Community of Practice

A Community of Practice is a like-minded group of individuals coming together for a unified cause to learn from each other how and what to use as best practices to promote the best outcomes for the cause. This group’s cause will be learning how to teach with AI. Part of the CoP discussion will be based on the book Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson. The CFE will purchase this book for you. 

• Build a community of peers
• Foster reflective teaching
• Enhance effective pedagogical techniques
• Increase knowledge of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
• Provide opportunities for professional development and personal growth
• Improve the quality of higher education
• You will receive an AI-generated course pack to use in one of your courses

Teaching with AI 

The purpose of the current CoP is to learn and reflect on best practices in teaching with AI. Our hope for this learning community is that this will be an AI sandbox of sorts where you can come play and learn (more) about AI and how it can be used in your teaching.

• Encourage faculty and student success via best teaching practices
• Foster a community of like-minded individuals
• Reflect on teaching and implement new AI teaching strategies

• You will read Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson to learn (more) about the guidance for AI usage in education
• You will bring your own input/information/challenges/things you’d like to have changed in your course as a catalyst for your efforts in the learning community
• You will be invited to serve on a future panel on AI usage in higher education to share your knowledge and experiences from this learning community
• We will meet every two weeks starting Sept 26^th and at each meeting we will bring in the book’s guidance along with our own experiences to shape the learning community. The expectation is that you will attend all five (5) meetings.
  • Thursday, September 26th (1-2:30pm) – virtual
  • Thursday, October 10th (1-2:30pm) – virtual
  • Thursday, October 24th (1-2:30pm) – virtual
  • Thursday, November 7th (1-2:30pm) – virtual
  • Thursday, November 21st (1-2:30pm) – virtual

Any Faculty or Instructor teaching a course in the Fall 2024 semester is eligible to participate.

First-Year and First-Generation Students

The purpose of this CoP was to learn and reflect on best practices in teaching first-year and first-generation students.