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ORU Faculty and Staff Development

ORU AI Fluency and Stewardship

Build the practical knowledge and professional judgment to use artificial intelligence safely, effectively, and in alignment with ORU's mission.

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FreeFor the ORU employee community
About 3 hoursSelf-paced and practical
3 sectionsFoundation to stewardship
CertificateComplete one shared standard

Responsible capability

Use AI with confidence. Keep people accountable.

Designed for ORU faculty, staff, administrators, supervisors, and senior leaders, this certificate begins with plain-language fundamentals and advances to privacy, verification, copyright, accessibility, institutional risk, and mission-aligned governance. No coding background or prior AI experience is required.

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Stewardship that serves people

Technology is a resource to steward—not an authority to follow blindly.

The course returns to a clear standard: AI may assist the work, but a responsible person owns the final decision. Learners practice wisdom, discernment, verification, and faithful use of the resources entrusted to them.

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Prompt with safe context

Give AI a clear task, audience, useful background, and boundaries without exposing protected information.

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Review every draft

Check facts, tone, policy alignment, citations, missing information, and accessibility before sharing.

03

Choose the right environment

Classify information, consult current ORU guidance, and distinguish an available tool from an approved use.

04

Govern with accountability

Define ownership, approvals, safeguards, stopping conditions, and escalation paths for higher-risk workflows.

Your learning path

Three sections. One practical progression.

Each section develops a different part of responsible AI practice while reinforcing one shared expectation: people remain accountable for the work and its consequences.

Section 1

Foundation

Understand essential AI concepts and vocabulary, write safe and effective prompts, and complete a guided practice lab.

Section 2

AI Fluency

Review AI drafts, choose appropriate tasks and tools, protect information, and apply copyright, transparency, and accessibility checks.

Section 3

Mission-Aligned Stewardship

Examine dignity, ethics, accountability, institutional risk, governance, and responsible workflow decisions.

Course experience

Clear instruction, realistic decisions, and practice you can use.

Concise lessons combine ORU-focused explanations, demonstration videos, university and industry expert perspectives, interactive scenarios, practice labs, and knowledge checks.

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Welcome and Course OverviewUnderstand the purpose, progression, certificate requirements, and safe practice expectations.
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Section 1: FoundationAI basics, essential vocabulary, prompting, safe context, and a practical prompt lab.
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Section 2: AI FluencyDraft review, privacy and security, ORU AI environments, copyright, transparency, accessibility, and a checkpoint.
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Section 3: Mission-Aligned StewardshipHuman dignity, accountability, risk, governance, leadership decisions, and applied practice.
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Final Lab and Certificate CheckApply the shared standard, complete the final knowledge check, and earn the certificate.

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