Workshop: GenAI as time-saver for teachers

In this workshop, you will take your first responsible steps in using AI within your teaching practice. You will explore what AI and Generative AI (GenAI) are, how the UvA AI Chat works, get familiar with its possibilities and limitations, and the environmental impact of GenAI. In addition, you will examine how AI can be meaningfully integrated into your daily teaching activities as a strategic tool, balancing practical skills with broader ethical and ecological considerations, and benefiting from its speed and efficiently for routine tasks, while maintaining your personal expertise on decision-making and content curation.

In this workshop you:

• Explore what AI and GenAI are, and learn how the UvA AI Chat can be applied in educational contexts.

• Examine the environmental impact of GenAI and discuss how to use it responsibly.

• Learn to use GenAI to improve the speed and quality of your communication, including refining tone and clarity.

• Practice time-saving applications such as note-taking, summarizing, and processing large volumes of information.

• Use GenAI as a brainstorming partner to generate and refine ideas.

• Design and enhance teaching materials such as presentations, assessments, study guides, and learning activities, with attention to constructive alignment.

The goal is to help you use GenAI consciously and skillfully, so you can integrate this technology into your teaching practice in a responsible and effective way.

Please register before November 29th.

Note: these workshops can also be requested by programme and course coordinators for their teaching teams.