CONTENTS
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Chemeketa Resources
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Notable News
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Faculty Spotlight
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Recommended Writing & Recording
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Upcoming Opportunities
Chemeketa Resources
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Faculty, if you haven’t yet, please take this short survey to help us respond to your AI needs.
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Chemeketa Library’s new Lib Guide: AI and Research for College Writing: Topic Selection and Search Terms
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CAI’s Faculty Resources for Gen AI page includes sample syllabus statements and addressing academic integrity with students
Notable News
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What’s in the AI Literacy Act, and how will it impact you? – Federal lawmakers are trying to ensure equitable access to AI. The bipartisan AI Literacy Act aims to classify AI as a necessary part of digital literacy and make it accessible via public schools, colleges, universities, and libraries. It amends the Digital Equity Act of 2021 which identifies areas of digital literacy that need to be addressed to close the digital divide. Source: Technical.ly
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College Student Given ‘AI Violation,’ Probation After Grammarly Use – A University of North Georgia student is on academic probation for an alleged AI violation. The student claims that she only used the grammar and punctuation tools in Grammarly, not the AI function. Nonetheless, the paper was still flagged by Turnitin’s AI detection tool. Source: Tech Times Related: Grammarly’s Official Response, and Guidance on AI Detection and Why We’re Disabling Turnitin’s AI Detector, by Vanderbilt University
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Survey: College students’ thoughts on AI and careers – A recent survey from Student Voice shows that AI is influencing what many students want to study and pursue as a career. Approximately 75% of students believe their institutions should be preparing them for AI in the workplace. AI has impacted nearly 50 percent of students when determining their major. Source: Inside Higher Ed
Faculty Spotlight
Jan VanStavern, English, explores the good and bad sides of using Generative AI in writing with her students. Through discussions, videos, and activities, she aims to help students see what AI can do well, such as starting an essay, organizing ideas, or finding research keywords, and what it does very poorly, from privacy risks to taking the place of students learning to making up fake sources. She has also worked with Theresa Yancey, a Reference Librarian, for a student presentation about AI‘s benefits and drawbacks in library research.
Because so many students are already using this powerful tool, often without training or an awareness of how to cite it, Jan wants to ensure that her students feel comfortable exploring it, if they choose, and be transparent about its use (verifying sources and citing AI help). She also teaches Gen AI‘s Workplace use, limits, and evolving regulations in the students’ future careers, from nursing to EMT to law enforcement to Technical Writing and more.
Jan recently presented a workshop for Chemeketa faculty. View the Using AI for Student Writing Skills workshop resources and slides.
Recommended Writing & Recording
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The Program-Level AI Conversations We Should Be Having, Landy, K., Inside Higher Ed. February 28, 2024 . This article advocates that institutions of higher education have reached the point where faculty need to engage in discussion of these critical questions:
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What do we want the students in our academic program to know and be able to do with (or without) generative AI?
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At what point in our academic program—that is, in what specific courses—will students learn these skills?
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Does our academic program need a discipline-specific, program-level learning outcome about generative AI?
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Webinar Recording: Using AI with Your Students, by Oregon Community College Distance Learning Association. Recorded February 22, 2024. This webinar explores innovative ways to leverage AI for enhanced learning experiences. Jessica Winans, Education faculty, Linn-Benton CC, and Paul Montone, English faculty and Online Learning, Portland CC shared their experiences and examples.
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Webinar Recording: The Future of Writing: Creating the Playbook for Human-AI Collaboration. Recorded February 28, 2024. This excellent presentation shared insights into what AI means for the future of writing instruction and how faculty and institutions can adapt.
Upcoming Opportunities
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March 5, 12:30-1:15 pm, CAI’s Lunch & Learn session: GenAI in Higher Education, Salem Campus, 9/127 & Zoom. Register at MyChemeketa with CRN 64101
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March 6, 3:00-4:00 pm, Webinar: Learning with AI: A Student Perspective. Registration.
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March 7, 9:00-10:00 am, McGraw Webinar: AI EmpowerED: Implementing Generative AI into Your Course. Registration.
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March 13, 12:00-1:00 pm, OCCDLA Webinar: Assessment in the AI Era (Blooms Revisited) – Registration. Revisit Bloom’s taxonomy for assessment through a Generative AI lens. Kevin Steeves, Instructional Design faculty, Lane CC will join us to open this discussion and share examples.
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March 27, 4:30-5:30 pm, NEA Webinar: Exploring the Impact of AI Technologies on Planning, Instruction and Assessment, Registration.
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March 28, 10:00-11:00 am, AI in Education: Collaborative Insights and Future Directions, Registration
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April 24, 4:30-5:30 pm, NEA Webinar: AI FOR GOOD: Exploring Ethics, Equity & Digital Citizenship Through AI Education, Registration.