Contract Faculty Community of Practice
📅 Date: October 20 🕒 Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 📍 Location: SCI 331 / Online The interests of contract faculty are unique to their positions within the wider academic institution, with roles and responsibilities often misunderstood and lacking clarity. This Community of Practice (CoP) for Contract Faculty will be a safe space to explore these topics, concerns, and questions […]
Innovative Teaching Community of Practice
📅 Date: October 23 🕒 Time: 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM 📍 Location: SCI 331 / Online An exciting year is ahead for the Innovative Teaching Techniques and Tools Community of Practice (CoP). Join this organic group to connect with other faculty members, learn about innovative teaching from your colleagues, and share with others your own innovative approach. Two words […]
Aligning Assignments with GenAI Expectations Workshop
📅 Date: October 30 🕒 Time: 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM 📍 Location: SCI 331 Instructors are invited to move beyond their generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) policy to consider and account for how students may be using GenAI tools for specific assignments. This hands-on workshop will guide instructors in analyzing their assignments and making adjustments to clarify and […]
Teach’R Treat
Date: October 31 🕒 Time: Throughout the day between 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Instructors, you deserve a treat! Be on the lookout for Centre for Teaching & Learning staff in costume handing out goodies and affirming messages in the hallways around faculty and department offices.
Agency Tracking
A common challenge for students using GenAI is that outputs seem accurate, convincing, and even potentially better than what they envision being able to produce on their own. When the product is the goal and the final submission the grade that matters, then students can readily discount the value of the process. Assignments that specify how AI can be used can also employ agency tracking, which makes explicit expected student input (% human time/effort) to maximize human contributions, retain control in decision-making, and minimize outsourcing thinking. Both instructor and students can tailor the Agency Tracking Flowchart to an assignment involving GenAI. An instructor can indicate the percent of human effort recommended for each step based on […]
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