AI Institute
March 3rd, 4th, and 5th
Attend one, two or all three days
Dr. Janet Corral Keynote - March 4, 2025 | 10:00AM - 12:00PM
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Dr. Eric Moore Keynote - March 5, 2025 | 10:00AM - 12:00PM
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Humber's Innovative Learning team presents a series of professional learning opportunities on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in teaching and learning. Highlights include the upcoming AI Institute, engaging keynote sessions, and a virtual series, all designed to explore AI's practical applications, ethical implications, and transformative impact on higher education.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute is a collaborative professional learning experience for the Humber community, with two keynote sessions open to external partners. The Institute focuses on understanding Artificial Intelligence, particularly Generative AI (GenAI), in higher education. Participants will explore fundamental concepts, capabilities, and limitations of GenAI in teaching and learning, as well as its impact on employability, assessment, and ethics.
Through practical strategies and cross-disciplinary discussions, attendees will share perspectives, knowledge, and resources. They will also design learning tasks that apply GenAI, turning insights into actionable strategies to enhance their teaching practices.
Participants who complete all 3 days of the AI Institute will be able to:
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Identify and describe the fundamental concepts, capabilities, and limitations of Generative AI, including its underlying technologies, and its potential impact on higher education.
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Explore and analyze the employability, assessment, ethical considerations, and practical applications of Generative AI in higher education.
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Identify how to integrate AI tools effectively into one's teaching and learning practices.
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Engage in cross-disciplinary conversations to share knowledge, resources, and ideas on the advancement of AI use in education.
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Critically evaluate ethical issues surrounding AI use across Humber with a focus on ensuring equitable and responsible AI practices.
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Utilize AI tools to design inclusive and flexible learning environments, applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles to remove barriers and support diverse learners in their academic success.
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Create a learning task that incorporates GenAI to demonstrate its application in teaching and learning.
Participation and Recognition of Attendance and Completion
Participants of the AI Institute will have the flexibility to attend one, two, or all three days of the event. Each day of participation will earn the participants a digital badge, which they can collect at the end of each day. These badges are stackable, meaning participants who attend all three days and successfully complete a final assessment on Day 3 will earn a Micro-Credential. This Micro-credential recognizes the participants' comprehensive understanding and application of AI in higher education.
Day 1, March 3rd: An Introduction to a Generative AI
Morning Session (AM): Welcome and Introduction to AIParticipants will be introduced to the foundational concepts of AI. Explore the various types of AI, with a focus on Generative AI. This session will highlight the role of AI in higher education, its potential for teaching and learning, and key considerations for its ethical and effective use.
Afternoon Session (PM): Interactive Working Groups with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
Participants will engage in interactive working groups led by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
These sessions will offer opportunities to explore a variety of AI tools and applications in a hands-on
environment. Using “sandbox environments”, participants will experiment with AI technologies, receive guidance
from the subject matter experts, and discuss practical ways to incorporate AI into their teaching practices.
This session will encourage exploration and collaborative learning.
Each working session will offer participants the opportunity to engage with subject matter experts and
experiment with AI tools, tailored to different levels of experience.
Day 2, March 4th: Ethics and Critical Thinking about AI and Emerging Technologies
Empowering Education Ethically: Practical AI Use Cases, Privacy, and Copyright in the Classroom
In this engaging and interactive keynote, participants will explore the ethical adoption of AI in education through practical, real-world applications. They will examine privacy, copyright, and equitable algorithms and access, with a focus on actionable strategies that enhance teaching and learning. Drawing from examples like AI-generated video and audio, virtual reality and role play characters for curriculum and assessment, the session invites attendees to share their professional and personal experiences with AI. By the end, participants will leave with innovative approaches that align with ethical guidelines, ensure compliance with copyright laws, and safeguard student privacy in our ever-evolving professional landscape.
Afternoon Session (PM): Interactive Workshop with Janet Corral
Fostering Ethical AI Mindsets: Building a Professionalism Framework for Lifelong Learning
This dynamic and highly interactive workshop engages participants in meaningful discussions about ethical AI adoption in education. Working at round tables, groups will tackle provocative ethical scenarios designed to spark thoughtful dialogue and critical analysis. Participants will share insights through a jigsaw activity, collaboratively identifying challenges and opportunities in fostering enduring professional attitudes and skills. In the second half of the session, these collective learnings will be integrated with a prototype professionalism framework and faculty experiences with AI at Humber Polytechnic. Together, participants will co-create a tailored framework that supports lifelong ethical AI engagement for educators and learners alike.
Day 3, March 5th: AI and Universal Design for Learning
Evolving Landscapes: UDL in the Time of Generative AI
In this interactive keynote, participants will explore how Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Generative AI are reshaping the landscape of higher education. By merging UDL's principles of inclusivity, flexibility, and learner empowerment with the transformative potential of Generative AI, educators can more efficiently and effectively design adaptive, accessible, and innovative learning environments that meet the diverse needs of students. Likewise, by enabling learners to use AI tools in structured and semi-structured ways, instructors can help guide effective, ethical, and forward-looking usage of generative AI for learning and professional applications.
Afternoon Session (PM): Workshop with Dr. Eric Moore
Building Custom Generative AI Agents: Design, Testing, and Exploring Implications for Higher Education
In this hands-on workshop, participants will dive into the exciting world of creating and deploying custom Generative AI agents tailored to specific educational, administrative, and creative purposes. Designed for educators, instructional designers, and tech-savvy professionals, this session will guide you through the entire lifecycle of building a custom AI agent—from defining its purpose and training parameters to testing its effectiveness and addressing real-world challenges.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Virtual Series
Leading up to the AI Institute, the AI Virtual Series offers a set of workshops designed to help faculty reflect on their teaching practices, enhance pedagogical strategies, and integrate innovative teaching and learning methodologies into their work.
Explore the following AI-focused workshops designed for the Humber community
AI²: Navigating Academic Integrity with Artificial Intelligence
Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025This workshop will critically examine the promotion of academic integrity within the context of artificial intelligence. Participants will engage in discussions addressing ethical challenges such as bias, fairness, inclusion, privacy, accountability, confidentiality, accuracy, copyright, and misuse. The importance of artificial intelligence literacy as a strategy for enhancing student learning will also be highlighted. Additionally, preliminary research findings from Humber Polytechnic will be presented, offering valuable insights into students' experiences with artificial intelligence. Join us to collaborate and learn more about navigating our roles with the complexities and subtilties of honest artificial intelligence use in our teaching-learning endeavours.
Exploring AI & Multimedia
Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025Discover the power of AI powered tools to transform the creation of your multimedia content. In this overview, we'll explore AI tools for video and audio, and AI-driven image and graphic creation. Understand how to leverage and harness these technologies to enhance your curriculum documents; maximizing engagement and accessibility for all learners.
Exploring AI Tools in the LMS
Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2025This session will demonstrate various ways to leverage the AI Design Assistant, Blackboard's integrated generative AI tool designed to streamline and enhance the course creation workflow. We'll explore its strengths and limitations, practical applications, and best practices. Learn how to generate rubrics, tests, modules, discussions, and journals questions using this innovative assistant. Participants should have a foundational knowledge of Blackboard to fully benefit from this session.
Truth or Myth: GenAI and the Future of Assessments
Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025In this interactive workshop, we will debunk common myths about genAI and its impact on student assessment. We'll explore questions such as: Is it ethical to use AI for grading? Can AI use be reliably detected? Should AI be banned from assessments? Is there a right way to cite AI? Through myth-busting and practical examples, you'll learn strategies for approaching AI thoughtfully in your assessment practices. Whether you're new to genAI or an experienced user, this session will equip you with the knowledge and tools to approach AI use confidently, ethically, and effectively, in alignment with your learning goals.
