AI

In April 2024, Allain Daigle (Instructional Designer at Fayette/Greater Allegheny) led a workshop entitled “Welcome to Copilot.”

On August 14th and 15th, join colleagues from the Penn State Commonwealth Campuses to energize for the upcoming semester.

Join Commonwealth Campus Instructional Designers for an introductory demonstration and conversation around the generative AI tool, Microsoft Copilot. Register for one of the two sessions! Session 1: Thursday, April 18th (12:15-1:15, Zoom) Session 2: Friday, April 19th (12:15-1:15, Zoom) Sessions contain the same content, just offered on different days! We’ll discuss… Information around Microsoft Copilot for faculty and students, Recommendations on designing for generative AI for classrooms, And an opportunity to chat with other instructors around teaching in consideration of these new technologies. What’s Copilot? Microsoft Copilot is an AI tool that can generate text and create images; it uses the …

Join Commonwealth Campus Instructional Designers for an introductory demonstration and conversation around the generative AI tool, Microsoft Copilot. Register for one of the two sessions! Session 1: Thursday, April 18th (12:15-1:15, Zoom) Session 2: Friday, April 19th (12:15-1:15, Zoom) Sessions contain the same content, just offered on different days! We’ll discuss… Information around Microsoft Copilot for faculty and students, Recommendations on designing for generative AI for classrooms, And an opportunity to chat with other instructors around teaching in consideration of these new technologies. What’s Copilot? Microsoft Copilot is an AI tool that can generate text and create images; it uses the …

Many changes have been brought about by text-based GenAI tools like ChatGPT and the many similar tools produced since its release. Those teaching in higher education have certainly had to contend with the changes that these tools have brought. In the hopes of supporting faculty as they face teaching in the age of AI, a GenAI and Teaching Toolkit has been created for faculty. To check out the toolkit, visit the site Generative Artificial Intelligence and Teaching or the toolkit section of the CCTS website. You can see the main elements of the toolkit from this site. These elements include …

How It Began During the Spring 2023 semester, I noticed that numerous popular social media sites, including TikTok and Instagram, highlighted K-12 educators working in the field promoting the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), like ChatGPT and Google Bard. They were speaking to their audience of teachers about how to create lesson and unit plans, assessments, rubrics, and more. I began to wonder, if professional teachers are buying into this, would it be wise to introduce this AI-infused practice to our Penn State Altoona students? I was not necessarily seeking to encourage it but to provide experiences that enable …