Staying Human with AI-Enhanced Teaching

Staying Human with AI-Enhanced Teaching

• Days/Times: Wednesdays 1-2:30pm, starting September 4
• Instructors: John Martin and Karen Skibba
• Location: Online (Zoom)
• Register Here

AI is changing the way we teach, learn, research, and even think. It is crucial to learn to use it in ethical, equitable, and effective ways to enhance rather than diminish our distinct expressions of humanity.

Taught by John Martin and Karen Skibba from the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Mentoring, Staying Human with AI-Enhanced Teaching is a full-semester, graduate-level course held on Zoom that is open to all. This is not a course on how to have AI teach more, but on how to use it to teach better, while keeping our humanity intact.

Personal voice is a major goal: the course is for participants to explore how generative AI tools can be leveraged to create adaptable and evolving educational experiences that resonate with their own personal teaching philosophies, values, and the diverse needs of learners. In other words, we will focus on how AI can assist in meeting us and our students where we’re at — honoring and developing who we are rather than trying to change us (educators and students) into versions of ourselves that are not authentic to ourselves or our disciplines. We will explore how to use AI to create more equitable, effective, and efficient teaching practices tailored to participants’ specific academic fields, and tailored to complement their individual teaching styles.

Through individual and group exploration and experimentation, we will apply AI-assisted design to proven teaching techniques such as Universal Design for Learning (UDL), the Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) framework, backward design, inclusive teaching strategies, and social/active learning that promotes peer-informed critical thinking. We hope you’ll join us!