About the Session
Emerging technologies have profoundly impacted the way educators approach the design and assessment of course assignments. Oftentimes, the catalyst of these changes centers not on the positive pedagogical potential of Artificial Intelligence but on its unethical use. A 2024 EDUCAUSE AI Landscape Study finds that "academic integrity is the most impacted element of teaching and learning." Are our students using Generative AI (GenAI) to cheat, to think for them, and/or to shortcut critical processes inherent to learning?
Our September session of the Digital Literacy Cafe asks this central question: how can we rethink project design and assessment away from panic and punitive measures and toward empowering students to be critical, ethical, agile users of emerging tech?
We brought four educators to have a conversation about this topic. Each presented practical examples of GenAI-integrated projects and assessments that they've developed for their disciplines and described how emerging technologies have impacted the way they design and assess student work. Below, meet our speakers and the helpful resources they left behind for your use and inspiration.
Meet the Speakers
Bio: Dr. Pegah Khosravi is an Assistant Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center and New York City College of Technology (CityTech), where she focuses on integrating artificial intelligence (AI) in the biomedical field. Specializing in ensemble learning, multimodal models, and explainable AI, Dr. Khosravi is dedicated to advancing AI-based frameworks and pipelines. She founded the BioMind AI Lab to mentor emerging talent in Biomedical AI research. As Deputy Editor for the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (JMRI), she contributes to the future of AI research.
Bio: Dr. Matthew Trevett-Smith is the Director of the Center for Teaching & Assessment of Learning and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Delaware. He has led wide-ranging efforts to convene, support, and facilitate meaningful change in the areas of curriculum design, assessment of program educational goals, general education reform, technology-enhanced active learning, first-year student academic success and retention, and providing guidance and rewards for the experimentation and implementation of AI into teaching and learning, research, and business practices across the university.
Bio: Dr. Asim Ali is the Executive Director of the Biggio Center at Auburn University, where he advances professional development programs and resources to enhance instructional innovation and support scholarly and creative activities. He leads work on artificial intelligence to build capacity for understanding and implementing AI, and he has modeled implementation of generative AI in the introduction to information systems management course he teaches for the Harbert College of Business.
Bio: Dr. Christopher Stuart is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He teaches courses in message and campaign design, desktop publishing, and integrated marketing communication. He works with students to create brands, portfolios, and branded messaging using the Adobe Creative Cloud.
Roundtable discussion questions addressed by the panelists:
- As you reflect on your GenAI-integrated assignments and assessments, what worked especially well in your classroom?
- What didn't go according to plan, or what surprised you?
- Where do you go from here? What are you going to try next?
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