AI Amplified Learning: Discipline-Specific Strategies Workshop
Thursday, March 21 at 1pm ET
If you’re ready to move beyond general principles of AI-related educational changes to understand, plan, and activate new AI-enhanced teaching strategies in your discipline, this is the webinar for you. This AI Workshop, tailored for college instructors seeking to elevate their teaching practices begins with a brief overview of discipline-agnostic AI-related principles, then explores concrete tactics for using generative AI to enhance student engagement, streamline learning experiences, and foster innovative teaching methodologies.
Attendees are then invited to smaller discipline-specific groups, with educator-coaches from those disciplines, to practice incorporating domain-specific tips and strategies to integrate AI into class assignments and assessments. Register today to be a part of these vibrant, practical working sessions, and harness the power of collective expertise to optimize AI integration within your discipline.
Speakers
Jennifer Duncan
Associate Professor of English, Georgia State University Perimeter College
Jennifer Duncan is Associate Professor of English at Georgia State University Perimeter College, where she teaches online classes in composition, literature, and humanities. Prior to that, she was part of the English faculty at Chattanooga State Community College in Tennessee. Jennifer is particularly interested in creating authentic and valuable writing experiences that engage online students. She holds degrees from Emmanuel College and The University of South Carolina in addition to studying at The University of Tennessee.
Matthew Bruce Ingram
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Dakota State University
Matthew Bruce Ingram is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Dakota State University. Matthew specializes in teaching technical communication, focusing on public speaking and business-oriented writing for undergraduate students. Beyond the classroom, Matthew is passionate about conflict resolution in the workplace. He actively delivers presentations on dispute resolution, aiding organizations in recognizing and managing conflicts that may impede productivity and collaboration. Matthew's commitment to conflict mediation extends to his role as the Assistant Director for the Global Ethics & Conflict Resolution Summer Symposium and the Moody College of Communication's Conflict Conference.
Vaughn Scribner
Associate Professor of History, University of Central Arkansas
Dr. Vaughn Scribner is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Central Arkansas. Dr. Scribner’s research investigates early American history in a global context, specifically striving to understand how early modern Britons sought to define (and redefine) their positions in the empire.
Dr. Scribner believes that teaching and research are inherently connected pursuits, and uses his diverse research interests to offer courses on colonial America, revolutionary America, the Atlantic slave trade, the early modern Atlantic world, and the methods course. He is also passionate about public outreach and service. Dr. Scribner is a Macmillan Learning Peer Consultant and uses Achieve Read & Practice with many of his students.
Matt Evans
Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Matt Evans has been teaching physics for over 20 years at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, often exploring new techniques and technologies that can enhance the classroom experience for students, including online homework systems and pre and post-lecture support videos. For the past 17 years, he has been using iClicker systems in his classrooms, often beta-testing new instructor-driven features to help make them serve instructors and students in their classrooms and beyond.