The Office of the Provost and the WVU Teaching and Learning Center are partnering to offer a new professional development program that addresses many of the urgent questions raised by the disruption that artificial intelligence has had in the higher education landscape.
Interested faculty participants will commit to a five-week session offered in a virtual format, completing self-paced, asynchronous, online curriculum through Auburn University and joining weekly Zoom discussions led by WVU faculty members.
The two remaining cohort sessions will be held from June 15 to July 17, and July 6 to Aug. 7.
Due to the limited number of “seats” purchased for the online modules, faculty members are asked to apply for this opportunity. Applicants will select the cohort(s) for which they would like to be considered.
The deadline to apply for cohorts 2 and 3 is May 31.
Cohort facilitators include the following:
Challice LaRose, clinical instructor in the School of Social Work.
Makenzie Keepers, teaching assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering.
Melissa Marra, associate professor in the School of Agriculture and Food Systems.
Each facilitator has been actively engaged in GenAI communities and has begun to make changes to their own teaching practice.
The program is evidence of the Office of the Provost’s commitment to preparing faculty for GenAI’s impact on teaching and learning and is supported in part by a grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation. Funds are managed by the WVU Foundation, the nonprofit organization that receives and administers private donations on behalf of the University.
Those who are selected to join this community may participate at no cost.
Questions may be directed to tlc@mail.wvu.edu.