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Note: This page serves as an archive for a past event.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Spring 2025 Teaching Symposium: Adapting to Change and Fostering Innovation<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The Annual Spring Teaching Symposium<\/strong> is a virtual faculty development event that will look ahead toward the start of a promising new semester, while reflecting on lessons learned from the fall. It includes external speakers, faculty presentations, instructional technology workshops, and much more.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s event was kicked off with opening remarks by Jessica Murphy<\/strong>, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Success and Academic Innovation, followed by our keynote speaker Sid Dobrin\u2019s talk. Sid Dobrin<\/strong>, Chair of the University of Florida\u2019s English department, has become one of the most sought-after academic experts on Generative Artificial Intelligence, having delivered more than 70 talks worldwide these last two years!<\/p>\n

Instructional Technology and Design Services (ITDS)\u00a0<\/strong>would like to say thank you to those who had attended the Spring 2025 Teaching Symposium! We hope you will join us again next year. In the interim, this page will serve as an archive and will contain the previous agenda and information about our presenters.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Date: <\/strong>Friday, January 10, 2025
\nTime:<\/strong> 9:00am – 3:00pm
\nLocation:<\/strong> Online via Zoom<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Keynote Presentation: Generative Artificial Intelligence and Higher Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

Description:<\/strong> “In the past 24 months, one of the most pressing conversations in the US (and, frankly, everywhere else in the world) has been about the emergence and implications of a technology called \u201cgenerative artificial intelligence,\u201d or \u201cGenAI.\u201d While this technology is not new, its widespread adoption and use have created a fervor and, in some cases, panic over its implications for the way we work, communicate, and live. It is no surprise, therefore, that nearly every college in the country is currently reimaging higher education in an effort to leverage the power of GenAI \u2013 and to preserve relevant aspects of traditional academic practices and values. From defining and integrating \u201cAI literacies\u201d across curricula to rethinking the fundamentals of what and how we teach, educators are confronting a host of thorny questions about the relationships between technology, knowledge, and human intelligence \u2013 all of which are emerging amidst rapid student adoption and use. This presentation will begin to demystify many of these emerging technologies and will address many of the concerns educators have expressed regarding AI and GenAI technologies in order to provoke conversations about the relationship between AI\/GenAI and the traditions and objectives of higher education.”<\/p>\n

Sid Dobrin<\/strong>, Chair of the University of Florida\u2019s English department, is the Founding Director of the Trace Innovation Initiative at UF and has been named a Digital Thought Leader by Adobe. He serves as a member of the Florida Institute for National Security, part of the University of Florida\u2019s AI Initiative, and he serves as a member of the Florida AI Learning Consortium (FALCON) Steering Committee.\u00a0 He is the author and editor of numerous books and articles, including Talking about Generative AI: A Guide for Educators, AI and Writing, and the forthcoming collection AI and the Humanities. His current research project examines enduring questions motivated by AI. In addition to his work in Digital Humanities, he is prolific in writing about Environmental Humanities, specifically focused on Blue Ecocriticism and Blue Humanities.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Spring 2025 Teaching Symposium Agenda<\/strong><\/h2>\n

List of Presenters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Time<\/td>\nSession<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
9:00 –\u00a0 10:15am<\/td>\nWelcome & Opening Remarks by Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Success and Academic Innovation Jessica Murphy<\/p>\n

Keynote Presentation: Generative Artificial Intelligence and Higher Education<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nTrack 1: Adaptability in Course Design<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nTrack 2: Adaptability in Canvas<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:30 – 11:15am<\/td>\nTeaching with Generative AI: Achieving AI Literacy and Designing Your Syllabus Policy<\/td>\nCrafting Your Course for Success Including the New Montclair Syllabus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:30am – 12:15pm<\/td>\nLet\u2019s Engage: Hands-on with Student Engagement Technologies and Strategies<\/td>\nKeeping Up with What\u2019s New on Canvas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:15 – 1:00pm<\/td>\nLunch Break<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:00 – 1:45pm<\/td>\nCanvas Feature Testing: A Preview of Khanmigo
\nAI Tools to Enhance Learning<\/td>\n		Accessibility in Canvas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:00 – 2:45pm<\/td>\nYour Course Design Launchpad: Where to Begin and Shifting Your Course to 14 or 7 Weeks<\/td>\nMastering the Canvas Gradebook<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Previous Years:<\/h3>\n