Critical Thinking
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See How Students Are Developing the Skills to Evaluate AI-Use
Discover how USF faculty are challenging students to think beyond artificial intelligence鈥檚 output and develop the analytical skills needed to critically engage with and evaluate AI thoughtfully.
Featured Case
Use Artificial Intelligence as a Lens for Ethical and Intercultural Leadership Analysis
AI was integrated into structured course activities where students examined its real-world impacts through global issue research, UN sustainability analysis, leadership debates, and reflective journaling.
Course: LDR 4230
Focus: Evaluating AI Impact
AI Tools Used: Microsoft Copilot
Comparing AI and Human Responses
Students can practice critical analysis by comparing AI and human interpretations
of core concepts.
Focus: Evaluating AI Output
Course: SYG 2000
Tools: ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot
Using AI for Concept Analysis
Students can examine how AI intersects with ethics, culture, power, and responsibility.
Focus: Evaluating AI Impact
Course: LDR 4230
Tool: Microsoft Copilot
Reflecting on Ethical AI Use
Students can evaluate and reflect on when AI use may be unethical, how to cite AI
use, and how AI shapes authorship and society.
Focus: Assessing AI Ethics
Course: ART 2608
Tools: ChatGPT, Canva, Claude
Creating and Assessing AI Summaries
Students can use AI to summarize learning materials and then evaluate the AI summaries
using their perspectives.
Focus: Evaluating AI Output
Course: THE 2000
Tool: ChatGPT
Critically Evaluating Sources
Students can practice career-relevant skills by using AI to support early-stage research,
content exploration, and policy analysis.
Focus: Analyzing Information
Course: PUP 4002
Tool: Microsoft Copilot
