QEP Updates

Recent Updates

Spring 2026

During the spring semester, the QEP Proposal Development committee expanded its efforts by forming four subcommittees focused on AI Literacy, AI Ethics, QEP Writing, and Microcredentials. Together, these groups helped move the initiative from planning into active development.

AI Literacy Subcommittee

The AI Literacy subcommittee developed 8 multiple-choice questions to assess the AI literacy measures identified in the fall. This committee also began generating ideas and mockups of the AI literacy content module that will be given to students in the First Year Experience Seminar.

AI Ethics Subcommittee

The AI Ethics subcommittee also made strong progress on assessment and content, producing 4 multiple-choice and 2 short-answer questions while helping develop material that will prepare students to think critically and responsibly about AI.

By the end of the semester, the Literacy and Ethics Subcommittees efforts coalesced into innovative ideas for web-based tools aimed at delivering vital AI learning content to First Year students. These tools, designed to take approximately 30 minutes to complete, will cover fundamental AI literacy and ethical understanding, ensuring that all CofC students gain a foundational knowledge of AI and its ethical implications.

QEP Writing Subcommittee

This group worked hard drafting the QEP document, ensuring that our vision and objectives are clearly articulated.

Microcredentials Subcommittee

The Microcredentials subcommittee explored strategies to encourage participation in AI-related microcredentials among students, faculty, and staff.

Finally, in May, a call for volunteers for the QEP Implementation Committee was sent to faculty and staff. This committee is charged with assessing student performance on the Literacy and Ethics SLOs, developing strategies to encourage faculty, staff, and students to complete microcredentials, and developing a communication plan for the QEP. 

Past Updates

Fall 2025

In September 2025, a new stage in the QEP began with the selection of Calvin Blackwell as the QEP director. The director held productive conversations with a wide range of stakeholders, including deans, schools, departments, and First Year Experience leaders. These discussions helped lay a strong foundation for a collaborative and inclusive planning process.

The QEP Proposal Development Committee was officially established in November 2025, and in December, the group held a workshop to refine student learning outcomes and develop meaningful assessment measures. This work has helped clarify the knowledge and skills students will gain as they learn to engage with AI in informed, responsible ways.

One area of focus is AI literacy, where students will build a stronger understanding of how AI and large language models work, practice writing effective prompts, and learn to recognize important limitations and risks such as bias, hallucinations, and overreliance on AI-generated responses.

A second major focus is AI ethics. Students will explore what responsible AI use looks like in practice, including the importance of transparency, accuracy, accountability, context, and the protection of personal information when using AI tools.

To help students acquire these crucial skills and values as soon as possible, the committee agreed that this material should be presented and assessed in the First Year Experience Seminar.