Redefining Engagement: GenAI-Enabled Assessments in Higher Education

Panelists: 
Nazanin Khazra, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Economics 
Liliana Clemenza, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Immunology 
Jessica A Hill, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Molecular Genetics 

Moderator: Victoria Sheldon, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, Generative AI Pedagogies, CTSI 

Join us for an insightful panel discussion that will delve into the innovative use of Generative AI (GenAI) tools that showcase how these technologies can enhance student engagement, foster collaboration, and redefine traditional notions of learning and critical thinking. 

Hear from instructors from Economics, Immunology and Molecular Genetics who have experimented with the integration of GenAI in the design of assignments, to support skill development and to enhance collaborative group work. Broad themes to be addressed include:  

• Enhancing Student Engagement: Explore how GenAI tools can support active learning and collaboration among students and with the tools themselves. 
• Redefining Engagement: Understand how integrating GenAI into assignments can transform what engagement looks like in teaching and learning, including fostering critical thinking, facilitating peer-to-peer collaboration, and acknowledging the limitations of these tools. 
• Supporting Scholarly Journeys: Learn how GenAI assignments can help students see themselves as junior scholars, contributing to a broader body of knowledge and supporting their scholarly development.  The workshop will also emphasize the importance of developing AI literacy among students. We will discuss strategies to guide students through their apprehensions about using GenAI, and how to ethically and effectively engage with these tools in their academic and future professional work. 

Join us to engage in this critical conversation and contribute to the evolving landscape of teaching and learning with GenAI.

The GenAI Works in Progress Series: This is a CTSI/DLI programming effort designed to encourage an ongoing, open institutional-level conversation about generative AI in teaching and learning and to create a space for experimentation, sharing and problem-solving. These one-hour presentations will be targeted towards a broad teaching and learning audience where presenters can share current questions, ideas, inquiries or works in progress with a community of peers. Understanding that many of us are still in the early stages of navigating the realm of generative AI, we want to emphasize that these sessions are not intended to showcase definitive answers or practices, rather we are interested in the questions, challenges and learning currently being explored.