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SUMMARY:Workshop: To AI or not to AI?: Key Considerations for Your Classroom
DESCRIPTION:Register Here | Facilitator: Laina Lockett\n\nIn this session\, we will review the Stearns Center’s AI Quick Start Guide. Topics include discussing the most common questions asked by GMU faculty about AI\, reviewing recommended resources including the GMU Guidelines for Faculty and Students\, demonstrate some of the tools that are available to use\, and consider ethical considerations for tool usage as instructors. \n* Adding to your calendar will not register you for the event; please register using the link above.
URL:https://stearnscenter.gmu.edu/event/workshop-to-ai-or-not-to-ai-key-considerations-for-your-classroom-3/
LOCATION:Zoom\, You will be able to view the Zoom link upon registering.
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ORGANIZER;CN="Laina Lockett":MAILTO:llocket@gmu.edu
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SUMMARY:Bootcamp: Instructional Planning for Graduate Instructors Part 1
DESCRIPTION:Register Here | Facilitators: Crystal Anderson and Stephanie Bluth\n\nAre you a graduate instructor teaching for the first time? Would you like to learn how to plan your course to enhance student learning in a way that balances your workload? Join us for Instructional Planning Bootcamp for Graduate Instructors\, where you will develop everything you need for a week of instruction or a series of trainings. In Part 1 of 2\, you will learn how to design an assignment or activity using the Transparent Assignment Design framework as well as a rubric to evaluate performance or gauge impact. \nThe bootcamp is made up of two 2-hour Zoom meetings and several hours of asynchronous work for a total of 10 hours of professional development. Upon completion\, participants are eligible to earn the SkillCraft Level 2 Competencies credential. Completion of SkillCraft Level 1 workshops is not required. Those who have already earned the Level 1 Teaching Essentials Credential are eligible for the Pathway Credential with the completion of the bootcamp. \nDates of Sessions:\nAugust 11\, 2026: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.\nAugust 13\, 2026: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. \n*Adding to your calendar will not register you for the event; please register using the link above.
URL:https://stearnscenter.gmu.edu/event/bootcamp-instructional-planning-for-graduate-instructors-part-1/
LOCATION:Zoom\, You will be able to view the Zoom link upon registering.
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ORGANIZER;CN="Crystal Anderson":MAILTO:cander8@gmu.edu
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Artificial Intelligence Tools and...Inclusive Teaching?
DESCRIPTION:Register here | Facilitator: Laina Lockett\nFormerly called “ChatGPT\, AI Text Generator Tools\, and…Inclusive Teaching?” \nAccess to artificial intelligence (AI) text generators has upended education – and many other sectors – as much or more than past technology advancements and innovations. Join us in this workshop as we discuss how we continue teaching with impact and to support all students in this new reality. We explore instructional approaches\, considerations\, and methods to help us teach with less stress and more strategy. This workshop is part of the Teaching with AI credential Level 1 series. \n*Adding to your calendar will not register you for the event; please register using the link above.
URL:https://stearnscenter.gmu.edu/event/workshop-artificial-intelligence-tools-and-inclusive-teaching/
LOCATION:Zoom\, You will be able to view the Zoom link upon registering.
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ORGANIZER;CN="Laina Lockett":MAILTO:llocket@gmu.edu
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