Exploring New Strategies and Guidelines for Integrating Generative AI
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
At the start of the 2023-2024 school year, thought-leaders from four campuses visited the Adobe Digital Literacy Café to share how they established initial guidelines around the use of generative AI in academics. One year later, we gathered again to hear from three schools that have evolved their approaches to responsibly integrating the AI technologies across the curriculum — as well as one EDUCAUSE researcher who recently coauthored a report on AI integration in the education sector.
Our speakers shared:
- How they’re working to ensure that their students and faculty can benefit from game-changing technology while maintaining academic integrity
- How their new policies and guidelines are designed to help students develop in-demand career skills
- Access to reports, projects, and other materials they’re creating related to generative AI policies and guidelines
Reflect on the ground you’ve covered with AI strategies and guidelines since last year. Where were you then, and where are you now?
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 Cafe Guests
Dr. Amir Dabirian
- Provost and Vice President
- California State University Fullerton
Dr. Dabirian (known as “Amir”) became the provost and vice president for California State University, Fullerton's academic affairs division, in the spring of 2023. An educator, first and foremost, he is a full professor of Marketing with tenure in our College of Business and Economics.
Dr. Dabirian has taught numerous courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in Marketing, Information Systems and Decision Sciences, Accounting, Computer Science, and Extended Education departments.
Dr. Melissa Vito
- Vice Provost of Academic Innovation
- University of Texas at San Antonio
Melissa Vito is a recognized higher education leader with over 35 years of experience in public higher education. She served as both Senior Vice President for Enrollment and Student Affairs and Senior Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives and Student Success at the University of Arizona, retiring in July 2018.
In August 2018, she began consulting full-time, working with several large public universities. She has also worked with corporations focused on higher education. She is currently the Vice Provost for Academic Innovation at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA).
Dr. Matthew Kinservik
- Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs (recently former)
- University of Delaware
Matt Kinservik is Professor of English at the University of Delaware (UD), where he is a member of the Provost’s Working Group on AI for Teaching and Learning. At UD he has served as Chair of the Department of English, Associate Dean for the Humanities, and (most recently) Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs.
He is also a member of the Southern Regional Education Board’s (SREB) Commission on Artificial Intelligence and Education, serving on the Post-Secondary Education Instruction Subcommittee.
Topic 1: How do you get the ball rolling and drive progress on developing AI policies/guidelines? Which stakeholders did you need to get on board? How do you maintain and/or accelerate these collaborative efforts? How fast has the AI conversation evolved compared to other campus initiatives (e.g., pandemic online teaching)?
Topic 2: What AI initiatives, milestones, and/or projects are you working on in the next academic year?
Topic 3: Where do you see your campus in the next five years, especially with the integration of Gen AI across the curriculum?
Resources, References, and Links
All resources, materials, and links referenced in the August 28, 2024 DLC will be referenced here:
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