Read the book for free before the January 31 keynote address. The library has purchased this eBook so that an unlimited number of people can read it at any one time.
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How AI is revolutionizing the future of learning and how educators can adapt to this new era of human thinking. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we learn, work, and think. Its integration into classrooms and workplaces is already underway, impacting and challenging ideas about creativity, authorship, and education. In this groundbreaking and practical guide, teachers will discover how to harness and manage AI as a powerful teaching tool. José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson present emerging and powerful research on the seismic changes AI is already creating in schools and the workplace, providing invaluable insights into what AI can accomplish in the classroom and beyond. By learning how to use new AI tools and resources, educators will gain the confidence to navigate the challenges and seize the opportunities presented by AI. From interactive learning techniques to advanced assignment and assessment strategies, this comprehensive guide offers practical suggestions for integrating AI effectively into teaching and learning environments. Bowen and Watson tackle crucial questions related to academic integrity, cheating, and other emerging issues. In the age of AI, critical thinking skills, information literacy, and a liberal arts education are more important than ever. As AI continues to reshape the nature of work and human thinking, educators can equip students with the skills they need to thrive in a rapidly evolving world. This book serves as a compass, guiding educators through the uncharted territory of AI-powered education and the future of teaching and learning.
Please join us in a series of hands-on workshops centered around the work of José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson entitled, Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning.
Dr. Bowen will lead each of the events.
AI is already changing human work and thinking. This workshop includes a general introduction into how AI works, what it can do, and some of the ethics, problems and costs. We will explore the AI ecosystem and practice using different frontier models to explore how AI is changing average. AI is a very different technology so it is critical to determine for which tasks it is useful and for which it is not. Equally, humans will need to understand where human expertise remains essential and where AI can do good enough. AI works best when we ask better questions and evaluate responses: extensions of the critical writing and thinking skills we already teach and value. BRING YOUR LAPTOP. CAT116 & ZOOM
Session Video Recording (Passcode: Y51p2H!?)
AI prompts need to provide more human context and be more literal than the ones we tend to use with a search engine. Since AI uses natural human language, it also needs human-level communication precision: prompt as if you were talking to smart but naïve interns. Prompting is not at all like engineering. In this interactive workshop, you will get to practice lots of techniques on a wide variety of rapidly-evolving AI and API tools. BRING YOUR LAPTOP. CAT116 & ZOOM
If an AI can produce consistent average work, then we need to update our policies around grading: why would an employer hire a “C” student if AI can do that level of work? We will investigate how students are cheating and what detectors do. Together, we will design new rubrics for an AI era that articulate how human ‘quality’ goes beyond AI. We will discuss what policies and practices improve motivation and decrease cheating, and why. We will examine new tools that can support both writing and cheating (Grammarly and Lex) and explore new writing post-AI writing assignments. BRING YOUR LAPTOP. CAT116 & ZOOM
All assignments are now AI Assignments. In the same way that the ease of finding information on the internet forced faculty to rethink what homework students did and how we wanted them to do it, we will all need an AI strategy for assignments and assessment. Since most work will soon be AI-assisted work, we can help prepare students for the jobs of the future with assignments that require or suggest that students use AI to assist in completing them. Through a wide diversity of examples, we will also we how we can reducing cheating and raise standards. BRING YOUR LAPTOP. CAT116 & ZOOM