AI in Teaching Symposium – Call for Proposals
The DePaul AI Institute is embarking on a series of signature events and collaborative resources that strategically and pragmatically integrate artificial intelligence into academic activities that promote student learning and enhance critical thinking skills. The AI in Teaching Symposiums are opportunities for DePaul faculty and staff to share and see how their colleagues have successfully utilized an AI activity or assignment into their teaching. Quick, simple, direct demonstrations that can be easily adopted in other courses at the university.
We are soliciting proposals from interested faculty members who would like to develop a brief presentation (along with accompanying resources) and present to the university community at the second AI in Teaching Symposium. The deadline for submission is Monday, September 23.
For the second symposium, up to 4 faculty members will be selected to present. The Symposium will be held on Friday, October 18, from 1-3 PM at the DePaul Center.
Here are the guidelines for the presentations:
- No more than ten minutes to present on an AI assignment, practice, or concept that can be implemented in other courses taught at DePaul.
- No more than five minutes for Q&A.
- Written resources (overview, recommendations, links, etc.) must accompany each presentation. These will be shared on the web.
- Presenting live from the DePaul Center during the Symposium.
- A high-quality recording of your presentation to be shared on a library of instructional AI use cases on the Institute’s Web site (the recording can be completed after the symposium but prior to the end of the fall quarter.
Presenters will be awarded a $500 honorarium.
The Symposium will be offered in a Flex format. The sessions will be recorded, but the recording will be only shared with DePaul faculty and staff in a password protected streamed format. The high-quality recordings of the presentations for the use case library will be recorded in the Driehaus College of Business’ video studio on the 8th floor of the DePaul Center. The time commitment for this effort would be a 15-minute Zoom call prior to recording, and then 45 minutes on the day of recording. Your assets and recording would then be publicly shared to the web.
The deadline to apply is 5PM Monday September 23. You can apply here.
You can register for the event here. Please note: The event is for DePaul faculty and staff only.
AI in Teaching Symposium: Agenda Posted
The AI in Teaching Symposiums are opportunities for DePaul faculty and staff to share and see how their colleagues have successfully utilized an AI activity or assignment into their teaching. Quick, simple, direct demonstrations that can be easily adopted in other courses at the university.
The first AI in Teaching Symposium will take place Friday May 31 at 1PM. This will be a Flex event – you can attend in person or remotely via Zoom.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Why Attend?
- Innovate Your Teaching: Discover cutting-edge techniques and practical strategies from your peers.
- Collaborate and Connect: Engage in lively discussions, practical demonstrations, and networking opportunities. The symposium is your platform to exchange insights with fellow educators passionate about enhancing their teaching methods and student outcomes.
- Make a Difference: Our students understand that AI is permeating all aspects of work and society. Help make them better prepared leaders.
Agenda
- 1:00 PM: Opening Remarks.
- 1:15 PM: Greg Scott (College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences):
- Using Generative AI to Understand the Social Construction of Identity
- 1:30 PM: Ignacio Luri (Driehaus College of Business):
- Synthetic Data as a Teaching Tool
- 1:45 PM: Paige Treebridge (Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media):
- Realistic Use of AI in Design Scenarios
- 2:00 PM: Margaret Poncin Reeves (College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences):
- Promoting Critical AI Literacy through Reflection
- 2:15 PM: Closing Remarks
Please note: This internal event is for DePaul faculty and staff only. You can register here.
AI-Powered Pedagogy: Exploring Best Practices for Integrating AI in Teaching and Research
I will be facilitating a session (AI-Powered Pedagogy: Exploring Best Practices for Integrating AI in Teaching and Research) at the 28th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference (2023).
The conference is entirely virtual (Zoom). My session will be
- 1-1:45PM
- Friday May 5th
Hope you can be there. More information about the conference can be found here:
My resources can be found here:
"It's-a me, Mario!" – What playing videogames taught me about effective online course design
I presented ("It's-a me, Mario!" – What playing videogames taught me about effective online course design) at the 2012 DePaul Faculty Teaching and Learning Conference on Friday. The webpage and handouts for the presentation are now live, and can be found here.
"It's-a me, Mario!" – What playing videogames taught me about effective online course design
My proposal to present ("It's-a me, Mario!" – What playing videogames taught me about effective online course design) at this year's DePaul Faculty Teaching & Learning Conference has been accepted.
The conference will take place on Friday, April 20th, 2012, from 9:00am-5:00pm. If you have not done so already, you can register for the conference at http://teachingcommons.depaul.edu/Conference/index.html
The overview for the presentation is:
Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda are two of Nintendo’s most valuable video game franchises, spawning a slew of highly regarded (and highly selling) series of games on multiple consoles. I cheerfully admit to spending a considerable amount of time playing these games over the years, but playing these games has also taught me much about effective and fun design of online and hybrid courses. In this dynamic session I will outline ten lessons learned from these two video game series that can be applied to course design – structuring a course that promotes student learning, reduces confusion, and that could even be fun.