This presentation will delve into the world of ChatGPT, a groundbreaking language model developed by OpenAI. With its ability to comprehend and generate natural language, ChatGPT has the capability to engage in a wide range of conversations with users. The presentation will provide an in-depth overview of ChatGPT's architecture, including its evolution, processing techniques, and model structure. Moreover, it will explore the diverse applications of ChatGPT, such as virtual assistants, customer service chatbots, and language translation.

Cameron Ireland leads a discussion about how generative, conversational AI can improve marketing strategies.

We'll cover AI's use in social media, content creation, website development, copywriting, brainstorming, and turning videos into stories. You'll learn how AI can streamline campaigns, improve user experience, and generate fresh ideas for marketing.

The presentation focuses on some of my personal uses at IECC. It also talks about a program that uses GPT’s API, and I break down some notable companies that use this technology for marketing.

This online "mini-conference" will be hosted by the CFE with OPEL Faculty Fellows Livia Arndal Woods and José Irizarry and the 2022-23 members of the UIS Inclusive Teaching Bookclub. Faculty, staff, and students are all welcome to attend. Full schedule to follow.

Join in through Zoom: https://uis.zoom.us/j/86464913933

PROGRAM

9-9:25am - Welcome from Livia Arndal Woods (she/her/hers) and José Luis Irizarry (he/him/his)

VIRTUAL BREAK

Join the Central and Southern Illinois Faculty Development Network at this week's event on collaborative learning practices and team-based active learning using small group work.  We will discuss the impact of student-centered learning, through collaboration and team-based active learning, on student success, retention, and completion.  In addition, we will address how this type of learning has resulted in greater academic success and more favorable attitudes towards learning.  During this session, we will share ideas about collaborative classrooms and teaching practices

Hear from an expert in the field of autism on what it is like to be an autistic student and how educators and students can find common ground in and out of the classroom.

Mr. Sweeting is a dynamic speaker, with over 10 years of experience working in education and health care, that challenges us to question how we approach teaching neurodivergent students using traditional classroom practice. He shares what it is like to be a college student with autism and how educators can make small changes that yield lasting success for students on the autism spectrum.

Learn how these open and free course materials support students and support faculty, as well as where to locate these high quality open resources and how to approach adopting an OER text and developing your own OER resources. Join the Library, COLRS, and UIS faculty in this informative session while celebrating Open Education Week (March 6-10th). 

Celebrate Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week (February 20–24) with this session highlighting the Fair Use provisions of the copyright law which is a key factor in making copyrighted materials available for use in the classroom.  What are the factors that help determine if your use is fair?  How does Creative Commons Licensing and copyright work together.

Presebter: Stephen McMinn, Director of Collections and Scholarly Communications, Brookens Library

Zoom link: https://uis.zoom.us/j/86464913933

This session will explore the creation of Anti-Racist rubrics for assessment of student work, offering an approach for putting Anti-Racist pedagogical theories into lived practice in our classroom by presenting a heuristic for creating Anti-Racist rubrics that builds on best practices established by scholars like Asao Inoue, as well as sharing examples and offering a space for discussion and collaboration. 

Presenter: Stephanie Hedge, Associate Professor, English and Modern Languages

Join Ray Schroeder, Professor Emeritus, as he leads us on an exploration of how ChatGPT and similar AI could be used as a search engine in place of Google.

You can access the presentation materials https://sites.google.com/view/gpt-search/home

We were able to reschedule this event to be delivered on April 6.