Mission Statement
Goals
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- Goal 1: Increase AI literacy among 糖心vlog蜜桃 faculty and staff through ongoing professional learning and peer-to-peer knowledge sharing. (I feel informed)
- Goal 2: Support the development and dissemination of effective AI-enhanced teaching and learning practices through experimentation, reflection, and collaboration. (I feel equipped)
- Goal 3: Foster a cross-disciplinary network of faculty and staff committed to exploring the opportunities and challenges of AI in higher education. (I feel I am contributing)
- Goal 4: Provide a forum for faculty to share their concerns and recommendations. (I feel heard)
Fall 2026 Meeting Dates
Listening Session
Thursday, September 24 from 2-3pm
McWherter Library, second floor Commons
Join us on Thursday, September 24 as we kick off the new semester with a listening session. Bring your ideas, concerns, and anything else you'd like to share with the group. We want to hear from you!
Goal #4: Provide a forum for faculty to share their concerns and recommendations
Modality: In person
Podcast Discussion & Share
Choose an episode. Press play. Join the conversation.
Wednesday, October 21 from noon-1
McWherter Library, second floor Commons
Bring your lunch or coffee
Modality: In person
Canvas IgniteAI Tools Workshop
Tuesday, November 10 ONLINE
Canvas IgniteAI, an exciting and innovative set of tools seamlessly integrated into the Canvas LMS, is almost like having a TA for every course you teach. By incorporating itself into tools like SpeedGrader, quiz authoring, and discussion boards, IgniteAI streamlines administrative tasks, creates customizable course materials, and offers engaging study tools鈥攁ll with a strong commitment to data security and instructor control. We'll showcase some of the more popular tools in ths workshop and show you how to access and use these tools in your own courses.
Goal #2: Support the development and dissemination of effective AI-enhanced teaching and learning practices through experimentation, reflection, and collaboration.
Modality: Online
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Faculty and staff who are interested in attending AI CoP events may .
Past Events 2025- 2026
Book Club
Join us for a discussion of recent publication, 鈥淭he Fine Line between Digital Literacy and Academic Dishonesty in Online World Language Instruction鈥�. Errol has kindly agreed to join us, so bring your questions, experiences, expertise, and insights as we consider this highly relevant topic with applications for all disciplines! We will meet at the campus Starbucks.
Inductive, Inclusive, Iterative: Developing AI Literacy
What does it mean to build AI literacy when our disciplines bring such different forms of exptertise to the table? How can we move from curiosity about these tools to concrete teaching practice? Speaker Will Duffy. Noon -1 ERIC 306
Book Club
This semesters we're discussing Literary Theory for Robots: How Computers Learned to Write by Dennis Yi Tenen. Nov 21 9:30a @ Campus Starbucks.
Virtual Workshop
Generative AI in the Classroom: Using Khanmigo with presenters Trish Lange and Sarah
Marshall.
Aug 21 1-2 Teams.