GenAI Staff Community of Practice | September 26, 2024
Are you a UBC staff member from CTLT, LTHub, or involved in the teaching and learning space, such as instructional designers, educational developers, and faculty support. Are you curious about Generative AI or eager to share your experiences with these tools? We invite you to join CTLT’s monthly community of practice.
Generative AI Studios | September 4, 11, 18, 25 and 26
These sixty minute, weekly sessions – facilitated by Technologists and Pedagogy Experts from the CTLT – are designed for faculty and staff at UBC who are using, or thinking about using, Generative AI tools as part of their teaching, researching, or daily work.
Ensure High-Quality Data Powers Your AI
AI does not need to fail on a global scale to cause enormous damage — to individuals, companies, and societies. Models frequently get things wrong, hallucinate, drift, and can collapse.
Teaching and Learning Guidelines
These guidelines, developed with the Generative AI Teaching and Learning Advisory Subcommittee, provide guidance on responsible and ethical use of GenAI in teaching and learning at UBC.
Augmented Course Design: Using AI to Boost Efficiency and Expand Capacity
Using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, or CoPilot as intelligent assistants in instructional design can significantly enhance the scalability of course development.
Leveraging Generative AI for Inclusive Excellence in Higher Education
The hype and hesitation about generative artificial intelligence (AI) diffusion have led some colleges and universities to take a wait-and-see approach.
Augmented Course Design: Using AI to Boost Efficiency and Expand Capacity
Using GenAI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini in instructional design boosts course development efficiency and aligns content with curriculum goals. This article explores AI’s role in content creation, media development, and faculty support, offering ethical design suggestions.”
UBC Certificate in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Digital Media – Free Online Information Session | August 20
The UBC Certificate in AI in Digital Media is a part-time program teaching automation in creative projects and addressing AI bias, accountability, and transparency. Attend an info session to learn about the program.
B.C.’s wildfires can only be met with a new era of innovation to fight them
BC’s wildfire crisis demands innovation. This article highlights the province’s efforts, including how UBC researchers are using AI-driven sensors to predict fire risks and develop new detection tools.
Minecraft Meets AI Research with PLAI
Join the Pacific Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence (PLAI) at UBC in an exciting new project that merges the excitement of gaming with AI research. Contribute to groundbreaking AI while playing Minecraft—are you ready for the adventure?
AI and ethics: Investigating the first policy responses of higher education institutions to the challenge of generative AI
Using key documents from the UN, EU, and OECD, this article addresses the ethical challenges of generative AI in higher education and explores universities’ initial global responses to these challenges.
Nudge Users to Catch Generative AI Errors
Using large language models to generate text can save time but often results in unpredictable errors. Prompting users to review outputs can improve their quality.
AI and Copyright: 3 Key Issues
Three critical copyright issues with generative AI: legal and ethical complexities in data ingestion, potential infringement by AI-generated outputs, and challenges in securing copyright for AI-created content.
A healthcare revolution
Five UBC medical breakthroughs powered by AI: a cancer survival prediction model, a cancer cell analysis app, early sepsis detection, machine learning for drug development, and a “smart glove” for stroke rehabilitation.
How to Integrate Cloud, Data, and AI Technologies — and Make Your Company More Adaptable
Building a strong, flexible “digital core” that integrates cloud, data, and AI technologies to serve as an interconnected foundation for your company is the key to future growth.
At the Crossroads of Innovation: Embracing AI to Foster Deep Learning in the College Classroom
Discover how AI is revolutionizing college classrooms by fostering deep learning and enhancing student engagement through personalized and interactive educational experiences.
TikTok users are more productive — and negative — when they use AI voice
Although AI voice enabled TikTok creators to produce longer videos and more videos per week, the sentiment of those videos were more negative.