You are invited to the 2025 CTL Spring Forum on Teaching, Preparing Students for an AI World: Focusing on Process over Product. This virtual event, held on Zoom on Friday, February 7th, from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM, challenges attendees to move beyond our first reactions to AI. Whether or not we’re enthusiastic about AI’s meteoric rise, we need to prepare our students to engage with AI in thoughtful, ethical, and productive ways. Preparing them for the workforce—and to be enlightened citizens—requires practical knowledge of these powerful tools. The CTL welcomes attendance from all UMSL faculty, staff, and administrators, as well as graduate students with teaching responsibilities. Please register by no later than January 31, 2025.
Our event will feature guest keynote speaker, Dr. Jason Gulya, professor of English at Berkeley College. Dr. Gulya teaches the ethics of AI and writes the popular online newsletter The AI Edventure. He will share concrete, actionable steps that educators can teach AI to students holistically. In addition, he will facilitate a workshop that invites faculty and staff to brainstorm ways to integrate AI skills into degree program outcomes. We will also host a panel discussion of faculty and leaders in the Pierre Laclede Honors College, where AI has become part of curriculum planning and community conversation, as an example of how college-wide collaboration can help navigate these complexities.
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM: Welcome and Honors College panel
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Keynote presentation and workshop
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM: Final reflections and Q&A
