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AI for the Educators AI for the Educators: Module 1: Practical Skills in Crafting Effective Prompts
This interactive workshop equips higher education faculty with essential prompt engineering skills to streamline teaching workflows and enhance productivity. Educators will learn foundational and advanced techniques—including persona definition, chain-of-thought reasoning, and setting temperature parameters—while gaining hands-on practice with tools like Google Gemini, custom Google Gems, and NotebookLM to create study guides and course materials. Posted September 11, 2025
Using-AI-to-enhance-teaching. AI for the Educators: Module 2: AI for Lesson Planning & Content Creation
In this workshop, Reza Rahman demonstrates how faculty can use Google Gemini to enhance lesson planning and content creation. Instructors learn to draft tailored learning objectives, refine content in the Canvas workspace, generate interactive quizzes, and design AI-resistant assignments. The session also covers building custom Gemini Gems to automate repetitive instructional tasks efficiently. Posted September 11, 2025
AI-for-Administrative-Tasks AI for the Educators: Module 3: AI for Administrative Tasks & Personalized Learning
Discover how educators can leverage AI tools like Google Gemini, ChatGPT, and Claude to streamline administrative tasks and personalize student learning. Presenter Sibai Li demonstrates practical applications—from drafting emails and scheduling to creating adaptive study guides and course chatbots—while emphasizing data privacy, accuracy, and responsible AI implementation in the classroom. Posted September 11, 2025
AI-Proofing Your Assignment AI-Proofing Your Assignments: Designing for Authentic Learning in the Age of Generative AI
Learn how to shift from AI detection to authentic assignment design that promotes critical thinking, academic integrity, and process-oriented student learning. Posted September 8, 2025
Survivor-Centered-Classrooms Survivor-Centered Classrooms: Prevention and Response to Gender Based Violence at PCC
This presentation from PCC’s Outreach and Advocacy Project guides faculty and staff on supporting students affected by gender-based violence. Learn how to create survivor-centered classrooms using trauma-informed disclosure responses like the ABC method, bystander intervention techniques, and warm handoffs to confidential resources while maintaining transparency, privacy, and student agency. Posted January 31, 2025
A video recording Did They or Didn’t They?: The RWC’s Perspective on Artificial Intelligence in an Age of Anxiety
Reading and Writing Center coordinators share strategies for navigating generative AI by prioritizing student agency, authentic voice, and metacognitive growth over surveillance. Posted January 30, 2025
Dr. Nascimento holding a crab. Facilitating Conversations about AI Ethics
Dr. Lorena Nascimento discusses integrating ethics into AI conversations across diverse environments. Posted January 30, 2025
Generative-AI. You Don’t Know What You’ve Got ’til It’s Gone: Authentic Voice and Generative AI
This Anderson Conference session with Melissa Goodman Elgar explores generative AI's impact on student writing, authentic voice, and learning equity. It addresses faculty concerns about critical thinking while distinguishing text generation from editing. Ultimately, the session guides educators to align AI policies with writing outcomes, transparency, and inclusive academic standards. Posted January 31, 2024
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