> [!summary]+ Summary > The purpose of this presentation was to introduced to a wide range of faculty ways that generative Artificial Intelligence (genAI) was being used and could be used to impact teaching and learning. Additionally, the presentation strived to provide faculty some sense of how they should approach beginning to work with genAI. # Using Generative AI in Humanities Classes: A Primer **Delivery details:** <u>Date</u>: October 4, 2023 <u>Target audience</u>: GWU faculty <u>Delivery format</u>: Hybrid <u>Duration</u>: 60 minutes ## About the presentation This presentation was delivered to a mix of GWU faculty for the 2^nd session of the *A.I. in Humanities Seminar Series*. I designed and delivered this equally with [Professor Ryan Watkins](https://gsehd.gwu.edu/directory/ryan-watkins) from the [GWU Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD)](https://gsehd.gwu.edu/). Professor Watkins has been one of the premiere leaders and thinkers regarding Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its role in teaching and learning at GWU. It was an absolute pleasure to deliver this with him. The presentation and discussion was wide-ranging, but we wanted to do a few things in our time. As follows: 1. Tell potential ways that faculty could use genAI in pedagogy. 2. Touch on decision-making for the use of genAI as an instructor. 3. Encourage playing with genAI and suggesting ways to do this. 4. Encourage thinking of genAI as a partner and thus thinking about coaching, not catching. 5. Provide some simple guidelines for interfacing with genAI — deeper, broader, solution, explanation. 6. Practicing with using genAI. Overall it was a good discussion. There were more questions than we anticipated and unfortunately we did not have enough time to play with genAI tools together. But at the time this was delivered, it was a start and that was what we all needed. ## Slide deck <div class="container"><iframe class="responsive-iframe-sd" src="https://1drv.ms/b/c/13829E5D2EB238DE/IQSAekWmQ4NmT4POy_U9VrC6AXtUr4iTPhz8ljXCMakNQlI" width="100%" height="400" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></div> *Note: These slides were built with a custom slide deck that I made using Microsoft PowerPoint. Generative Artificial Intelligence (genAI) was not used to develop this presentation. All stock images were provided by [Getty Images](https://www.gettyimages.com).* ## 🎯 Results This presentation generated deep and challenging discussion with faculty partners. At this time, most were pushing back on any use of genAI. The identified ways to use genAI in instructional design were reported as helpful to pinpointing where experimentation may be done with genAI as a partner. Attendance was 10-15 in-person and more online. ## Resources The following were used to research the content of this presentation: - [From AI to A+: Prepare Your Students for Using ChatGPT and other AI](https://medium.com/@rwatkins_7167/from-ai-to-a-prepare-your-students-for-using-chatgpt-and-other-ai-6ecbfb14297b) by Ryan Watkins - [Create Guidance for Students on Using AI in Your Assignments](https://sites.google.com/view/aiassignments) by Ryan Watkins - [LLMs in Scientific Research Workflows](https://llminscience.com/)