Your Course, Your Rules: Building Critical Thinkers in the Age of AI

As generative AI in education becomes part of how students learn and complete coursework, instructors face a growing challenge: How do you set clear expectations for AI while strengthening the critical thinking skills employers value most, especially when the National Association of Colleges and Employers lists critical thinking as a top skill?

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Join Dr. Greg C. Obi of Ohio University and Joe Wadsworth of Kritik for a practical discussion on AI in higher education, assessment design, and helping students take greater ownership of their learning.

This webinar explores how instructors can establish a clear AI course policy, determine where AI can support learning, and design higher education assessments that make student thinking more visible. We’ll also look at how peer review and peer feedback can strengthen critical thinking, help students objectively analyze information, recognize cognitive biases, and support AI literacy and responsible AI use, especially since AI-generated content may incorporate biases from training data. Stronger analytical thinking in higher education also supports lifelong adaptability in changing industries, along with personal development and well-being.

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In this webinar, we’ll explore critical thinking skills:

• How to establish clear AI expectations that align with your course and learning objectives
• How to design assessments that make student thinking and learning more visible
• Where AI in the classroom can support learning and where students should demonstrate their own reasoning
• How peer review and peer feedback can build student ownership, with active learning strategies shown to improve student engagement by 50% and collaborative projects supporting higher retention rates by encouraging open dialogue
• Practical ways to encourage responsible AI use and AI literacy without adding more grading

Who should attend to develop critical thinking skills

Faculty, instructors, instructional designers, teaching and learning teams, and academic leaders interested in generative AI in education, critical thinking, higher education assessment, AI policy, peer review, and responsible AI use.

Whether you’re refining your AI course policy or rethinking assessment in the age of AI, this session will offer practical ideas you can bring back to your course, including how VisibleAI tracks AI authorship in student work to enhance transparency in student submissions; with LMS integration enhancing online learning experiences for students, especially as over 70% of educational institutions use LMS for course management, including in online courses.

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Register now to reserve your spot.

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