{"id":19747,"date":"2025-03-13T11:43:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/?p=19747"},"modified":"2025-06-05T14:27:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T18:27:32","slug":"atl-summer-inst-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/atl-summer-inst-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 ATL Summer Institute: Writing & A.I."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our inaugural Summer Institute was a BIG success!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purpose <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In May 2024, ATL hosted its first Summer Institute, focused on equipping faculty with knowledge and best practices to effectively incorporate A.I. into one or more of the courses that they teach for URI. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ATL\u2019s Writing and A.I. Summer Institute brought together URI faculty in writing-focused disciplines to learn about artificial intelligence (A.I.) from campus experts and consider meaningful ways to incorporate best practices around A.I. into their courses. Participants identified an area of their course where they wanted to thoughtfully integrate A.I. and made preparations to share their work with instructors during ATL’s 2024 Fall Symposium<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the institute, participants engaged in a 4-week workshop series (3 weeks in-person on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30-noon and 1 week asynchronous), where they identified and (re)designed a course element to include A.I. This fall, participants will present the findings of their result of their work to colleagues during a showcase-style event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dates for this year\u2019s Summer Institute were Monday, May 21, 2024 – Wednesday, June 12, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kirtley Fisher<\/a>, College of Business<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luzi Shi<\/a>, College of Arts & Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Odile Mattiauda<\/a>, College of Arts & Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crystal Greene<\/a>, College of Arts & Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura Skrobe<\/a>, College of the Environment and Life Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barbara Somers<\/a>, College of the Environment and Life Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Phipps, College of Arts & Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karen Haskell<\/a>, College of Arts & Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Hemme<\/a>, College of Pharmacy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Betty Cotter<\/a>, College of Arts & Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brittany Martin<\/a>, College of Arts & Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hillary Leonard<\/a>, College of Business<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Experts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Steven Atlas<\/a>, College of Business<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Brown<\/a>, Department of Computer Science & Statistics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amanda Izenstark<\/a>, URI Library<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genoa Shepley<\/a>, Harrington School of Communication & Media<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephanie West-Puckett<\/a>, Harrington School of Communication & Media<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outcomes & Topics Covered
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Participants learned to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Discern the pros and cons among various generative AI tools and be able to make an informed choice among AI tools for the pedagogical tasks they wish to accomplish.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Ethically incorporate generative AI tools into their courses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Use generative AI to support instruction around writing within their discipline.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Use generative AI as a writing assistant for professional tasks, such as: recommendations, syllabus generation, prompt generation, grant writing, brainstorming.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Agenda<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Session 1: May 21 (in-person) – What is A.I.? <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Session 2: May 23 (in-person) – A.I. and faculty learning activities: Taking a deeper dive and working toward a heuristic for evaluating for ethical use <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Session 3: May 24 (Zoom) – Optional instructor’s cafe to discuss topics from sessions 1 and 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Session 4: May 28 (in-person) – A.I. and out of class writing <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Session 5: May 30 (in-person) – A.I. in my classroom: Friend or Foe<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Session 6: May 31 (Zoom) – Optional instructor’s cafe to discuss topics from session 4 and 5<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Session 7: June 4 (in-person) – Assessment and A.I. student learning <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Session 8: June 6 (in-person) – A.I. and course writing improvement: Designing assignments to motivate students <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Session 9: June 7 (Zoom) – Optional instructor’s cafe to discuss topics from session 7 and 8<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Session 10: June 10 (Asynchronous) – Complete peer review<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Session 11: June 12 (Asynchronous) – Complete final materials<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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