CEETL's Third Annual AI Symposium
CEETL hosted a symposium on Zoom on Friday, May 1, 9 a.m. —1 p.m. entitled:
Human-Centered AI in the Classroom: Student and Faculty Voices
Panelists representing 17 out of the 22 campuses of the California State University system provided 10-minute lightning talks on how they have addressed emerging AI technologies in their classrooms. The presentations emphasized instructor reflections on successes and challenges; faculty efforts to investigate students’ perspectives on AI and learning; and faculty's decision-making process when it comes to integrating or resisting GenAI in the classroom.
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Program
Watch a Recording of the Welcome Session
Speakers: Leslie Kennedy, Emily Magruder, Anoshua Chaudhuri
- Is this Cheating? Exploring AI Through Student Perspectives
Dinah Nucum, Department of Communication Studies, CSU Northridge and Woodland Community College - Teaching How AI Works While Using AI: An Argument for AI Use
Stacey Moultry, Department of Ethnic Studies, CSU East Bay - Transparency: Successes and Challenges of Integrating GenAI in the Classroom
Scott Hachey, Department of Marketing, CSU Fullerton
- Beyond Either/Or: Human-Centered Hybrid Feedback in the Age of AI
Shelli Wynants, Department of Child and Adolescent Development, CSU Fullerton - Centering Human Relationships and Durable Skills: Collaborative Peer Learning Coaching Beyond AI
Tara Lockhart, Department of English, SFSU; Kristin Agius, Department of English, SJSU, John Holland, Department of English, SFSU; Andrew Ichimura, Department of Chemistry and Biology, SFSU; Aviva Sinervo, Department of Psychology, SFSU - The Future of Learning is Experiential: Why Assessment Needs a Total Redesign in the Age of AI
Margaret Finnegan, Department of Criminal Justice, Cal State LA
The Sword and the Shield: A Framework for Cognitive and Pedagogical Sovereignty in the AI Classroom
Diego Bonilla, Department of Communication Studies, Sacramento State
A Humanizing and Ethical Approach to AI Integration in a Psychology Research Methods Course
Doron Zinger, School Leadership Program, CSU Dominguez Hills
AI at the Right Moment: Designing Student-Centered GenAI Support Across the Learning Arc
Brian Beatty, Department of ELSIT, San Francisco
- Bridging Campus Expertise and Workforce Needs: Launching AI Micro-Credentials
Cass Hall, Senior Director of Academic Technology, Chico State; Zach Justus - Director of Faculty Development, Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Chico State; Clare Van Ness - Dean, Professional & Continuing Education, Chico State; Jayson Hickie - Online Learning Specialist, Professional & Continuing Education, Chico State - Exploring Human-Centered AI Chatbots in Career Planning: Student and Faculty Perspectives
Jennifer Brodmann, Fynnwin Prager, Jose N. Martinez, Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Law, CSU Dominguez Hills - If AI Can Write the Plan, What Are We Teaching?
Vanessa Jordan, Department of C&I, CSULA
- Scaling Business Analytics Projects with AI-Assisted Development
ZHENNING XU, Department of Management & Marketing, Bakersfield - Emerging Artificial Intelligence in Financial Management
Julian Vogel, Department of Accounting and Finance, San Jose State University; Franziska Renz, Department of Management of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior, California State University, Sacramento - Using GenAI to Support Applied Learning in Principles of Economics Courses
Venoo Kakar, Department of Economics, San Francisco State University; Gerald Daniels, Howard University; Maxine Lee, San Francisco State University; Lauren Tombari, San Francisco State University
- Building the Verification Mindset: A Human-Centered Framework for AI Integration
Laraine Rosema, Department of Extended Education and Global Outreach , Bakersfield - What Counts as Knowing? AI, Struggle, and Intellectual Formation in the Classroom
Michael Ault, Department of Political Science, CSU Bakersfield - Teaching Generative AI as Media: A Critical Media Literacy Approach to AI Literacy
Scott Moss, Department of Journalism and Pubic Relations, Cal State Long Beach
- Human-Centered AI: Cultivating Purpose and Mental Well-Being in the Classroom
Dr. Gitima Sharma, Department of Counselor Education and Rehabilitation, California State University, Fresno - AI as Equity Infrastructure: First-Year Foundations for College Life Skills
Emily Acosta Lewis, Department of Communication and Media Studies, Sonoma State University - AI and Career Empowerment: Helping Public Health Students Leverage AI Responsibly
Michael Stanton, Department of Public Health, East Bay
- Student Voices, Student Choices: Investigating Perspectives and Practices Around Generative AI in Writing Across the Curriculum
Angela Laflen and Angela Clark-Oates, Department of English, Sacramento State - Emerging Results from AI Grant: AI in the Writing Process from FYC to GWAR
Amy Latham, Business Communication; Aviva Sinervo, Psychology; Brian Strang, English; Kimbrough Moore, Philosophy & Computer Science; Laura Moorhead, Journalism; Niny Arcila-Maya, Mathematics; Shubhi Sachdeva, Child & Adolescent Development; Tara Lockhart, English; Yuki Obayashi, Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University
- Human-Centered AI in Action: Designing an AI-Empowered Shark Tank Simulation to Strengthen Student Judgment and Pitch Readiness
Yikuan Lee, Department of International Business, San Francisco State University - Human-Centered AI as a Conceptual Partner: Developing a New Exercise Biochemistry Paradigm Through Structured Digital Pedagogy
Young Kwon, Department of Kinesiology, Cal Poly Humboldt - Reimagining Teacher Preparation in the Age of AI: An Examination of Chatbot Simulations
Minsung Kwon, Department of Elementary Education, CSU Northridge
- GenAI-Infused Pedagogy for Career and Workplace Readiness
Amy Latham, Department of Business GWAR, San Francisco - From Productivity to Learning: Designing Pedagogically Engineered GPTs
Zahira Merchant, Department of Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies, San Francisco State University - From Policing to Partnering: Designing Human-Centered AI in an Engineering Classroom
Milica Markovic, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, CSU Sacramento
- Preparing students for the ethical use of AI
Joseph Ross, Department of Biology, Fresno State - Integrating Generative AI in Calculus: Task Design, Student Learning, and Faculty Decision-Making
Hyunkyoung Yoon, Department of mathematics and statistics, Cal Poly Pomona - Assurance Over Understanding: Generative AI, Linguistic Self-Efficacy, and Cognitive Offloading in an Accelerated STEM Classroom
Anjum Padyal, Department of Kinesiology, CSU Northridge
- Generative AI as Text, Student, and Mirror: Repositioning AI to Support Disciplinary Literacy Instruction
Madeleine Mejia, Department of Literacy and Reading Education, CSUFullerton - AI Companions and Deepfakes: Empowering K-12 Teachers to Guide Students Through Emerging AI Risks
Stephen Adams, Department of Educational Technology and Media Leadership, CSU Long Beach
- From Classroom to Clinic: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Transform Engagement in Advanced Practice Nursing Education
Deanna Jung, Department of Nursing, Fullerton - Human-Centered AI in Graduate Nursing Education: A Theory-Informed, Faculty Student Approach to Critical Thinking and Ethical Use
Carole Kulik, Department of Nursing, SFSU
- Student Voices on AI in the Classroom: Insights from Graduate Assistants
Zurva Aziz, Chetas Parekh, Kunal Sheth, Graduate Students, SFSU - Student Advocacy to Address Environmental Impacts of Generative AI
Sara Baguskas, Oleander Nielsen, Ray Choudhury, Isaac Mclaughlan, Bee Bauman, School of the Environment, SFSU
- Designing Human-Centered AI Assignments: Preserving Deep Learning in an AI-Integrated Classroom
Maha Ghosn, Department of International Business and Marketing, Cal Poly Pomona - Augmenting Creativity: Teaching Critical AI Literacy Through Structured Reflection
Christine Lee, Department of Graphic Communication, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo - From Consumers to Critics: Using Cultural Gap Analysis to Center Student Voices in AI-Integrated Classrooms
Richard Allen May III, Department of Visual Arts and Department of African American Studies, California State University, Fullerton
- Writing-Intensive Asynchronous Courses in the Age of Generative AI: Re-Designing for Motivation and Meaningful Engagement Carra Johnson, Department of Kinesiology, Cal Poly SLO
- Student-Centered AI Use in an Upper-Division General Education Course: Support, Skepticism, and Critical Engagement
Maureen Scharberg, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, CSU East Bay - A Practical Framework for Human-Centered AI Course Redesign
Nasrin Mohabbati, Department of Information Systems, SFSU
- Recording of the Closing Panel Discussion
Moderator: Jennifer Trainor
Panelists: Ethan Cortes, Rachel Flynn, Zach Justus, Eileene Tejada
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