Action items for teaching in the age of GenAI
The goal of this workshop is to enable teaching faculty to perform a self-assessment of GenAI readiness in order to articulate a personal action plan.
Objectives
- Articulate a personal reflexion about the use of GenAI in one’s praxis
- Determine a strategy to upskill around GenAI
- Identify 3 simple action items
GenAI today
Rutgers University offers an Artificial Intelligence in Accounting and Assurance Concentration.
AACSB runs a yearly survey of Deans and Faculty use of Gen AI: the general consensus surmises that the best approach to integration implies the upskilling of faculty so that they may become key stakeholders in leading the change. EDUCAUSE Review 2026 leans heavily in this same direction.
In terms of complexity: Machine learning < Deep learning < … < generative artificial intelligence. A “grading bot” is likely to be some kind of classifier algorithme, closer to deep learning than a full LLM enables GenAI tool.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI on what ChatGPT, during the Town Hall held on January 26th 2026, on what ChatGPT fails to do well: creativity; intuition; judgment (at 27th minute of video). Mindset for humans using GenAI: abundance; resilience; collaboration (ibid).
Tour de table
Please answer the following questions:
- What is your name?
- How would you self describe your own knowledge and comfort using Gen AI?
- What scares you the most about Gen AI?
- What excites the most?
- What is your next step?
Action items brainstorm
Many resources are offered at Concordia and beyond. The Center of Teaching and Learning offers Guidelines on teaching as well as assessment design. The Library provides a online learning module called GenAI Quickstart: Foundations for Faculty. Many “classes” are available on prompt engineering or GenAI via the university’s Udemy subscription.
Let’s ask Copilot for some ideas:
you are a senior librarian working in a large metropolitan canadian university. You need to lead a workshop on generative ai for the benefit of teaching faculty in the accountancy department. could you identify a list of 10 simple action items that faculty may explore tomorrow to upskill on gen ai use in their praxis and make for a future ready teaching strategy
ResponseAbsolutely—here’s a practical, low-barrier set of 10 action items accountancy faculty can try immediately to build confidence with generative AI and begin integrating it into teaching in a responsible, future-ready way.
10 “Start Tomorrow” Actions for Accountancy Faculty
1. Draft Better Lecture Outlines in Minutes
Paste a syllabus topic (e.g., revenue recognition, auditing standards) into a GenAI tool and ask:
“Create a 60-minute lecture outline for undergraduate accounting students, including examples and discussion questions.”
✅ Benefit: Saves prep time and introduces new ways to structure content.
2. Generate Realistic Practice Problems
Ask AI to:
“Create 5 intermediate-level problems on lease accounting with solutions.”
✅ Benefit: Quickly expands problem banks and supports differentiated learning.
3. Create Case-Based Learning Scenarios
Prompt:
“Generate a short case where a company faces ethical issues in financial reporting.”
✅ Benefit: Supports critical thinking and aligns with CPA competencies.
4. Simplify Complex Concepts for Students
Paste a dense accounting standard and ask:
“Explain this in plain language for first-year students.”
✅ Benefit: Improves accessibility and inclusive teaching.
5. Design In-Class Activities
Prompt:
“Create a 20-minute group activity on internal controls for a class of 40 students.”
✅ Benefit: Encourages active learning without extensive prep.
6. Build Rubrics Quickly
Ask:
“Create a grading rubric for a financial analysis assignment, including criteria and levels.”
✅ Benefit: Standardizes grading and saves time.
7. Generate Multiple Versions of Assignments
Prompt:
“Create 3 slightly different versions of this accounting problem for academic integrity.”
✅ Benefit: Helps reduce cheating while maintaining fairness.
8. Use AI as a “Student Simulator”
Ask:
“Act as a student and ask questions about cash flow statements.”
✅ Benefit: Reveals likely student misunderstandings in advance.
9. Provide Feedback on Student Writing (Drafts)
Paste anonymized student work and ask:
“Suggest constructive feedback on clarity and argumentation.”
✅ Benefit: Speeds up feedback cycles while maintaining quality.
⚠️ Reminder: Avoid uploading identifiable student data—follow institutional privacy policies.
10. Start a Classroom Transparency Practice
Introduce AI explicitly to students:
- Show how you use it to generate examples
- Discuss ethical use in accounting education
- Co-create guidelines for acceptable use
✅ Benefit: Builds digital literacy and academic integrity awareness.
Bonus: A Simple First Prompt to Try
If faculty only try one thing:
“I am teaching intermediate financial accounting. Generate a short, engaging classroom example explaining deferred tax liabilities, including numbers and a step-by-step explanation.”
Framing for Faculty
- Start small—augmentation, not replacement
- Focus on efficiency + pedagogy
- Emphasize critical evaluation of AI outputs
- Align with professional standards (e.g., CPA competencies, ethics)
If you’d like, I can also turn this into a 1-hour workshop plan, slides, or a hands-on exercise sheet tailored to your department.
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