Faculty Instructional Technology and Strategies Institute   (FITSI)

2024 FITSI: Teaching and Learning 
With Generative Artificial Intelligence

August 15 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00pm (on Zoom)
https://unh.zoom.us/j/92062027168?pwd=VE8t61oc42ayfaB7Zebix8kcKfcBGY.1

                    
Presenters and panelists from USNH will explore Generative AI and its implications for teaching and learning. How can the technology be leveraged to enhance our teaching practice and student learning? Break out "birds of a feather" discussion groups will explore more targeted challenges and solutions in advance of planned Generative AI workshops in the Fall. All USNH faculty and staff are encouraged to RSVP and join the conversations.  Zoom link will be sent to all registrants the day before the event and is copied above. 

Agenda:   
9:00am-9:10am  Welcome
9:10am-10:15am  Teaching and Thinking with A.I.    (José Antonio Bowen)
The excitement (and panic) surrounding A.I. is shattering expectations around assignments, assessment, class preparation and attendance, while challenging us to build more future-proof and inclusive classrooms. AI is rapidly changing how humans work and think. AI is also changing how we think about average. If AI can produce consistent "C" work, then we need to update our policies and grading. AI is even changing creativity. Together, we will examine the skills and curriculum that will matter most in this new age, why articulation of ‘quality’ is essential and what policies and practices improve motivation and decrease cheating
10:15am-10:30am  Break
10:30am-11:00am   AI Unplugged: Navigating Ethics, Bias, and Environmental Impact     (Fran Keefe, Information Technologist & Mike McIntire, Learning Architect, UNH Online and Continuing Education)
While Generative AI can be a valuable tool, it comes with hidden costs. As with many new technologies, there are tangible impacts on the environment, intellectual property rights, and human jobs. And because AI is trained on the work of humans, it inherits the biases and untruths of humans.
11:00am 11:40am Introduction to The AI Challenge     (Martha Burtis, Director, Open CoLab, Plymouth State University)
Join us for an orientation to The AI Challenge, a self-paced, online module to build faculty capacity with generative artificial intelligence (GENAI). Developed by the Open Learning & Teaching Collaborative at Plymouth State, the module is organized around the lenses of teaching with, teaching against, and teaching about GENAI. Participants will be introduced to the main module topics and have a chance to sign up to participate this fall in a month-long, virtual cohort of faculty from across USNH, working through the module together. 
11:40am-12:00pm 

AI Chat: Exploring Classroom Application
Birds-of-a-feather Discussions about classroom application and challenges surrounding the use of AI. Self-select which discussion to join. Below lists the discussion topics and the facilitator of each discussion. 
Discussion 1: Facilitating Research Skills using AI - Sue Zago, Law Professor
Discussion 2: Using Creative AI in Courses (audio, art, images, etc.) - Erika Rydberg-Hall, Learning Design & Technology
Discussion 3: Course development with AI - Fran Keefe, Instructional Designer and Louise Jones, Instructional Technologist
Session 4 Topic: Using AI in writing  - Kathrine Aydelott, Digital Humanities Librarian

 

2024 FITSI Keynote Speaker:  José Antonio Bowen,  Teaching and Thinking with A.I.

José Antonio Bowen

 

About the Keynote Speaker: José Antonio Bowen has been leading innovation and change for over 40 years at Stanford, Georgetown and the University of Southampton (UK), as a dean at Miami University and SMU and as President of Goucher College. Bowen has worked as a musician with Stan Getz, Dave Brubeck, and many others and his symphony was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Music (1985). Bowen holds four degrees from Stanford and has written over 100 scholarly articles and books, including the Cambridge Companion to Conducting (2003), Teaching Naked (2012 and the winner of the Ness Award for Best Book on Higher Education), Teaching Naked Techniques with G. Edward Watson (2017) and Teaching Change: How to Develop Independent Thinkers using Relationships, Resilience and Reflection (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021). Bowen has appeared in The New York TimesForbes, The Wall Street Journal, and has three TED talks. Stanford honored him as a Distinguished Alumni Scholar (2010) and he has presented keynotes and workshops at more than 300 campuses and conferences 46 states and 17 countries around the world.  In 2018, he was awarded the Ernest L. Boyer Award (for significant contributions to American higher education). He is a senior fellow for the American Association of Colleges and Universities.

 

 

 

 

2023

  

  

2023 FITSI UNH Logo

Empowering Faculty to Help Students be Their Best


 

2023 FITSI Guest Speaker: Dr. James Lang

2023 FITSI Guest Speaker James Lang

Dr. James Lang

Tuesday, June 6, 10am - 11am (via Zoom)


"Teaching Distracted Minds: Old Challenges, New Contexts"

Presenter: Dr. James Lang

Author of: 

Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It (2020)

Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning (2016)

2023 FITSI Guest Speaker: Ray Schroeder

2023 FITSI Guest Speaker Ray Schroeder

Ray Schroeder

Wednesday, June 7, 10am - 11am (via Zoom)


"The Impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Higher Education"

Presenter: Ray Schroeder

Professor Emeritus of Communication, University of Illinois, Springfield

Senior Fellow University Professional Continuing Education Association (UPCEA)

2023 FITSI Guest Speaker: Dr. Carol Hurney

2023 FITSI Guest Speaker Carol Hurney

Dr. Carol Hurney

Wednesday, June 7, 2:30pm - 3:30pm (via Zoom)


"Making Active Learning Work Using the Science of Learning"

Presenter: Dr. Carol Hurney

Associate Provost, Faculty Development

Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, Colby College

 

 

Poster Session: 12:30pm - 1:30pm | Paul College Great Hall, Rooms G25, G35 & G59

Title Presenter(s)
Microsoft OneDrive & Sharepoint Karen Hoover & Fran Keefe
Wireless Projection Craig Hopkins
Streaming Software and Technology, 360° Cameras Scott Kimball
Virtual Reality Mike McIntire
Complementary Literacies Kathrine Aydelott