Teaching and Learning with (or against) Generative AI (Hybrid)

Join us, In person (A252-C) or online, to discuss some practical approaches to responsible and human-centred generative AI use in teaching and learning (including the responsibility to object to its use if necessary). We will address some controversies (like cognitive offloading), frameworks (like the AI Assessment Scale and the AI Disclosure Framework), and tools (like Contact North's AI Tutor Pro) as we consider our evolving disciplinary norms.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Considered how critical judgment requiring human thinking is formed in their disciplines, and what the threat of cognitive offloading looks like in their contexts
• Situated their courses and assignments on the AI Assessment Scale and AI Disclosure Framework
• Identified assessments that could possibly, or must absolutely not, make use of generative AI tools

Facilitator Bios: Dr. Trevor Holmes 

With a background in queer theory, gender studies, and gothic literary history, I have published on popular culture representations of vampires through the lens of sex, gender, and sexuality. One of my original contributions to the field through my dissertation was archival research on Count Eric Stenbock (1860-1895). Since 1997, I have also presented and published on pedagogy in cultural studies and gender studies contexts, and on conceptual critiques of teaching development as a field of practice. I have co-edited journal issues in the latter area, and continue to practice educational development with TAs, faculty, and instructional staff as a consultant and facilitator in my Director role here at Nipissing University.