Lecturer Toolkit
AI Assistant Toolkit for Writing Lecturers is a professional learning resource that helps tertiary writing lecturers understand, evaluate, and use AI assistants in ethical and instructionally sound ways. The toolkit focuses on practical classroom application, including lesson planning, modelling, feedback, task design, and reflective teaching, while keeping student learning, critical thinking, and academic integrity at the centre.
Our Approach
This toolkit promotes thoughtful, ethical, and context-sensitive use of AI assistants. It values lecturer expertise, student agency, critical thinking, and academic integrity.
Why it Matters
As AI tools become more common in education, writing lecturers need practical guidance to make informed instructional decisions and to adapt teaching in ways that continue to support meaningful student learning.
How to use the toolkit?
This toolkit has three components: the course Using AI Assistants in the Academic Writing Classroom, the Core Resources, and the Support Resources. Lecturers should begin with the course, where they will use the Core Resources to build understanding and support application. The Support Resources provide additional guidance and materials to help extend the integration of AI into teaching.
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Reviews
Lystra Brown
These AI-informed activities revitalised my writing tutorials and gave me language to discuss ethics with students. The scaffolded prompts saved hours of prep.
Michael Timothy
This toolkit turned my uncertainty about AI into structured, ethical practice. Students now question AI outputs, linking tool use to academic integrity discussions.