Curious how to begin applying AI in your classroom or course design?
Join Dr. John Spink (Department of Supply Chain Management) as he walks through real-world, hands-on approaches to getting started with generative AI tools in teaching. This extended cut follows up on the June 6 session and offers a deeper dive into faculty-tested techniques and specific tools.
Whether you’re looking to enhance assignments, automate feedback, or enrich student engagement, this session offers practical prompts and examples tailored for instructors at all levels of AI familiarity.
🔍 What You’ll Gain:
- Tools, techniques, and prompts to help start using AI in your teaching
- Step-by-step demo: how to ask AI to improve your syllabus, assignments, or activities
- Overview of ChatGPT, Perplexity, NotebookLM, Lucidchart, Gamma, Gemini, and Claude
- A practical “how-to” walkthrough with actual MSU courses—including SCM 460 Procurement Contracting
- Workshop-style activities that let you test tools live and get immediate results
Pre-Workshop Preparation:
If you would like to prepare for the workshop activities:
- Content – Research: Gather PDFs of reference materials that are publicly available such as a journal article you authored or a public company or industry report with which you have expertise.
- Content – Course Development: Gather a PDFs of your syllabus, a representative assignment, and course overview or key learning objectives.
- Device: Any device with internet access do, but a computer/ laptop is most efficient.
- Cost: Zero. All the applications will use free resources, though you may need to register or use a Gmail address.
Zoom Details:
AI-Enhanced Instruction – Workshop Extended Cut Room
Meeting ID: 944 7375 6659 | Passcode: 249237