Education: Strategic Rationale and AI’s Role

Explore inclusive digital education as a strategic foundation for quality and student success in higher education, and examine how AI can support institutional goals when aligned with mission, policy, and teaching practice.

👉 Start with the video for a quick overview.

👉 Now, read the document to explore the topic in more depth.

👉 Finish with the task to reflect and apply what you’ve learned.

Reflect on one institutional goal related to access, quality, or student success. Which inclusive digital practice could support this goal, and what simple indicator could help you assess its impact over the next few weeks? (Write 6–8 sentences.)

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