The AI e-module is an asynchronous online module designed to offer students an introduction to some key themes and considerations when using generative AI tools in their work. The e-module was a collaboration between the Digital Learning Team at LCC and the Programme Director and teaching team on the Moving Image and Digital Arts (MIDA) Programme at LCC. It was piloted with all students (900+) across all courses on the MIDA Programme at the start of the 2025-26 academic year.
Initial conversations about creating such a resource began in earnest in the spring of 2025, when tutors on the MIDA Programme were expressing a growing concern that:
- Some students were not engaging thoughtfully or critically with generative AI tools.
- Some students were not considering the ethical implications of using generative AI tools.
- In choosing to use generative AI tools in their practice, some students were bypassing the skills they should be developing during their studies.
It was agreed that designing a bespoke teaching resource would be the most effective way to respond to the changing teaching and learning landscape. The mode of delivery – a self-paced e-module with a certificate of completion – was chosen to guarantee parity across all MIDA courses. This mode was also designed to remove the burden of delivery on tutors, and not increase their teaching load.
The e-module: Aims, lessons and content.
The content, structure and assessments were discussed and agreed with Course teams using the ABC Learning Design method. The Digital Learning team then worked closely with a maximum of two members of the MIDA teaching team to co-write the content.
Aims:
To help students better understand:
- The positive and negative effects of generative AI tools.
- How these can impact their learning.
- When the use of these tools can lead to academic misconduct.
Lessons:
1. How do we define AI in this context?
2. What are the considerations and ethical implications of using generative AI?
3. What are the effects on your learning?
4. What you can and cannot do
5. What are the impacts on assessment?
6. Knowledge check (80% pass rate required for certificate of completion to be generated)
7. Summary
Content:
The content was presented through a range of text, links to external articles and research, podcast excerpts, video excerpts, interactive elements (e.g. image carousel, matching, sorting, multiple choice, true/false, word cloud) and reflective prompts.
Time scale:
Digital Learning managed the build, formatting and interactive elements of the e-modules, with final sign-off from Programme Directors. The entire process varied in length depending on the scope of the project, as well as the availability of the teaching teams. The AI e-module took six months from initial conversation to final publication, whereas adding an extension to the FTV Production Risk Assessment e-module took a month.
Feedback from students
Over 100 students have voluntarily offered feedback on the e-module, with 91% saying they think having ‘an e-module for students on the topic of AI is a good idea’. Other comments include:
‘I realised that I need to focus on my development at first. Also, I could understand about both aspects of AI like positive and negative.’
‘Seeing multiple sources on different ethical issues AI poses was valuable to me, as it’s given me even more evidence for the disadvantages of AI, and now I can support my own beliefs even better.’
‘I always feel kind of guilty using AI to translate the course instructions or my friend’s talking, because people criticise using AI all the time, but I realised using AI for translation is okay with this session.’
Next steps
Taking into consideration student and staff feedback, as well as the rapidly changing landscape of generative AI, the e-module will be updated and shared with the following students at the start of the 2026-27 academic year:
- Across the MIDA Programme again.
- With some discipline-specific adaptations, a bespoke version of the e-module will be rolled out to all students and courses across the Sound Arts & Music Programme.
- With different adaptations, a bespoke version of the e-module will be rolled out to all students and courses across the entire Media School at LCC. This work has been done in collaboration with the Dean & Associate Dean of the Media School.
Author Details
Name: Sam Birkett
Contact: s.birkett@lcc.arts.ac.uk
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