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Workshop Series

Collaborating with Generative AI in the Classroom

Come learn (more) about Generative AI and how to apply it in your classroom during this four-part workshop series!

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Facilitated by AI Faculty Fellow Dr. Mark Mabrito, Professor of English, this four-part workshop series provides participants with skills/ideas for incorporating GenAI in their classrooms. By the end of the workshop series, participants will have created an “original” assignment or activity that leverages GenAI deliberately and strategically based on evidence-based practices and student learning outcomes for that task/activity. Dr. Mabrito will emphasize using GenAI in the classroom to promote critical thinking and transparency among students. Dr. Mabrito will provide links/resources throughout the series to enhance the participant experience. 

Faculty members who actively engage in each workshop will be awarded a digital badge. Furthermore, those who attend all four workshops in the series will receive a certificate from the Center for Faculty Excellence, in addition to the four badges. Registered participants are expected to commit to attending all workshops in the series to earn a certificate.

Workshop Meeting Dates

All workshops are on a Tuesday from 12:30-1:45 p.m.

  • Workshop 1, Tuesday, Feb 4, 12:30 to 1:45 p.m., virtual
  • Workshop 2, Tuesday, Feb 25, 12:30-1:45 p.m., virtual
  • Workshop 3, Tuesday, March 25, 12:30 to 1:45 p.m., virtual
  • Workshop 4, Tuesday, April 9, 12:30 to 1:45 p.m., virtual

Workshop 1: Introduction to GenAI in the Classroom and Prompt Crafting

Workshop Objectives:

  • Understand different levels of engagement with GenAI in the classroom
  • Learn basic frameworks and structures for prompt crafting
  • Understand how different large language models (LLMs) may operate differently
  • Discover and create ways of introducing students to GenAI

Workshop 2: AI Me – Promoting Transparency and Critical Thinking with GenAI

Workshop Objectives:

  • Learn how GenAI can be used to enhance an existing or create a new assignment/activity
  • Learn how GenAI may contribute to cognitive offloading in the context of an assignment/course
  • Understand how to promote critical thinking and transparency when students work with GenAI
  • Leverage guidelines for creating AI-enhanced assignments
  • Create an AI-enhanced assignment

Workshop 3: Refining and Assessing an AI-Enhanced Assignment – Considering Custom AI Tools and Other Approaches to “Supercharge” Your Assignment

Workshop Objectives:

  • Consider how to integrate custom AI tools into your AI-enhanced assignment
  • Create a custom rubric for your AI-enhanced assignment
  • Reflect on the possibilities and challenges of designing/implementing AI-enhanced assignments for the classroom

Workshop 4: Show and Tell

Workshop Objectives:

  • Participants share/highlight their work/projects from the workshop series