The AI Working Group invites the entire UMW community to participate in our AI Literacy Day event!
- Date: Friday, April 19th, 2024
- Time: 10:00 AM to 11:50 AM
- Location: HCC Digital Auditorium
AI Literacy Day is a great opportunity to learn about the applications of AI in personal, professional, and educational contexts. You’ll also get a chance to try out AI firsthand, so bring your laptop!
We’ll also discuss the current state of AI at UMW, based on data from the AI Survey conducted in March.
Refreshments including coffee, tea, soda, and snacks will be provided. To ensure we have enough refreshments, please register in advance. Please feel free to attend some or all as your schedule allows. We look forward to seeing you there!
10:00 – 10:50 AM: First Steps With AI
J. D. Swerzenski, Associate Professor, Communication and Digital Studies
Jerry Slezak, Director, Digital Learning Support
Session description:
Based on data from our recent AI Survey, we might conclude that many at UMW are unsure about AI and what it means for teaching and learning. After a quick review of the survey results, we will dive right in to help participants get started using a large language model (LLM) AI. Bring your laptop and try out Copilot, a free AI service by Microsoft. We will look at the interface, review some of the basic options, and create prompts to generate text and images.
- J.D. – 15 minutes reviewing AI Survey Results and other information
- Jerry – 30 minutes reviewing Copilot, PowerPoint tools
- Short time for discussion – 5 minutes
10:50 – 11:00 AM – Break
11:00 – 11:50 AM: Using AI in the Classroom
Anand Rao, Professor, Communication and Digital Studies
Session Description:
While most of us have made use of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, that does not mean that we have a real understanding of how those tools work and how we can best make use of them. In this workshop, I will show you how to build your own AI chatbot with the free and no-code platform, PlayLab.ai. You can build your own chatbot or AI tool and can train it on your own documents and instructions. You might build something that is very useful while better understanding some of AI’s limitations. Bring a laptop or tablet and you will have your own chatbot before the end of the session!
