The GenAI Educational Landscape: Best Practices for Instructors

ITS Instructional Support Workshop

New Workshop!

This mini workshop is designed to equip faculty with the necessary skills and knowledge to integrate Generative Artificial Intelligence into the classroom setting effectively. 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)

Level: Beginner/Core

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