AI Learning Lab

Goals of the AI Lab

1. Upskilling UNO faculty and staff with AI skills,
2. Infusing AI into courses and learning experiences for students to help prepare them for the workforce,
3. Identifying opportunities for operational efficiency in administrative units through specific AI-based pilots; and
4. Amplifying the ethical, responsible, and appropriate use of AI throughout the UNO community to support a broader culture of innovation on campus.

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Key Areas of Focus and Deliverables: First AY 2024-25

1. Create a campus consortium – a key group of stakeholders from each college, Academic Affairs, ITS, Student Success, etc. – to help provide guidance and input to the campus/lab on all things related to AI;
2. Facilitate the Open AI Challenge, an RFP for up to 1000 faculty/staff/departments to gain access to Open AI for specific use-cases (teaching & learning, operational efficiency, research, etc.), which will have both a research and a storytelling element so we can learn collectively from the experience and impact;
3. Plan and implement the first UNO AI Learning Lab Summit in Spring 2025, designed to bring together campus leaders, faculty, staff, students, and community members. The Summit will feature individuals and departments selected through the RFP Challenge as speakers so that we can learn from one another, as well as outside experts serving as keynotes; and
4. Support UNO faculty and students through hosting faculty development trainings/workshops, offering course/capstone course development grants, updating prompt books, and shaping microcredentials that help to educate and support our campus community and beyond.

AI Campus ConsortiumOpen AI ChallengeAI Learning Lab Summit