Colby, Bates and Bowdoin Special Series on Generative AI: Designing Assignments & Class Activities with Generative AI
March 7, 4-5pm, Zoom
Register on the CBB Pedagogy Matters web site.
Pre-Work
- Read: Why you should rethink your resistance to ChatGPT (Chronicle of Higher Education Article)
- Watch: Wharton Interactive Crash Course: Practical AI for Instructors and Students (5 Videos)
- Recommend: Part 4- AI for Instructors (13 min) Parts 1, 2, 3 and 5 are optional
Guiding questions:
- How might/do you use AI tools in your courses?
- What guidelines do/could you give to students about AI use on assignments?
- What intrigues you about how AI will impact your work as a scholar and educator?
- How might generative AI impact your students’ work as learners? How do we more effectively teach students to be critical consumers of information?
Bonus article- AI detectors don’t work.
Teaching with AI Workshop Series
Mondays March 11-April 8, 1-2pm
Led by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson, authors of Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024), this four-part, live workshop series will help participants understand the current AI landscape; address academic integrity in meaningful and fair-minded ways; craft assignments that ensure course outcomes as well as AI literacies are developed; and utilize AI to assist with course design, development, and management tasks.
Spring Break AI Camp: 90 Minutes of Coffee and Hands-on Practice With Generative AI, Wednesday, March 20
You’re invited to our “Spring Break AI Camp: 90 Minutes of Coffee and Hands-on Practice With Generative AI“
- When: March 20th, 10:00 – 11:30 AM
- Where: Mills Room M103
This 90-minute session offers a hands-on look at AI tools like ChatGPT, Microsoft Co-Pilot, Google Gemini, Perplexity, and Adobe Firefly. Bring your own questions or use our provided prompts to explore these technologies and your laptop or iPad! . Jennifer Snow, Paul Benham, and Juli Haugen from Academic Technology and Consulting will be available to assist and answer questions. Coffee and snacks will be served and bring your own laptop (preferred) or iPad.
Faculty Seminar on Tuesday, March 26, 12-1pm, Main Lounge, Moulton
A Productive Use for Generative AI: Low-stakes, Meaningful Writing Assignments with John Paul Kanwit, incoming Associate Director of the BCLT, Writing Program