Digital Badge in GenAI for Teaching and Learning

Leading to Digital Badge from National Forum

Overview

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is having a substantial impact on higher education and all the sectors into which higher education graduates progress for their careers. GenAI is presenting both challenges and opportunities for which lecturers need to be prepared in order to ensure the best learning experience for their students.

This mini course was originally developed by TCD, UL and DCU as an Open Course through the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. The mini course was designed to facilitate the development of your Artificial Intelligence (AI) Literacy so that lecturers can explore and innovate using GenAI within their teaching, learning, and assessment practices. 

In this course lecturers and other educators will be supported to explore the fundamentals of GenAI and AI Literacy. Lecturers will be encouraged to consider the potential and the risks of these technologies with a focus on ethical practice. They will explore innovative ways in which they can respond to the challenges that these technologies present.

Learning Outcomes

Educators who complete this course will be able to:

• Recognise what is meant by the terminology used around GenAI, with a particular focus on its use within higher education​.
• Evaluate the use of GenAI in teaching, learning and assessment with a focus on ‘what, why and how’.
• Explore and reflect on pedagogical practices within the disciplines which incorporate the use of GenAI.
• Design and embed GenAI within your teaching, learning and assessment practices.

Course Details

Participants will attend five one-hour live sessions (these will be recorded for those who cannot attend) and will also attend three meetings of their triads / peer groups (at times to be arranged with other members).

All other engagement with materials will be in participants’ own time. Completing the whole mini-course will take approximately 25 learning hours.

Next Intake

The mini-course ran in April-May 2025, October-November 2025, and March-April 2026. Details of the next intake will be provided here.