> [!summary]+ Summary > The purpose of this presentation was to provide a broad introduction to how generative artificial intelligence may be used in pedagogy. This presentation was delivered as part of the series to a teaching excellence group at GWU. # genAI Landscape and Public Health Education **Delivery details:** <u>Date</u>: September 6, 2024 <u>Target audience</u>: GWU MISPH faculty and staff <u>Delivery format</u>: In-person <u>Duration</u>: 60 minutes ## About the presentation This presentation was delivered upon invitation to faculty of the [GWU Milken Institute School of Public Health (MISPH)](https://publichealth.gwu.edu/). This was the first session of the [MISPH Master Teaching Academy](https://publichealth.gwu.edu/master-teacher-academy) for the year and was designed to set-up a workshop a couple of months later. Like in previous presentations, I made clear to the audience where I stood regarding generative Artificial Intelligence (genAI) from the top, but I also asked them to share their position. Unlike other presentations and discussions I led, this one felt more like a lecture because of the space. Additionally, most of the participants were online via Zoom. Nonetheless, I delivered the session across the following sections: 1. A foundation for pedagogy — asked to orient yourself to a vision of what genAI may do with you in teaching practice; called for re-imagining; introduced a framework for AI literacy. 2. Communications strategies with genAI — ways to imagine effective communications with genAI; make a choice on your relationship; consider different types of relationships; offered guidelines for partnership. 3. Using genAI in instructional design — reasons to use and limitations; genAI as a thinking partner or task-oriented partner. 4. Applications in public health education — a series of examples in teaching with AI generated visuals. Overall, this was wide-ranging but a successful time. The 3^rd section on Instructional Design was something different from previous genAI presentations but I wanted to highlight this to encourage both faculty and staff to think about genAI as a partner in the design of instruction. > [!info]- Event recording > You can find a [recording of the event](https://smhsgwu.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=70ee4b53-5d01-4e67-aa88-b1e60108aa97) on the MISPH Master Teaching Academy website. ## Slide deck <div class="container"><iframe class="responsive-iframe-sd" src="https://1drv.ms/b/c/13829E5D2EB238DE/IQSAz9FXNCINSrcvJ6mc7g0mAcREO9CG_PbS6VDQVHcvuVA" 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 the message of this presentation, but was used to create some visuals. Avatar and computer icons were created by [Leah Sims](https://www.leahsims.net/about). All stock images were provided by [Getty Images](https://www.gettyimages.com) and [Adobe Stock](https://stock.adobe.com).* ## 🎯 Results This presentation setup consultations with faculty on the use of genAI in their teaching, as well as brought more engagement with my department on the topic. Attendance was 10 in-person and more online.