Teaching & Learning in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)
In the age of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), teaching and learning are undergoing a profound transformation. At the Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning, we’re here to empower educators to embrace generative AI, drive positive change, and be leaders in the evolving world of higher education.
New content is offered every semester. Sign up to participate in the sessions listed below (note that there are separate registration links for EKU participants and for non-EKU participants) or click here to suggest a GenAI training session.
Fall 2024 Teaching & Learning with Generative AI Programming
The full fall lineup of GenAI programming, with registration links, is downloadable as PDF files for both EKU participants and non-EKU participants. Note that non-EKU participants must use the “non-EKU” links to register on our website or in the corresponding PDF. If you have difficulties registering, please contact Dr. Lisa Blue for assistance.
Teaching & Learning with GenAI Day – August 12
Workshops and lectures offered during this pre-semester training will not be recorded, but they will be repeated every other Thursday, 2:00 – 3:15 p.m., starting September 12. A selection of the offerings below will also be presented as recorded Spark Talks offered the second Wednesday of each month, beginning September 11.
Getting Started with Generative Artificial Intelligence Workshop, 9:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Presenters: Dan Royalty and Lisa Blue
Whether you’re a seasoned educator, a curious researcher, or simply passionate about emerging technologies, this workshop promises to inspire. We’ll begin with an overview of how the Large Language Models work before exploring the top four models: ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and Claude. We’ll share practical insights on prompt engineering, equipping you with strategies to leverage AI effectively in your projects. If you’re looking to enhance creativity, streamline workflows, or explore new avenues in education, this session will provide actionable steps to get you started. Attendees should plan to bring their laptop for the best experience.
Crafting Assessments that Matter in an AI World Workshop, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Presenter: Lisa Blue
Facilitator: Dan Royalty
This workshop will delve into the critical role of GenAI in reshaping teaching practices. Learn practical applications of AI to enhance student engagement, foster a culture of curiosity, and navigate student use of AI. We will discuss strategies for designing assessments that are both AI-resilient and AI-embracing. Attendees will leave with actionable insights to thoughtfully consider the integration of AI into their teaching practices, promoting innovation and adaptability. Attendees should plan to bring their laptop for the best experience.
Preparing Our Students for an AI-Enhanced Workplace Workshop, 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
Presenter: Lisa Blue
Facilitator: Dan Royalty
Industries are rapidly transforming as they adopt Generative AI to automate routine tasks, enhancing creativity, innovation, accuracy, and efficiency in the workplace. To ensure our students not only adapt but lead in this evolving landscape, a significant shift in skill sets and training is essential. This workshop will explore how to integrate ten essential employability skills with seven key GenAI skills, preparing students for an AI-enhanced workplace while maintaining robust educational standards based on sound pedagogical principles. Attendees should plan to bring their laptop for the best experience.
Developing Effective GenAI Course Policies, 2:30 – 3:15 p.m.
Presenters: Dan Royalty and Lisa Blue
Developing robust course policies is essential to ensure ethical and effective use. This session will provide guidance on creating clear, comprehensive policies for AI use in the classroom. Topics will include setting expectations for AI-assisted work, addressing academic integrity concerns, and promoting responsible AI usage among students. Attendees will leave with a framework for developing course policies that uphold academic standards while embracing the benefits of AI technology.
Leveraging Specialized AI Tools to Enhance Scholarly Research, 3:30 – 4:15 p.m.
Presenter: Brittany Davis
Facilitator: Lisa Blue
Discover how specialized AI tools can enhance academic research. This session demonstrates research-focused AI that offers reliable source identification and streamlines the research process. Through live demos, learn how these tools enable article clarification, provide methodology overviews, and visualize connections between publications. See how they complement existing library resources and can help faculty and student researchers save time. Join us to gain practical insights for integrating these tools into your academic work and enhancing, rather than replacing, scholarly expertise.
Open GenAI Office Hours, 4:15 – 4:45 p.m.
Facilitators: Lisa Blue, Dan Royalty, Brittany Davis
Take this time to connect with the presenters from the day of Teaching & Learning with GenAI. We would love to hear what you’re working on, what you’re struggling with, and ways we can continue building the future of Teaching & Learning with GenAI together.
Fall GenAI Workshops and Lectures
The Fall GenAI workshops and lectures are offered on Thursdays, 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. and will not be recorded. A selection of the offerings below will also be presented as recorded Spark Talks offered the second Wednesday of each month, beginning September 11.
Getting Started with Generative Artificial Intelligence Workshop, September 12
Presenters: Dan Royalty and Lisa Blue
Whether you’re a seasoned educator, a curious researcher, or simply passionate about emerging technologies, this workshop promises to inspire. We’ll begin with an overview of how the Large Language Models work before exploring the top four models: ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and Claude. We’ll share practical insights on prompt engineering, equipping you with strategies to leverage AI effectively in your projects. If you’re looking to enhance creativity, streamline workflows, or explore new avenues in education, this session will provide actionable steps to get you started. Attendees should plan to bring their laptop for the best experience.
Crafting Assessments that Matter in an AI World Workshop, September 26
Presenter: Lisa Blue
Facilitator: Dan Royalty
This workshop will delve into the critical role of GenAI in reshaping teaching practices. Learn practical applications of AI to enhance student engagement, foster a culture of curiosity, and navigate student use of AI. We will discuss strategies for designing assessments that are both AI-resilient and AI-embracing. Attendees will leave with actionable insights to thoughtfully consider the integration of AI into their teaching practices, promoting innovation and adaptability. Attendees should plan to bring their laptop for the best experience.
Preparing Our Students for an AI-Enhanced Workplace Workshop, October 10
Presenter: Lisa Blue
Facilitator: Dan Royalty
Industries are rapidly transforming as they adopt Generative AI to automate routine tasks, enhancing creativity, innovation, accuracy, and efficiency in the workplace. To ensure our students not only adapt but lead in this evolving landscape, a significant shift in skill sets and training is essential. This workshop will explore how to integrate ten essential employability skills with seven key GenAI skills, preparing students for an AI-enhanced workplace while maintaining robust educational standards based on sound pedagogical principles. Attendees should plan to bring their laptop for the best experience.
Developing Effective GenAI Course Policies, October 24
Presenters: Dan Royalty and Lisa Blue
Developing robust course policies is essential to ensure ethical and effective use. This session will provide guidance on creating clear, comprehensive policies for AI use in the classroom. Topics will include setting expectations for AI-assisted work, addressing academic integrity concerns, and promoting responsible AI usage among students. Attendees will leave with a framework for developing course policies that uphold academic standards while embracing the benefits of AI technology.
Navigating Students’ Overreliance on GenAI, November 7
Presenters: Dan Royalty and Lisa Blue|
Generative AI can help students produce excellent work, but it also tempts them to over-rely on, cheat with, or completely outsource their thinking to the technology. Adding to this, we face the challenge of using a tool that pushes us to co-create the future of teaching and learning with our students through evidence-generating practices rather than just evidence-based ones, leading to inevitable tensions. In this session, we’ll explore how to use relationship-rich educational practices to address suspected overreliance on GenAI with an open mindset and curiosity. We’ll discuss tools like rhetorical listening and value-affirming statements to navigate these challenging conversations.
Leveraging Specialized AI Tools to Enhance Scholarly Research, November 21
Presenter: Brittany Davis
Facilitator: Lisa Blue
Discover how specialized AI tools can enhance academic research. This session demonstrates research-focused AI that offers reliable source identification and streamlines the research process. Through live examples, learn how these tools enable article Q&A, provide methodology overviews, and visualize connections between publications. See how they complement existing library resources and can save time for both faculty and students. Gain practical insights for integrating these tools into your academic work and enhancing, rather than replacing, scholarly expertise.
Monthly Spark Talks – Upcoming Sessions
The Spark Talk lectures are offered the second Wednesday of each month, beginning September 11, and will be recorded for those unable to attend in real time.
Crafting Assessments that Matter in an AI World, September 11, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Presenter: Lisa Blue
Facilitator: Dan Royalty
This session will delve into the critical role of GenAI in reshaping teaching practices. Learn practical applications of AI to enhance student engagement, foster a culture of curiosity, and navigate student use of AI. We will discuss strategies for designing assessments that are both AI-resilient and AI-embracing. Attendees will leave with actionable insights to thoughtfully consider the integration of AI into their teaching practices, promoting innovation and adaptability.
Preparing Our Students for an AI-Enhanced Workplace, October 9, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Presenter: Lisa Blue
Facilitator: Dan Royalty
Industries are rapidly transforming as they adopt Generative AI to automate routine tasks, enhancing creativity, innovation, accuracy, and efficiency in the workplace. To ensure our students not only adapt but lead in this evolving landscape, a significant shift in skill sets and training is essential. This session will explore how to integrate ten essential employability skills with seven key GenAI skills, preparing students for an AI-enhanced workplace while maintaining robust educational standards based on sound pedagogical principles.
Developing Effective GenAI Course Policies, November 13, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Presenters: Dan Royalty and Lisa Blue
Developing robust course policies is essential to ensure ethical and effective use. This session will provide guidance on creating clear, comprehensive policies for AI use in the classroom. Topics will include setting expectations for AI-assisted work, addressing academic integrity concerns, and promoting responsible AI usage among students. Attendees will leave with a framework for developing course policies that uphold academic standards while embracing the benefits of AI technology.
Monthly Spark Talks – Past Sessions
Developing AI-Powered Researchers: Integrating Generative AI into College Information Literacy Instruction
Facilitators: Brittany Davis, Heather Beirne, Cindy Judd, and Trenia Napier
Date: March 6, 2024
Description: AI-powered technologies are dramatically influencing how information is produced, shared, and consumed. To effectively and ethically navigate this new, rapidly changing information ecosystem, college students must be equipped with both information literacy and AI literacy. This workshop will explore how to integrate AI literacy into college information literacy instruction, covering key concepts such as:
- best practices to help students effectively utilize text generators for research, including prompt formulation, iterative querying, and output quality assessment;
- partnering with instruction librarians to design AI-integrated learning experiences that situate AI interaction and evaluation skills within the research process;
- active learning activities for thoughtful AI interaction; and
- critically thinking about misinformation and bias.
Participants will gain a better understanding of how to equip students with the information literacy skills they need to thrive in an AI-driven workplace.
Link to Recording
Writing with AI: Building a Constructive Classroom Culture
Facilitator: Dominic Ashby
Date: February 7, 2024
Description: In my role as the first-year writing coordinator at EKU, I’ve heard instructors share legitimate concerns about the potential negative impact of AI writing tools on students’ learning, including worries about creativity, critical thinking, engagement, and plagiarism. This workshop offers a proactive solution by advocating for the integration of AI into assignments and discussions. Acknowledging AI as a permanent fixture in the professional landscape, this workshop underscores the importance of equipping students with the necessary literacy skills to ethically and effectively utilize AI-assisted tools in ways that promote and support their learning. The workshop guides instructors in establishing a positive classroom tone that encourages constructive AI use and ethical practices, fostering a classroom culture that leverages AI to enhance the learning process rather than circumvent it. By participating in this workshop, attendees will gain valuable insights and practical strategies for the constructive and supportive use of AI writing tools in the classroom, ensuring that AI becomes a facilitator, not a hindrance, to genuine learning experiences.
Link to Recording
From GenAI to GenChem: Catalyzing Course Design Efficiently
Facilitators: Chris Daniel and Lisa Blue
Date: November 1, 2023
Description: The Generative AI landscape has exploded with a plethora of services and solutions aimed at course development and delivery. Amidst cautionary tales and concerns, there is untapped potential for these technologies to streamline mundane, repetitive, and standalone tasks in educational course development. Dive in as Chris Daniel and Lisa Blue explicate a process of employing GenAI tools to efficiently craft an eight-week general chemistry course. Drawing from their firsthand experiences, they will provide insights and seek your feedback toward navigating the intricacies of course design and delivery in this digital age.
Link to Recording
Responsible Content Creation Using Generative AI Tools: A Student’s Guide
Facilitator: Lisa Blue
Date: October 4, 2023
Description: How do Generative AI tools work? What are their strengths and limitations? How can students utilize these tools to responsibly and ethically create their best work while gaining important employability skills? Explore these and other questions during this interactive discussion.
Link to Recording
2023 Fall Teaching Symposium, August 8, 2023
How do GPT-Based Models Work?
Facilitator: Brad Powell
Description: This session we will be discussing the basics of GPT-Based models such as ChatGPT, Bard, and Bing. We will cover what these models are, how they work, and what they can do.
Link to Recording
Constructive Uses of AI for the Instructor
Facilitator: Lisa Blue
Description: It seems that AI has already permeated every aspect of what we do as educators, so it’s time to find ways to use it constructively to free up our time, but also so that we can guide our students on appropriate usage.
Link to Recording
AI as a Teaching Assistant
Facilitator: Brittany Strube
Description: Unlock the potential of AI in the classroom: Dive deep into the benefits, best practices, and resources for leveraging artificial intelligence as a teaching assistant. Perfect for educators seeking to reduce cognitive load with mundane tasks and enhance student engagement and personalize learning.
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Guiding Student Usage of Generative AI
Facilitator: Nedim Slijepcevic
Description: Discuss issues related to the use of Generative AI. Explore alternative methodologies for Learning and Formative Assessment. Explore and exemplify the student use of Generative AI.
Link to Recording
Legal and Ethical Considerations
Facilitator: Emily Jo Davis
Description: This will be an opportunity to discuss policy, detection, and overall student behavior.
Link to Recording