{"id":1987,"date":"2025-09-29T23:49:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T23:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2025-10-01T15:42:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T15:42:56","slug":"beyond-the-basics-ai-in-the-post-secondary-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/2025\/09\/29\/beyond-the-basics-ai-in-the-post-secondary-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the Basics: AI in the Post-Secondary Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ready to move past the \u201cShould I use AI?\u201d conversation? UFV is offering a number of exciting opportunities to delve into the nuanced realities of integrating AI into teaching and learning.<\/p>\n<p>Explore topics like academic integrity in the age of AI, AI-assisted research, designing AI-embedded courses, and using AI to streamline your academic workflow. Check out the workshops on offer at UFV this year for practical strategies, ethical discussions, and collaborative exploration of what it means to teach with AI\u2014intentionally and effectively.<\/p>\n<p>With shorter online offerings, and longer in-person workshops, there is bound to be something for everyone!<\/p>\n<h2>TLC Workshop Series: Develop your AI Strategy<\/h2>\n<p>TLC\u2019s Learning Specialists, Curriculum Designers, and Faculty Collaborators team up to provide hands-on collaborative <strong>in-person workshops<\/strong>. Share your practices with colleagues and develop strategies and activities in a non-judgmental environment.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Session 1: Nov 12, 9am-12pm, G124\n<ul>\n<li>AI-Enhanced Faculty: Explore how AI can support and elevate your faculty work\u2014from curriculum and syllabus design to research workflows to administrative tasks.<\/li>\n<li>Facilitated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/creative-arts\/meet-ufv-creative-arts\/griffith-anna.htm\">Anna Griffith<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/economics\/faculty-and-staff\/batu-michael.htm\">Dr. Michael Batu<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Session 2: Nov. 24, 1-4pm, G124\n<ul>\n<li>AI-Embedded Classrooms: Find strategies for embedding AI into classroom activities, assignments, and assessments in ways that deepen critical and creative thinking rather than outsourcing it.<\/li>\n<li>Facilitated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/creative-arts\/meet-ufv-creative-arts\/griffith-anna.htm\">Anna Griffith,<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/economics\/faculty-and-staff\/batu-michael.htm\">Dr. Michael Batu<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Session 3: Dec. 15, 12:30-3:30pm, G124\n<ul>\n<li>Designing for Academic Integrity in the Age of AI: Craft and communicate your AI policy, design assessment with intention.<\/li>\n<li>Facilitated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/teaching-and-learning\/contact-us\/victoria-surtees.htm\">Victoria Surtees<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/teaching-and-learning\/contact-us\/hay-claire.htm\">Claire Hay<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Email TLC events to register: <a href=\"mailto:tlcevents@ufv.ca\">tlcevents@ufv.ca<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Faculty-Led Workshop Series: AI for Teaching, Learning, and Research<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/adult-education\/contact\/sameena-karim-jamal.htm\">Dr. Sameena Karim Jamal<\/a>, Assistant Professor in the Department of Adult Education, is offering a series of workshops on AI in higher education (open to UFV faculty and staff only).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Session 1: Sept 26, 2025\n<ul>\n<li>AI 101 for Faculty: Trends, Opportunities, Risks, Ethics, and Limitations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Session 2: Oct 24, 2025\n<ul>\n<li>Spark Your Imagination: AI for Creative Teaching<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Session 3: Jan 16, 2026\n<ul>\n<li>Serious Fun: Using AI to Reimagine Learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Session 4: March 20, 2026\n<ul>\n<li>Research Smarter, Not Harder: AI for Scholars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Session 5: May 22, 2026\n<ul>\n<li>Leveling the Playing Field: AI for Accessibility, Inclusion, and Comprehension<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>All sessions will take place on Zoom from 11am to 12pm.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please see the registration link for more information:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/qNptmaTjnS\">https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/qNptmaTjnS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ready to move past the \u201cShould I use AI?\u201d conversation? UFV is offering a number of exciting opportunities to delve into the nuanced realities of integrating AI into teaching and learning. Explore topics like academic integrity in the age of AI, AI-assisted research, designing AI-embedded courses, and using AI to streamline your academic workflow. 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