Critical AI Literacy Summer Teaching Fellowship

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Location: OSU campus

The Critical AI Literacy Summer Teaching Fellowship (summer 2026) supports the development of new, humanities-based lessons or learning materials for teaching critical AI literacy that can be shared as Open Educational Resources (OERs) in the OER Commons.

Proposed lessons must incorporate skills and concepts that promote critical AI literacy. In addition, the selection committee will prioritize proposals that advance one or more of the following:  

  • Opportunities for learners to critically examine any stage of the generative AI lifecycle, from data collection and model training to prompt design and the impact of outputs. 
  • Ideas for activities or assignments that involve innovative, evidence-based approaches to learning and instruction that can be easily shared, with attribution, with other educators. 
  • Content, teaching methods, and outcomes that demonstrate the value and impact of humanistic perspectives. 

 

AI Literacy Defined

Numerous definitions and frameworks for AI Literacy exist. At OSU Libraries and the AI Literacy Center, the Digital Education Council’s (DEC) AI Literacy Framework contributes to our decision-making, but we also consult and use other definitions and frameworks as needed. 

 

For More Information

Please email Laurie Bridges, Director of the AI Literacy Center, ([email protected]) or Joy Jensen, Residencies and Fellowships Manager, ([email protected]). 

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Fellowship Details

Oregon State University faculty at .50 FTE or greater who have both teaching as an element of their position description and expertise in the humanities and AI literacy are invited to apply. In this context, the humanities are broadly construed and include scholarly and creative work that interprets culture, develops ethical frameworks, and/or examines the human experience, past and present.

Faculty can receive funding from the Opportunity Fund or Center for the Humanities Summer programs and a Fellowship or Residency if the awards support different projects or different stages of the same project. For example:  

  • You received a PRAx Collaborative Faculty Fellowship two years ago. You could apply for Opportunity Fund support to host a symposium based on your research or for costs related to publication. 

  • You received a Summer Writing Workshop focused on writing a manuscript. You could apply the next year for a Site-based Residency to focus on research for a new project. 

  • You received a Center for the Humanities Faculty Research Fellowship to begin preliminary research on a new book project. One or two years later, you could apply for the Summer Writing Workshop to write a chapter of the same project. 

 

  • Develop reusable learning materials such as modules, writing assignments, tutorials, workshops, or videos in conjunction with the AI Literacy Center. 

  • Participate in fellows’ cohort activities during summer (July, August, September of 2026), including a series of online meetings.

  • Engage other instructional faculty in dialogue about the importance of AI literacy in teaching by facilitating a roundtable discussion or workshop during the term following the fellowship. 

  • A summer stipend of $4,500.
  • Opportunities to engage with a supportive community and occasions for knowledge exchange and feedback. 

  • November 14, 2025: Application window opens.

  • January 5, 2026: Applications due via Submittable. 

  • By March 1, 2026: Applicants notified of status. 

  • June to September 2026: Participate in program activities and events.

Applications are due January 5, 2026, via Submittable. 

Applications will be reviewed by a diverse selection committee from relevant fields. Reviewers will consider:  

  • Alignment with library, school and university goals, and the likelihood that proposed OERs will be used.

  • Prospective significance of impact on teaching practices and student learning outcomes.

  • Inclusion of innovative methods of student engagement with the humanities and/or unique, advantageous objects of study.

  • The vision of how the proposed OERs would benefit students, the humanities, and communities beyond the university.

  • The review committee will prioritize applications that have not received support from PRAx or Center for the Humanities within the past three years. Please see the Eligibility section above for additional information.

     

     

 

The Critical AI Literacy Summer Teaching Fellowship is sponsored by OSU Libraries and Press and co-administered with Center for the Humanities. 

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The latest application window for this opportunity is now closed. Check back in Fall 2026 to see if this opportunity will be offered again.