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AI Literacy: From Surveys to Discipline Expertise
No full textStudents, faculty, and staff want to become literate in using generative AIs like ChatGPT, Gemini, and CoPilot because these tools could make work and learning more efficient, but what about effective and ethical? What does it mean to audit AI content and use? This session explores results from a faculty and staff survey that is informing our institutional strategy around AI literacy and resource development. The goal is to illustrate the power of knowing your audiences and relying on their perspectives, experiences, and expertise to build (and rebuild) an institution-wide view of AI in teaching, learning, and work
Using AI to Grade: Produce Richer Student Feedback Faster
No full textHave you considered using AI to help grade your students\u27 submissions? Of course, you have! This session highlights the benefits of AI-assisted assessment and looks at recent studies comparing AI and human grading accuracy, shedding light on both strengths and biases. Critical issues like privacy and transparency will be addressed, alongside practical lessons learned from my year-long experimentation with AI grading. As a bonus, gain insight into how students perceive AI in grading and their expectations of faculty who use it. Join this session for actionable strategies to integrate AI grading tools ethically and effectively into your teaching practice
Cracking the Code! Leveraging AI to Create Escape Rooms for Student Engagement and Curiosity
No full textDiscover how generative AI can streamline the design of virtual escape rooms, making it easier to create gamified learning experiences. This session will showcase practical ways to leverage AI tools to craft storylines, puzzles, and multimedia elements aligned with instructional goals. Participants will also explore various options for hosting a virtual escape room online, offering practical solutions for creating engaging and interactive experiences in both online and in-person settings
Speaker for the Dead? Using AI to facilitate student engagement with historical thinkers and schools of thought
Get PDFThe formation of mature humans capable of personal growth and leadership in society depends on students increasing their ability to engage a diversity of experiences and viewpoints. These include historical experiences and ideas that shaped the formation of contemporary cultures and societies. Traditionally students engaged these ideas and experiences through text versions of an individual\u27 s writings, usually in translation. Professors and secondary textual accounts then provided the background for interpreting these texts in their experiential context. The ability to use Generative AI models like Chat GPT to create custom chatbots with relative ease creates new possibilities for this kind of engagement. First, a well trained custom chatbot can engage students in real time with the experiences and perspectives of a historical figure. Secondly, multiple such characters can engage both students and each other in a larger discussion over shared concerns. This presentation will offer the insights of an experiment in learning by three different groups of students in such mixed discussion groups involving fellow students and AI chatbots. In order to deepen the experience, and to give the students a greater perspective on the process, the students themselves will have helped train the chatbots
Leveraging AI for Scalable and Effective Student Evaluation in Large-Scale Online Courses
Get PDFWe have developed two groundbreaking online courses, Sex from Molecules to Elephants and Sensing and Movement from Waves to Whales , filmed in extraordinary locations such as the Serengeti, Yellowstone, Sumatra, and Iceland. These courses engage thousands of students annually but pose unique challenges for testing and evaluation due to their scale. Traditional methods fail to provide personalized, timely, and meaningful feedback
Ragtime: Using Custom GPTs for Teaching Experiential, Project-Based Courses
No full textCustom GPTs (or GPTs for short) were introduced by OpenAI at the beginning of November 2023 to enable AI enthusiasts to adapt ChatGPT in their respective domains, by tailoring to specific use cases. In this presentation, we will discuss our tried and tested experiences of adapting OpenAI\u27 s GPT functionality to build a GPT for experiential, project-based courses at a business school. We will show how a GPT can be configured in OpenAI and discuss our experiences and main takeaways from incorporating GPTs in teaching. The audience will have an opportunity to interact with some of our pre-built GPTs to get practical experience with how a student might engage with such technology
Understanding the AI Divide: Comparing Faculty and Student Perceptions of Generative AI
No full textAs GenAI reshapes the workforce, a significant disconnect in higher education has been identified. Researchers from the Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness at the University of Central Florida surveyed faculty (N=260) and students (N=677) finding that while half of students view AI skills as crucial for their future careers, fewer than one-third of faculty actively teach with AI or encourage its use. Despite differing perspectives on AI integration, both groups share a common concern: the risk of cheating and plagiarism. Our analysis reveals critical insights into the challenges of balancing technological innovation with academic integrity in an AI-driven educational landscap
AI Matchmaker: Speed-Dating Your Way to Innovative Education Solutions
No full textDiscover the transformative potential of AI in education through an interactive speed dating format! This session offers rapid, hands-on introductions to diverse AI tools, including adaptive learning platforms, generative AI for curriculum design, and intelligent tutoring systems. Rotate through stations to explore practical applications and align AI solutions with your teaching goals. Designed for educators at all experience levels, this dynamic session inspires innovation and equips you with actionable insights to revolutionize learning. Leave with new ideas, resources, and connections to empower your educational journey
Creating Multiple Pathways for Faculty Exploration of Generative AI for Teaching & Learning
No full textThis session will share how one institution took a multi-faceted approach to launching its AI faculty initiative, including sharing implementation data. Approaches included launching communities of practice, university-wide learning sessions, program-specific collaboration, mini-grants for AI tools exporation, a webinar series, a book study, AI conference attendance support, and a microcredential. Questions of human and financial resources along with using internal vs. external expertise will be explored. Participants will gain snapshots into these modalities and take away ideas for how one or more of these approaches might be considered for their own context as well as ideas for getting started
AIssignment: A Practical Approach to Introducing Students to AI
No full textIntroduce students to AI in a thoughtful and critical way with this ready-to-use, adaptable assignment. Designed for a low-risk environment, the activity helps students explore generative AI tools, practice fact-checking with scholarly sources, and reflect on ethical AI use in education. In this interactive session, participants will experience the assignment firsthand- crafting prompts, analyzing AI responses, and discussing ways to adapt it to their disciplines. Walk away with practical tools and a flexible template to empower students to think critically about AI\u27 s role in their learning and future