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The University Forum on Teaching and Learning, presented by Faculty Success and UNT CLEAR, offers an opportunity for faculty to dive deeper into a particular topic of inquiry. The forum invites a keynote to engage participants in applied learning on the topic while concurrent sessions highlight first-hand accounts from UNT faculty who are trying new teaching methods in a variety of disciplines and topics.

2024 University Forum on Teaching and Learning: Generative AI

Sept. 25, 2024

The 2024 University Forum on Teaching and Learning focused on generative artificial intelligence. The first half of the forum featured an interactive workshop led by Dr. Marc Watkins, Academic Innovation Fellow, lecturer of writing and rhetoric, and director of the AI Summer Institute for Teachers of Writing at the University of Mississippi, followed by a lunch Q&A session with UNT academic integrity officers. In the afternoon, participants chose from concurrent session presentations by UNT faculty or explored online AI tools in the Gateway Center computer lab.

Faculty-Led Learning Sessions

To learn more about the sessions presented at the 2024 University Forum on Teaching and Learning, email Yolanda Mitchell at yolanda.mitchell@unt.edu.

AI & Plagiarism

Kim Moreland, Senior Lecturer, Department of English; Director, UNT Writing Center

This session explored the evolving landscape of AI, its impact on academic integrity, and effective strategies for detecting and preventing AI-assisted plagiarism in educational settings

Ethical and Educational Approaches to Generative AI

Dan Krutka, Associate Professor, Department of Teaching, Education and Administration

In this session, participants learned about frameworks and resources that can help instructors think through ethical concerns while considering how AI can enhance, diminish, and change educational experiences for students.

Teaching Students How to "Teach" AI Systems

Mark Albert, Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Departments of Computer Science and Engineering and Biomedical Engineering

This talk mixed current, highly accessible activities that enable students and teachers to tune AI models to their specific needs with anecdotes about building user-friendly AI models that help us better understand the trajectory of such advances.

Teaching Students to Write with AI

Kim Moreland, Senior Lecturer, Department of English; Director, UNT Writing Center

This session delved into how AI tools can enhance students' writing skills, foster creativity, and support the writing process, while also addressing best practices for integrating these technologies responsibly in the classroom.

Integrating ChatGPT into Learning Modules

Priscilla Connors, Associate Professor, Department of Hospitality, Event and Tourism Management

In this presentation, Dr. Connors shared a series of modules using ChatGPT in an undergraduate class and reviewed student perceptions of writing essays using ChatGPT.

A Gentle Introduction to Generative Deep Learning (A Look Inside the Box)

Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, Regents Professor, Departments of Physics and Composition Studies

This presentation gently introduced fundamental principles of neural network architectures and illustrated some of the common frameworks in generative deep learning applications.