Explore the latest AI events and webinars hosted by Missouri Online and view additional upcoming events.
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.
Basics of using AI for your classes
Date: Mon, Jan 6, 2025
Time: 01:00 PM
- 01:55 PM
Generative AI (like ChatGPT, Bing, and Claude) is changing teaching and learning. In this session, we will try to cover some of the most common areas of concern and answer your questions. Topics covered in this session include:
- University policy regarding AI
- What to include in your syllabus and assignment instructions
- Update on AI text detection
- Suggested tools
- Teaching tips
AI Plagiarism, Cheating and Academic Integrity
Date: Tue, Jan 7, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM
- 11:55 AM
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 Plagiarism, Cheating and Academic Integrity
Date: Wed, Feb 12, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM
- 10:55 AM
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.
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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