AI: Practical Application to your Teaching Virtual Workshop Series
GC3 is offering a series of workshops on AI and CETI and the Provost’s Office are
excited to be able to cover the cost of attendance for 2 sessions to anyone interested in attending. The sessions with dates/times and descriptions are below. Following that info are links for registration. Registration for the April 2 session is due March 28, the other sessions are due April 4th.
Experts from colleges and universities from across the country are presenting the following sessions:
All sessions are 12 noon to 1 PM on the designated date.
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 - registration deadline Friday, March 29, 2024
George Handley & Art Brownlow, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
During ChatGPT’s first year of widespread availability, much was made of integrity concerns, but its role as a personal teaching assistant remained somewhat overlooked. This presentation will demonstrate how large language models like ChatGPT can aid in course preparation, design classroom activities, differentiated coursework, and assist in content assessment. We will cover LLMs' capabilities in generating critical thinking prompts, designing various learning assignments, creating instructional materials, providing student feedback, and evaluating student work. The session includes a hands-on component for attendees to customize AI tools to their own teaching needs, thereby enhancing their productivity, efficiency, and pedagogical effectiveness.
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 - registration deadline Friday, March 29, 2024
Jill Abney, University of Kentucky
Studying humanities content can be difficult for students inexperienced with self-prompting and reflection. Social construction of knowledge is often limited to teacher-directed conversations/assignments or out-of-class activities that depend on social connection and timely participation by peers. Instructors can utilize ChatGPT and similar tools to help students study concepts in the humanities conversationally in ways that push them beyond memorization. Through live demonstration and shared reflection, this session will explore tips for using GPT-4-based tools as a study partner to support deeper learning in the humanities while also making space for critical inquiry into those tools and how they work.
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 - registration deadline Friday, April 5, 2024
Lucas Tambasco, Rena Levitt & Dollie Davis, Minerva University
The main goal of this interactive session is to present and discuss the use of generative AI tools in active learning to enhance student outcomes. We will briefly introduce how we use the science of learning at our institution to design active courses, and how we intend to update our classes given recent technological advancements. Participants will be broken into groups according to their areas of expertise to discuss incorporating AI tools into their curriculum. At the end of this session, participants will have actionable plans to include effective active learning techniques at their home institution by leveraging AI support.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 – registration deadline Friday April 5, 2024
Andy Sheppard, Santa Fe College
AI tools like ChatGPT can convert “auto-captions” into more increasingly accurate transcripts with appropriate capitalization and punctuation almost on par with professional captioning providers. And AI-image generation tools provide us with a means to create more diverse imagery. By leveraging AI, instructional materials can be made more inclusive and empower learners with disabilities to more fully engage with educational content. This presentation will demonstrate two tools for achieving these ends.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 – registration deadline Friday April 12, 2024
Florence Williams, University of Central Florida
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can offer different approaches depending on the end user’s needs. One such approach is a framework that adapts to user needs across disciplines. This lightning session utilizes the STRIVE (Search, Teach, Review, Innovate, Vary, Evaluate) framework to encourage AI use for micro-teaching and student engagement. In each facet of the frame, we will explore discipline-specific active learning strategies and micro-teaching opportunities using the affordances of the AI revolution and reflect on consistent implementation for positive results.
Registration for 2 sessions for NKU Educators
