Workshop 11: Supporting Chemistry Faculty in Responsible AI-Enhanced Teaching: A Participatory Exploration of Needs and Challenges

The rapid emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in teaching and learning presents both exciting opportunities and complex challenges for chemistry educators. As instructors navigate shifting expectations, somewhat unfamiliar technologies, and evolving questions around ethics and classroom practice, many are seeking guidance on how to integrate AI in ways that strengthen—not compromise—student learning. This workshop invites participants to jointly explore what chemistry faculty may need to teach effectively and responsibly in an AI rich educational environment.

Through interactive activities and facilitated discussion, participants will examine potential areas of need, including AI related competencies for instructors and students, course and assignment design, assessment considerations, and the pedagogical shifts that accompany AI enabled learning. The session will also create space to surface institutional, disciplinary, and global differences that shape faculty readiness and support structures. Rather than prescribing solutions, the workshop aims to gather perspectives, illuminate shared challenges, and identify promising directions for future collaboration.

By the end of the workshop, participants will have contributed to a collective exploration of needs and questions emerging across the chemistry education community, helping to inform future conversations, resource development, and programmatic support for responsible AI enhanced teaching.