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January 2024 FOTL resources are now available here

 

August 2024 and January 2025 Conferences

Human-Centered Teaching in an Age of Innovation: Artificial Intelligence in Transformative Learning Environments

 

Technology is rapidly evolving before our eyes. When advances in technology tools (like generative artificial intelligence) can outpace educators’ ability to keep up with them, how do we respond? As educators, how does teaching at a Jesuit institution (that values the humanizing and justice-oriented anti-oppressive, Ignatian, and student-centered pedagogical approaches) shape our response to and engagement with artificial intelligence?  

At a time when artificial intelligence and other post-humanist technologies pose challenges and opportunities to educators, including dilemmas related to ethics and privacy, staying aligned with our Jesuit values becomes even more important. The 2024-25 year-long Focus on Teaching and Learning Conference activities will explore questions related to centering our humanity as learners and teachers as machines enhance their capacities. Proposals should address at least one of the following: 

  • How do we make teaching personal, using our values to inform our teaching and to shape students’ learning experiences?
  • In what ways can we use artificial intelligence tools to help with research and teaching?
  • What innovations have we pursued that help center our and our students’ humanity in educational activities?
  • How do we navigate challenges of privacy, access, and integrity that have come to the fore with the emergence of generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT?
  • What successes have we had incorporating tools like ChatGPT into students’ learning experiences both inside and outside of the classroom? 

Fill out this form to submit a proposal by 11:59PM CST on March 31, 2024.