We invite faculty and instructional staff to join us for two spring workshops offered by LTS’s Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CITL) related to generative artificial intelligence. Both sessions will be held via Zoom.

Custom generative AI platforms for teaching and learning

The first session will take place on Monday, March 3rd from 1:30pm–2:30pm, called “Custom generative AI platforms for teaching and learning.” This session will introduce attendees to platforms connected to Large Language Models (LLMs) and created by Rob Weidman, Senior Digital Scholarship Specialist. With these platforms, faculty and students will:

  • Gain access to various OpenAI tools including ChatGPT and DALL-E3.
  • Experiment with these tools at cost-effective rates through an Application Programming Interface (API).
  • Get local storage of conversations and generated images.

Previous uses by Lehigh faculty include:

  • Developing a Chinese language learning platform with scaffolded, AI-supported exercises, such as roleplays, debates, and essay writing assistance.
  • Helping students navigate a design process by iterating through the creation of AI-generated images and AI-generated textual descriptions of existing images.
  • Tracking student progress with AI-supported exercises, writing, and outlining.

Creating AI-resilient assignments

A second session on Monday, March 17th from 1:30pm–2:30pm will focus on “Creating AI-resilient assignments.” The session will summarize effective strategies for course and assignment design given the prevalence of generative AI. Amid critical explorations of AI, we ask: What aspects of learning and assessment remain resilient to or cannot be completed by AI? The session will be led by Dr. Justin Greenlee, Director of Writing Across the Curriculum, and Holly Zakos, Manager of the Instructional Technology Team, alongside faculty who will share the positive and negative implications of their students’ uses of AI.

Facilitators will:

  • Offer suggestions for how to revise and redesign assignments with AI in mind.
  • Highlight aspects of teaching and learning that are not easily outsourced to AI. 

Advice and recommendations will support faculty who:

  • Permit limited uses of generative AI in their courses.
  • Prohibit the use of AI in their courses.

Register now for either or both of these workshops.

Facilitators will respond with Google Calendar invites(s) and Zoom links. We plan to record both live sessions. Videos and slide decks will be posted to the CITL website after the sessions.