{"id":3845,"date":"2025-03-28T19:34:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T19:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/?post_type=furman-update&#038;p=3845"},"modified":"2025-04-01T19:34:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T19:34:30","slug":"creative-uses-of-ai-highlights-from-a-recent-teaching-and-learning-conference","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/updates\/creative-uses-of-ai-highlights-from-a-recent-teaching-and-learning-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Uses of AI: Highlights from a Recent Teaching and Learning Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3846 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2025\/03\/Lead-Story-horizontal-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2025\/03\/Lead-Story-horizontal-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2025\/03\/Lead-Story-horizontal-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2025\/03\/Lead-Story-horizontal.jpg 960w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/>Spring is conference season in many academic disciplines. Wherever your recent conference adventures have taken you, it\u2019s likely GenAI was a discussion topic in your recent or upcoming learning with colleagues beyond Furman mall. Such was the case at this year\u2019s Southern Regional Faculty Instructional Development Consortium (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srfidc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">SRFIDC<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">), held March 24\u201326 and hosted by the University of Central Florida. This unique gathering of faculty, academic staff, and educational\/faculty developers has been convening in some form since 1973.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">One of this year\u2019s activities was a gallery walk of our current uses of GenAI in our personal and professional lives, many of which resonated with what we have been getting up to in our \u201cAI in Action\u201d series, such as:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"25\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Student research: students generate a GenAI research log to share their prompts and how they refined them to work through a learning task.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"25\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Feedback and Grading help: ask AI to generate an initial rubric and invite students to refine it in a class activity.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"25\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Meeting hack: use Otter.ai or Zoom AI Assistant to generate meeting summaries (but verify the \u201cto do\u201d\/ \u201caction item\u201d round-up!).\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">And some \u201cnew to us\u201d promising practices, including:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"26\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Assignment design: upload your project prompts and use AI to evaluate an assignment for unintended difficulties.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"26\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Class activities: generate (and then improve upon) case studies.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"26\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Accessibility: collaborate with your GenAI of choice to generate ALT-Text descriptions.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The next AI in Action session, Collaborations with AI in Student Research, is on Monday, April 14, and will feature Jess Hennessy. Don&#8217;t miss her hands-on demonstration of AI collaboration in her research classes! Join us in the Trustees&#8217; Dining Room, 12:30\u20131:20 p.m., to explore practical AI tools for your teaching. Remember to bring your laptop\/tablet to test out new AI software. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/furman.az1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_9LTa7DlQruBxjwy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Register online<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">. Walk-ins are also welcome.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Some fun uses from SRFIDC gallery walk:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"27\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Meal plan for the coming week: Just tell ChatGPT (or Claude or Copilot, etc.) what your food parameters and goals are, and get a week\u2019s worth of recipes along with a shopping list organized by type of food.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:259,&quot;335559991&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"27\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lesson planning: If you\u2019re looking for a way to get students more engaged, tell ChatGPT what your learning goals are for the day and ask for ideas for interactive activities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:259,&quot;335559991&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"27\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Party planning: Yes, ChatGPT can plan your next party (though you\u2019ll still have to pay for it yourself).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW54784027 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW54784027 BCX0\"><br \/>\nFinally, we\u2019ll conclude with a snapshot from a recent Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) Faculty Evaluation Conference held at Rhodes College March 20-21<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW54784027 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW54784027 BCX0\" data-fontsize=\"11\">st<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW54784027 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW54784027 BCX0\">. \u201cPictured\u201d below are panelists who spoke on promising practices in teaching evaluation Shiree X. Williams, ACS Project Manag<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW54784027 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW54784027 BCX0\">er, JT Torres, Director of the Harte Center for Teaching and Learning at Washington and Lee, and the FDC\u2019s own Diane Boyd. JT generated the image using <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW54784027 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW54784027 BCX0\">Chat GPT Studio Ghibli-style animation, <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW54784027 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/danidiplacido\/2025\/03\/27\/the-ai-generated-studio-ghibli-trend-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW54784027 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW54784027 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">a recently-released controversial<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW54784027 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"> <span class=\"SpellingError SCXW54784027 BCX0\">GenAI<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW54784027 BCX0\"> tool.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We aren\u2019t yet sure how we feel about it, and would love to hear your thoughts! Comment on our forthcoming newsletter announcement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/furmanfdc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram post<\/a> (set to drop Thursday 4\/3) to weigh in.<span class=\"EOP SCXW54784027 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:259,&quot;335559991&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3865 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2025\/03\/Lead-Story-Shiree-JT-and-Diane-and-ACS-Faculty-Evaluation-Summit-768x512.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2025\/03\/Lead-Story-Shiree-JT-and-Diane-and-ACS-Faculty-Evaluation-Summit-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2025\/03\/Lead-Story-Shiree-JT-and-Diane-and-ACS-Faculty-Evaluation-Summit-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2025\/03\/Lead-Story-Shiree-JT-and-Diane-and-ACS-Faculty-Evaluation-Summit-512x341.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2025\/03\/Lead-Story-Shiree-JT-and-Diane-and-ACS-Faculty-Evaluation-Summit-1280x853.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2025\/03\/Lead-Story-Shiree-JT-and-Diane-and-ACS-Faculty-Evaluation-Summit.jpeg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/333;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is conference season in many academic disciplines. 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