Innovative AI: Practical Teaching Strategies With ChatGPT

Benefits

• Understand the use of ChatGPT in both traditional and online teaching settings for creating engaging content.
  
• Use ChatGPT to craft engaging and customized syllabi that address diverse learning needs.
  
• Design assignments with ChatGPT that foster critical thinking and creativity.
• Integrate ChatGPT into classroom activities to enhance student engagement and discussions.
  
• Use ChatGPT to create effective test and quiz questions, supporting fair and challenging assessments.
  
• Leverage ChatGPT to improve students' reading, writing, and critical thinking skills.

Required Sessions Breakdown

• Session 1: The Potential Of ChatGPT: Practical Strategies For Face-To-Face & Online Teaching
  

  Overview

  ChatGPT has the potential to revolutionize the educational landscape, and faculty have just begun to explore how to utilize ChatGPT to enhance their teaching effectively. This session introduces practical applications of ChatGPT to support faculty to be more effective, innovative, and efficient teachers (regardless of whether teaching face-to-face or online).

  Discover how ChatGPT can enhance teaching effectiveness by answering student queries, simplifying complex concepts, aiding course planning, and generating instructional support materials. We will journey through the compelling advantages, potential challenges, and ethical considerations tied to AI implementation in classrooms. Throughout this exploration, we will focus on actionable tips to effectively harness ChatGPT as a powerful teaching aid. From generating quiz questions, brainstorming research topics, and creating real-world scenarios, to fostering ethical discussions, the applications of ChatGPT are vast. In this webinar, you will learn how ChatGPT can act as your ultimate teaching assistant when integrated thoughtfully into teaching practices.

  Objectives

  • Understand the potential of ChatGPT to revolutionize teaching and learning processes in face-to-face and online environments.
  • Identify practical ways in which ChatGPT can enhance teaching effectiveness, including answering student queries, simplifying complex concepts, aiding in course planning, and generating instructional support materials.
  • Recognize the advantages, potential challenges, and ethical considerations tied to the integration of AI, specifically ChatGPT, in classrooms.
  • Apply actionable strategies to effectively utilize ChatGPT as a powerful teaching aid, covering activities such as generating quiz questions, brainstorming research topics, creating real-world scenarios, and fostering ethical discussions.
  • Integrate ChatGPT thoughtfully into their teaching practices, understanding how it can serve as a comprehensive tool to increase teaching efficiency and innovation.

   

• Session 2: The Future Of Syllabus Design: Leveraging ChatGPT For Engaging, Tailored Content
  

  Overview

  In the ever-evolving landscape of higher education, traditional syllabus design has faced numerous challenges, from the arduous process of determining what content to include to combating biases and ensuring relevance. How can educators and institutions keep their syllabi agile, inclusive, and student-centric? Enter ChatGPT: a powerful AI tool reimagining syllabus design for the modern era. This webinar explores how ChatGPT can facilitate the syllabus creation process by ensuring fresh content that is engaging and tailored to diverse student needs.

  We will explore a range of innovative strategies where ChatGPT can aid faculty in creating a dynamic syllabus, such as generating content suggestions for a richer learning experience, offering feedback on clarity, and crafting versions to meet different student and institutional needs. Additionally, we'll examine how ChatGPT can foster inclusivity, provide syllabus support resources, and keep syllabi updated with current events.

  With a focus on putting ideas into action, we'll break down strategies for AI use into actionable steps, from determining relevant sections to creating diverse versions to tips on working with ChatGPT efficiently. The session will also provide detailed suggestions for crafting effective prompts and utilizing ChatGPT as a collaboration partner. Whether you're a seasoned educator or new to syllabus design, this webinar promises valuable insights into creating a future-proof, engaging, and inclusive syllabus with the help of ChatGPT.

  Objectives

  • Recognize the inherent obstacles in traditional syllabus creation, including potential biases and difficulties in ensuring relevance and inclusivity, and understand their implications for the learning experience.
  • Navigate and utilize ChatGPT's functionalities effectively, leveraging its capabilities to provide content suggestions, give feedback on clarity, generate assessments, and maintain an inclusive, engaging syllabus.
  • Apply actionable strategies for incorporating ChatGPT into syllabus planning, focusing on determining pertinent sections, structuring content, summarizing essentials, and tailoring diverse versions to varied needs.
  • Acquire and practice skills for an effective partnership with ChatGPT, mastering the art of crafting productive prompts and leveraging AI as a collaboration ally for student-centric syllabus design.

   

• Session 3: Transformative Teaching: How To Use ChatGPT To Create Innovative & Engaging Assignments
  

  Overview

  The rapid emergence of generative AI platforms like ChatGPT, Bard, and Bing has been a game-changer in the educational landscape. Their influence is not just about catering to a tech-savvy generation; it's about reevaluating the traditional methods of assessing student understanding, particularly our dependence on written assignments.

  In today's fast-paced world, adaptation is not optional but necessary. Educators are tasked with revamping their teaching and assessment techniques to ensure students can meaningfully interact with the subject matter. The goal is to enable students to use AI tools effectively in their studies without compromising the essence of authentic learning.

  Join our upcoming webinar to explore practical assignment ideas that incorporate generative AI. We'll discuss how to weave AI into coursework in a way that promotes an active learning cycle. This will allow students to apply, reflect on, and deepen their understanding of the material. The session aims to equip educators with actionable strategies for staying at the forefront of educational innovation, all while delivering a meaningful learning experience. Attendees will walk away with hands-on techniques for integrating AI into their teaching, enhancing student engagement and comprehension.

  Objectives

  • Critically assess and update traditional student evaluation methods to reduce reliance on written assignments.
  • Adapt teaching and assessment techniques to include generative AI platforms, ensuring educational practices are current with technological advancements.
  • Strike a balance between using AI tools and maintaining the core principles of authentic learning to enhance educational outcomes.
  • Design practical assignments integrating generative AI, fostering an active learning cycle for students to apply, reflect on, and deepen their understanding. 
  • Provide educators with concrete strategies for seamlessly incorporating AI into the curriculum to boost student engagement and comprehension.

   

Elective Choices - Customize Your Learning Journey

Participants will choose three electives from the following transformative options, each designed to address specific facets of AI integration in education:

• ChatGPT In The Classroom: Learn how to embrace the transformative power of ChatGPT, an advanced AI language model, to revolutionize your educational approach by elevating faculty productivity, supporting diverse educational needs, and enriching the learning environment.
  
• ChatGPT As A Learning Tool: Learn how to shift the narrative around ChatGPT from academic integrity concerns to its educational benefits by exploring practical strategies and examples for enhancing students' reading, writing, and critical thinking skills, with collaborative input via a Google document to leverage ChatGPT for innovative teaching.
  
• Creating Innovative Test & Quiz Questions With ChatGPT: Learn how to explore advanced strategies for creating diverse quiz and test questions with ChatGPT, utilizing adaptive techniques, multimedia elements, and Bloom's Taxonomy for dynamic, effective assessments across various academic subjects.
  
• Facilitating Better Online Discussions With ChatGPT: Learn how to enhance online discussions with ChatGPT by prompting engaging conversation starters, offering insightful replies, and fostering meaningful dialogue among students, using the model's capacity to curate content-related questions, promote critical thinking, and customize discussions to capture students' interest.
  
• Writing Quiz & Test Questions With ChatGPT: Learn how AI can assist in creating robust and effective assessment tools by using ChatGPT to craft quizzes and test questions across various difficulty levels, formats, and topics, ensuring diversity, avoiding biases, and catering to different learning preferences or interests.
  
• Creating Effective Communications For The Online Classroom: Learn how to leverage ChatGPT to draft clear, concise, and engaging announcements for the online classroom, crafting messages that resonate, provide essential information, and encourage student participation, ensuring timely, relevant, and well-received academic communication.
  
  

Outcomes

• Transformative Knowledge Acquisition: Gain an in-depth understanding of AI's transformative potential, moving beyond theory to grasp how AI can reshape educational practices.
  
• Practical Skills Development: Through live demonstrations and interactive tutorials, learn to apply AI tools and methodologies directly into your workflows, enhancing efficiency and fostering innovation.
  
• Visionary Leadership Formation: Become a leader who can anticipate AI advancements and strategically leverage them for the benefit of your institution.
  
• Customized Implementation Roadmap: Receive a bespoke AI implementation plan, tailored to meet the unique needs and context of your institution, ensuring relevance and applicability.
  
• Strategic Implementation Guidance: Our step-by-step approach provides actionable insights, enabling you to implement AI strategies effectively and transform your institution's operations and services.
  
• Ethical AI Leadership: Champion ethical AI use, ensuring your initiatives prioritize privacy, inclusivity, and sustainability, positioning your institution as a model of responsible AI integration.
  
• Preparation for Future Trends: Stay ahead of the rapidly evolving educational landscape with advanced AI applications and strategies, ensuring your institution remains competitive and innovative.
  
• Interactive Learning Experience: Engage directly with AI and education experts through real-time Q&A sessions and feedback opportunities, enriching your learning experience.
  
• Customizable Learning Path: Tailor your bootcamp experience with elective options that align with your institution's specific challenges and goals, ensuring maximum relevance and impact.
  
• Actionable Takeaways: Leave each session equipped with practical tools, ready-to-implement plans, and strategic blueprints, ready to bring your AI initiatives to life and achieve immediate institutional improvement.

What People Are Saying

I am really impressed with all of the creative ways the presenter demonstrated that generative AI can be used to foster learning and develop skills. Thank you for this very thoughtful and well-prepared presentation.

Great workshop! All the ideas presented were easy to follow, creative, and engaging. I look forward to trying some of these ideas in my next course!

Dr. Mandernach did a great job in explaining how to use and implement flexibility in the classroom

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