AI TRAINING 

“GenAI Collaborative Creation Exercises: Examples and Applications” will discuss the integration of artificial intelligence tools in design and creativity. This session is tailored for educators looking to enhance their teaching methodologies with currently available GenAI tools and create exercises for students that challenge them to use said tools with a critical thinking mindset. During the workshop, you won't just be listening-you'll be doing. We'll explore case studies, engage in hands-on exercises, and create images and simple data visualizations. This interactive approach will give you a firsthand experience of the ease and speed of AI-driven creation. Additionally, we'll discuss the importance of balancing digital and analog techniques. By encouraging initial analog explorations, we can combat digital fatigue and refine these ideas using AI, effectively blending traditional and modern methods. This approach underscores generative AI as an asset in the creative toolkit, not a replacement but a complement that enhances the creative process.

This interactive workshop will guide participants in defining practical personal AI use cases, starting with a brief theoretical overview and progressing to hands-on examples and tools. The goal is not just to address current challenges, but to help each attending professor define their own optimal use cases as we keep up with the rapid advancements in AI technology. Specific examples will be shared to serve as a model, but the primary aim is for each attending professor to start thinking about their own use cases and engage in collaborative discussions on implementation.

The foundation of the session will be to define the processes in relation areas as diverse as:

1.⁠ ⁠Course definition

2.⁠ ⁠Student onboarding and/or assistance

3.⁠ ⁠Preparation of materials

4.⁠ ⁠Classroom engagement assistance

5.⁠ ⁠Grading assistance The goal is to create a process map, define where AI can assist, and implement it.

To achieve this, different processes will be demonstrated, and attendees will be encouraged to develop their own processes and ideate solutions.

In this immersive 80-minute workshop, faculty will discover how to leverage the potential of Generative AI (GenAI) to streamline and elevate their Syllabus creation process. Through engaging demos, hands-on exercises, and thought-provoking discussions, participants will explore practical applications of GenAI in generating learning objectives, structuring course content, and ensuring alignment with institutional policies. By the end of the session, faculty will have gained the knowledge and confidence to integrate GenAI into their Syllabi, saving valuable time and enhancing the quality of their course planning. This workshop is tailored for professors seeking to create/ update their Syllabi using GenAI. Participants will also have the opportunity to collaborate with peers, share insights, and reflect on the benefits and challenges of AI-generated content.

How can we better engage students in critical thinking about the societal, cultural, ethical, and legal implications of generative AI (GenAI)? This workshop aims to help professors design an in-class activity in which students will be asked to accomplish a task using GenAI tools, then reflect on the potential implications of using these tools. 

We will begin with an overview of some of the key questions that have been raised about GenAI: its potential impacts on jobs, the environment, labor relations, intellectual property rights, cultural production, and the nature of how we understand “reality,” among others. 

 Following this overview, the workshop facilitator will share an example of an activity designed for Communication students that led to a productive in-class discussion of GenAI’s implications for that field. 

Finally, workshop participants will work on designing a similar activity for a course they teach and share their ideas. Participants will leave the workshop with a view on how to approach Critical Thinking competencies in their teaching and a plan for an engaging activity that prompts students to reflect on and discuss the broader consequences of GenAI for their chosen field of study.

Through this workshop participants will learn how AI can streamline the creation of assignments, improve the alignment and fairness of rubrics. By the end of this workshop, participants will walk away with practical insights and immediate actions they can implement in their courses to enhance student learning outcomes and teaching efficiency. 

Course Goals: 

1. Quickly Understand AI's Role in Education: Gain a basic understanding of AI’s potential in transforming educational tasks, with a focus on immediate application.

2. Create AI-Enhanced Assignments: Learn simple yet effective techniques to design assignments that leverage AI to meet diverse student needs. 

3. Refine Rubrics Using AI: Explore quick methods to use AI for refining rubrics, ensuring they are clear, fair, and aligned with learning outcomes. Outcome:

In this workshop, participants will have gained practical knowledge and hands-on experience with AI tools that can be immediately applied to enhance their teaching practices. They will leave with a clear action plan and the confidence to start integrating AI into their assignments and rubrics processes.