The GenAI Educational Landscape: Best Practices for Instructors

This mini-workshop is designed to equip faculty with the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively integrate Generative Artificial Intelligence into the classroom setting. Faculty members will explore its impact on students and instruction, learn how to discuss Generative AI (GenAI) with students and receive guidance on writing a GenAI syllabus statement. Although this workshop is designed for instructors, all are welcome.

Workshop Outline:

• GenAI in education
  • Objectives, overview, and impact
• Syllabus statements
  • Strategies for communication and writing GenAI syllabus statements
• Ideas for (re)designing assignments in a GenAI era
• Sharing experiences, troubleshooting challenges, and providing additional resources

Audience: Instructors

Recommended Prerequisites: 
A or B:
A. Introduction to GenAI: Unpacking Key Concepts (Mini Workshop)
B. Generative AI Basics (Full Workshop)

C or D:
C. Critical Challenges in GenAI: Exploring Privacy, Ethical Implications, Integrity, and Bias (Mini Workshop)
D. Generative AI Basics (Full Workshop)

E or F:
E. From Basics to Brilliance: Prompt Engineering with U-M GPT (Mini Workshop)
F. Generative AI with U-M GPT (Full Workshop)

Zoom join URL: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98888582214

This workshop is part of the new ITS Generative AI Mini-Workshop Series designed to offer a rich, engaging experience in just 45 minutes per session. With an expanded range of topics, these ten workshops are tailored to meet the varied interests and needs of instructors, staff, and students.

Each workshop topic will be offered twice a week over ten weeks, allowing participants the flexibility to complete the entire series with their choice of one 45-minute workshop per week. Participants will be able to earn new badges for participating in the series. Visit the ITS Generative AI Workshop Series page to learn more about the series.