Speaker Topic – Small Teaching with AI: Practical Strategies to Help Students Engage and Learn

As we navigate the impact of Generative AI on teaching and learning, many faculty members experience mixed emotions and attitudes about whether and how to incorporate AI in our classes, whether students will learn foundational knowledge and skills, and what the advent of AI means for education, work, and society more broadly. Feeling overwhelmed is natural, but small teaching can help. We’ll make the case for teaching with AI even as we continue to grapple with the bigger questions and concerns. We’ll explore pedagogically purposeful ways of moving forward with AI that are doable and don’t create a lot of extra work: ideas that help us gain momentum and help our students develop AI literacy, critical fluency, and integrity in their work. 

You’ll hear about topics such as

• Teaching and learning with AI in higher education in the United States: broad context and current trends
• Ethical and equity-minded considerations regarding AI in higher ed
• Motivation for ourselves and our students during these challenging times
• Practical and feasible strategies across the disciplines and in all class modalities

Note: This talk does not typically feature a demonstration of or hands-on practice with teaching with AI, but that is something that can be added if extra time is available.