2023-24 TLC Events
Spring Semester 2024
Planning for Spring Semester TLC programming is underway. Look for events to focus on
- Effective pedagogical approaches & classroom management in our "new normal"
- Generative AI
- Student success
- Inclusive teaching practices & establishing a community of belonging
If you require accommodations for equal access to any of the events below, please contact the Office of Accessibility Services via email at access@geneseo.edu, or call 585-245-5112 at least one week prior to this event.
Have a topic you'd really like to work more with that isn't listed here, or a speaker you'd like to hear from? Let the TLC know: tlc@geneseo.edu. We value your input!
Completed Programs & Materials
Fall 2023
- Thurs. 8/17, 10am. Preparing for AI in our Fall Classes (via Teams)
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- Annotated Agenda with chat comments, questions, and links added
- Geneseo-specific templates for AI Syllabus Statements
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT are free, easy, extraordinarily helpful, and our students are using them. Are you prepared for the impacts this will have on your classes this fall?
This TLC session allowed participants to share insights about generative AI in higher education, and strategies for harnessing its use in our coursework.
Geneseo faculty and staff who participated in the “Educause Learning Lab: ChatGPT in Higher Education” cohort over the summer will help guide the conversation. We will also draw on the guidance offered by Flower Darby in The Chronicle for Higher Education, “4 Steps to Help You Plan for ChatGPT in Your Classroom.” (Geneseo account log-in required for article access.)
- Fri. 9/15, 2pm. TLC Faculty Mentoring Information Session (via Teams)
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- This session was recorded and is available upon request. Email Alexis Clifton (clifton@geneseo.edu) for access to the recording.
- Geneseo Faculty Mentoring Resource Guide is available online.
Facilitated by Alexis Clifton (TLC) and Karleen West (Political Science & International Relations), this session discussed the rewards and challenges as serving as a faculty mentor to newer members of the teaching community at Geneseo.
- Fri. 10/13 & 12/1. Teaching to Transgress Audiobook Listening Group
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Join us as we visit (or revisit) bell hooks’s Teaching To Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. Explore paths for supporting the college’s ECHC vision through pedagogical practice. Traverse together with Dr. Meredith Harrigan (Communication) and Alexis Clifton (TLC). This group will experience the audio version of the book, read by Robin Miles.
- Thu. 10/12, 3pm. TLC Speaker: Eloy Alfaro & the Pamba Mesa Student-Led Food Security Program
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Join the TLC and Eloy Alfaro, RECONPAZ Ecuador, to learn more about the Pamba Mesa Student-Led Food Security Program.
Eloy Alfaro is an anthropology professor and ally to many indigenous communities in Ecuador, walking alongside these communities while they preserve their territories, traditions and cultures.
Professor Eloy Alfaro is visiting the area as part of a partnership with York Baptist Church, who participates in SUNY Geneseo’s student-led food security. Eloy discovered that students in Ecuador also have difficulty with food security, and he began a program around food there as well. Students are fed during an event inspired by the indigenous peoples of Ecuador called the Pamba Mesa. What is a Pamba Mesa? How does it feed hundreds of students? Come and see.
- Mon. 10/30, 11:30am. TLC Speaker: Stan Skrabut, "Exploring ChatGPT for Effective Teaching and Learning" (via Teams)
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ChatGPT is a powerful language generation model developed by OpenAI that can answer questions, generate text, and provide information. In this workshop, participants will learn about the basics of chatGPT and how it can be used in the classroom to enhance student engagement and support teaching and learning.
The workshop will cover the following topics:
- Introduction to chatGPT and its capabilities
- Why instructors should consider using chatGPT in their teaching
- How to set up a chatGPT account and use it in the classroom
- Concerns and considerations when using chatGPT in the classroom
- Examples of successful integration of chatGPT in various educational settings
By the end of the session, participants will be able to set up their own chatGPT account and ask it questions, as well as have a deeper understanding of how they can integrate chatGPT into their own teaching. This workshop is designed for faculty and staff of all levels and subjects who are interested in exploring new and innovative ways to engage and support their students and colleagues.
Free copies of 80 Ways to Use ChatGPT in the Classroom: Using AI to Enhance Teaching and Learning will be provided to all participants.
Presenter Bio: Stan is a Director of Instructional Technology and Design at Dean College, helping faculty and students get to the next level. He has over 30 years of experience as an instructional technologist and trainer. He has a doctorate in education through the University of Wyoming. Author of 80 Ways to Use ChatGPT in the Classroom: Using AI to Enhance Teaching and Learning.
- Fri. 11/17, 1pm. (Relatively) AI-Proof Pedagogy: A Geneseo Center for Digital Learning/ Teaching and Learning Center Faculty Panel Discussion (via Teams)
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Generative AI, such as chatGPT, is changing many long-held practices of assessing student learning in higher education. This panel discussion is an opportunity to hear from your Geneseo colleagues about assignments they use in class that minimize the potential impact AI might have, and that provide authentic assessment.
Whether long-held practices or new designs for this semester, come hear a range of models for assignments that minimize the opportunity of students using AI to do the thinking for them.
Panelists include:- Mohammad Sadegh Ansari, History
- Alla Myzelev, Art History
- Amanda Roth, Philosophy & Women's and Gender Studies
- Lytton Smith, English
- Suann Yang, Biology