Explore the latest AI events and webinars hosted by Missouri Online and view additional upcoming events.
AI Intermediate Prompt Writing Workshop
Date: Wed, Oct 23, 2024
Time: 02:00 PM
- 03:30 PM
Prompt Writing is a skill that many faculty and students now seek to master. This hands-on session is aimed at faculty who have begun to explore prompt writing and wish to progress to a higher level. The prompt writing techniques that this session will cover are:
- Create a basic prompt, then use the AI itself to refine and optimize the prompt to get better results with that AI
- Create and refine prompts for/from images or other media
- Create prompt templates for common tasks a faculty member might have
- Create or modify prompt templates for student use with AI, including for advanced interactions between students and AI
This is a hands-on session, and we request that participants have an AI tool open in a browser or app on a mobile device to try out prompts.
AI Plagiarism, Cheating and Academic Integrity
Date: Wed, Nov 6, 2024
Time: 01:00 PM
- 02:00 PM
Plagiarism and cheating with AI is a continuing concern. In this session we:
- Consider different ways AI can be used for plagiarism and cheating
- Talk about the AI text detectors and their deficiencies
- Discuss non-technological ways of looking for AI-generated content
- Strategies for approaching AI cheating with students
- Discuss the current UM policies regarding unauthorized use of artificially generated content.
AI Prompt Writing Workshop
Date: Wed, Nov 13, 2024
Time: 09:00 AM
- 10:00 AM
This session is part of our series on Artificial Intelligence.
- Describe the AI capabilities
- Describe AI prompt patterns
- Craft AI prompts for specific instructional activities based on your course needs
- Articulate what constitutes effective prompts
- Identify factors to consider when incorporating AI in teaching
AI Intermediate Prompt Writing Workshop
Date: Mon, Dec 2, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM
- 11:30 AM
Prompt Writing is a skill that many faculty and students now seek to master. This hands-on session is aimed at faculty who have begun to explore prompt writing and wish to progress to a higher level. The prompt writing techniques that this session will cover are:
- Create a basic prompt, then use the AI itself to refine and optimize the prompt to get better results with that AI
- Create and refine prompts for/from images or other media
- Create prompt templates for common tasks a faculty member might have
- Create or modify prompt templates for student use with AI, including for advanced interactions between students and AI
This is a hands-on session, and we request that participants have an AI tool open in a browser or app on a mobile device to try out prompts.
Additional upcoming events
September
University of Missouri-Columbia:
- AI in WI #1 - Understanding the Current State of AI; Sept. 5, 2024.
- Guilt-Free AI Book Club with discussions on Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning; Sept. 20, 2024. 12:00pm - 1:15pm.
- AI in WI #2 - Navigating Students' Use of AI to Support Critical Thinking; Sept. 24, 2024.
October
University of Missouri-Columbia:
- Harvesting Ideas: Fall Teaching Conference; Oct. 4th, 2024.
- AI in WI #3 - Teaching Writing with ChatGPT; Oct. 15, 2024.
- Guilt-Free AI Book Club with discussions on Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning; Oct. 25, 2024. 12:00pm - 1:15pm.
November
University of Missouri-Columbia:
- Guilt-Free AI Book Club with discussions on Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning; Nov. 8th, 2024. 12:00pm - 1:15pm.
Upcoming local conferences featuring AI
Focus on Teaching & Technology Conference (FTTC), Oct. 3–4, 2024, at UMSL.
- This year the conference will be virtual.
- Registration will open on July 1.
- This year's keynote will be The frontier of education: The power of AI in teaching, presented by José Antonio Bowen.
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