The Teaching and Learning with Generative AI Symposium is taking place on November 14 & 15.
Generative AI is rapidly transforming the teaching and learning domain, being utilized by both students and faculty in their courses. In this symposium, you will hear from faculty, students, and staff at UBC about the significance of generative AI and how it is influencing teaching and learning. Additionally, you will gain insights into specific strategies for designing assignments and learning activities that incorporate and harness the power of generative AI.
During this two-day symposium, our focus will be on the applications of generative AI in the realm of teaching and learning. The event will feature a faculty roundtable, a student panel discussing the effects of generative AI on their educational experience, a hands-on assignment design workshop, and a philosophy corner where some of the broader issues and prospects of this technology will be deliberated.
Tuesday, November 14th
| 9:00–9:30 am | GenAI and Teaching and Learning at UBC Opening Introduction |
| 9:30–11:00 am | Faculty Roundtable: Navigating the Future of GenAI in Education Generative AI has entered our educational landscape, impacting how we teach and how we guide students’ learning. Faculty members from different disciplines will share their thoughts on how generative AI impacts education. Feat. Judy Chan, Celeste Leander, Kari Marken, Dongwook Yoon, William Gibson |
| 11:00 am–12:30 pm | Studio Session: Decoding Generative AI and Assignment Design Strategies Join faculty experts in the field of Generative AI for an interactive exploration of these innovative models and their transformative role in higher education. Feat. Patrick Pennefather, Varada Kolhatkar, Lucas Wright |
| 12:30–1:30 pm | Office Hours with UBC Technologists and Pedagogy Experts Have questions about how GenAI Tools can be used in Teaching and Learning? Whether that be by your students, your TAs, or yourself? UBC Technologists and Pedagogy experts will help answer your questions! Feat. Richard Tape, John Cheng, Joe Zerdin |
Wednesday, November 15th
| 9:30–11:00 am | Student Panel: How UBC Students are using Gen AI in their Learning Learn how UBC students are navigating this growing field of GenAI that is significantly impacting education. In this session, students from different disciplines will share how they are using GenAI in their learning and reflect on key considerations associated with its use. Feat. Manuel Dias, William Kang, Jaclyn Fong, Helena Wright, Manzura Khutan |
| 11:00 am–12:30 pm | Philosophy Corner: Our Changing Fields and Our Changing Education Talk and philosophize about how Generative AI is changing our fields, and in so doing changing education – topics may range from discipline-based educational responses to Generative AI, to far reaching imaginings about what the economy of the future will be, and how we will educate for it! Feat. Elisa Baniassad, Patrick Pennefather, Joseph Topornycky, Kousaku Yui |
| 12:30–2:00 pm | Office Hours with UBC Technologists and Pedagogy Experts Have questions about how GenAI Tools can be used in Teaching and Learning? Whether that be by your students, your TAs, or yourself? UBC Technologists and Pedagogy experts will help answer your questions! Feat. Richard Tape, John Cheng, Joe Zerdin |