The Character Education in the Age of Automation webinar series continues next week! Join us for sessions that approach emerging technology from the insights of whole-person education. These sessions are open to anyone, so feel free to share however you feel inspired to. Engage the first session asynchronously or add the next sessions with the links below:
Integrating Modern AI in the Holistic Classroom
May 10th, 10-11:30 AM
What could character have to do with ChatGPT? Why turn to ideas of virtue and care ethics when evaluating the educational impact of generative and predictive AI? This session starts the series with a discussion of the intellectual habits and dispositions needed for students to become mature evaluators of emerging technologies beyond available tools in the current AI hype cycle. Participants will be introduced to whole-person perspectives that can guide technology integration in the classroom, including the Jubilee Centre Framework for Character Education and the care ethics theory of Educational Caritas. Participants will then reflect on appropriate technology use in their disciplines in light of these frameworks, develop AI-assisted assessments, and draft transparent AI assessment policies.
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Project-Based Learning with the PAIR Framework
June 18th, Noon – 1:00 PM
Want to integrate authentic assessment into your courses but not sure where to start? Are you looking for ways to improve student agency and ownership of the learning process? Project-Based Learning with generative AI can be an effective way to mirror professional tasks students will encounter in future teams. Structuring a learning experience around an authentic problem can also demonstrate for students how large language models are more effective at brainstorming than generating unique insights and solutions. Working in an assignment planning journal, participants will follow the PAIR framework to co-design a project-based assignment, evaluate that assignment according to the High-Quality Project Based Learning Framework, and draft an AI-support policy for a specific assignment.
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Writer in the Loop
June 25th, Noon – 1:00 PM
This online workshop facilitated by the Writing Center introduces participants to the “writer in the loop” model for teaching students how to ethically and effectively use large language models (AI). The “writer in the loop” model builds off the “human in the loop” literature on prompt engineering to develop a framework that maximizes student learning. There are two primary goals: 1) help faculty and staff develop an intellectual framework for when AI is appropriate for student use; and 2) develop skills in teaching the ethical and effective discipline-specific use of AI in the classroom. Come with questions and any insights you might want to share.
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Selecting Tools for Conviviality
July 16th, Noon – 1:00 PM
How do we ensure that we shape tools to learners rather than learners to tools? This workshop will answer that question by providing a whole-person response to modern AI based on the ideal of a convivial society. Assignment sequences that prepare students to respond to AI with maturity will be demonstrated along with conversation on how aspects can be applied to different disciplines. Throughout, participants will work within a personal digital journal to apply principles from the session to their own formation of the students entrusted to their care. Participants will leave with a plan to promote human flourishing in their classroom through the integration of character education and virtue formation with mature technology adoption.
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Holistic Learning Outcomes in an Age of Automation
August 13th, Noon – 1:00 PM
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The Virtues, The Vices, and AI: Using the 12 Virtues of a Good Teacher to Form Good Habits with AI
August 20th, Noon – 1:00 PM
Join the Saint Mary’s Library to consider together how to evaluate our use of AI tools in ways that lead to the formation of positive habits that preserve critical thinking, promote human dignity, and build AI literacy skills. This webinar explores how the 12 Virtues of a Good Teacher can support proper and ethical use of generative AI. We will use these virtues to help better understand how to use AI in school and work settings.
