TorreyTrust-How to teach with and about AI

Description: Understanding AI is no longer optional for college students - AI is already shaping our daily lives and it will play an influential role in students' futures. This interactive session focuses on how you can help students learn with and about generative AI tools in your courses.

Learning with AI involves giving students opportunities to learn how to use AI for discipline-specific work, personalized learning, creative thinking, and reading and writing support. Learning about AI focuses on the need for students to develop their AI literacy skills so they can critically evaluate AI technologies and make informed decisions about their use.

This session will be led by guest presenter Torrey Trust, PhD. Professor of Learning Technology in the College of Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Dr. Trust has been a leading voice in exploring ChatGPT in education and has been featured by several media outlets in articles and podcasts, including U.S. News & World Report, WIRED, Tec h& Learning, The HILL, EducationWeek, and NewScientist.

Bio:

Torrey Trust, Ph.D.
Professor of Learning Technology in the College of Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Torrey Trust’s work centers on the critical examination of the interconnected relationship between teaching, learning, and technology; and how technology can support teachers in designing contexts that enhance student learning. Dr. Trust has received the University of Massachusetts Amherst Distinguished Teaching Award (2023), the College of Education Outstanding Teaching Award (2020), and the ISTE Making IT Happen Award (2018), which "honors outstanding educators and leaders who demonstrate extraordinary commitment, leadership, courage and persistence in improving digital learning opportunities for students."