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The "AI Integration: Academia and Industry" workshop is designed to bridge the gap between academic research and practical industry applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI). As AI continues to revolutionize various sectors, understanding its potential and challenges becomes paramount for both researchers and industry professionals.

Discover the secrets of prompt engineering and learn how to create dynamic conversations with ChatGPT to learn how to use ChatGPT as a tool to save you time, grow your educational resources and create authentic assessments for your students.

With the aid of Adobe Firefly we can create and manipulate images with ease. We'll look at how to generate and then manipulate an image from scratch. This session will also focus on the ethical and responsible use of image/art in the creative industries.

This workshop aims to engage colleagues to create a toolbox for meaningful engagement with AI and collaboration on course assessments, AI and academic integrity. This session will begin with discussing academic integrity at the College, and how we are building, maintaining and promoting a culture of Academic Integrity in the age of AI. We will explore the benefits and challenges regarding the use of AI in coursework, examine ways to navigate these challenges and collaborate on positive next steps in the age of AI.

InStage is an AI-based software that offers a straightforward way to add experiential learning assignments to our courses, allowing students to improve their communication skills through interactive 3D simulations. This tool is designed to make our lives easier by automating student feedback, thus giving us more time to focus on core educational tasks.

In an era where artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming education, it's imperative that we re-examine our teaching approaches and the role of assessments.

What is ChatGPT really doing? Why does it hallucinate? What's going on inside its "brain"? Does it teach itself somehow, or are human beings involved in its training? This session will present a non-technical, explanation of how ChatGPT and other Large Language Models are built and trained. Knowing how they work can help you use them more effectively and can help you get perspective on all the hype, both positive and negative, surrounding these amazing new tools.

Student feedback and assessments have consistently involved text-based responses to articulate pluses, opportunities, and new thinking. Yet, 65% of the population are visual learners and images can convey at least 1000 words. This interactive presentation provides a side of Piccles with your appetite for knowing how learners are thinking and feeling about class content. Feed your hunger for quality discussion prompted by a side of Piccles and see how this creative tool can enliven your audience.

Dr. Alec Couros will explore the potential and implications of using generative AI, such as ChatGPT, in teaching & learning. This engaging keynote presentation will provide teachers with the tools, resources, and ideas needed to better understand and embrace AI in the classroom. With a focus on rethinking traditional approaches to education and transforming the learning experience for students, this keynote is a must-attend for anyone looking to stay ahead of the curve in the rapidly evolving field of AI and education.

Rachel Boorsma is a registered Occupational Therapist, part time OTA/PTA faculty, and an Adjunct Clinical Professor at McMaster University. She works full time as a Digital Learning Technician, where she consults with faculty and staff to create engaging and accessible online learning assets. In all areas of her work, Rachel's goal is to create technology-enabled learning experiences that are fun, accessible, and easy to use!

Marie McKeary is a sociologist who specializes in health and health care issues, with a focus on diversity/accessibility. As a lecturer at McMaster University she was associated with Sociology, Indigenous Studies, Women Studies and the Department of Social Work. She also earned an MSW and is a trained critical incident/trauma counsellor and has held numerous counselling positions, including Victim Witness counsellor for The Tainted Blood Trial. As an independent consultant she has collaborated with numerous community and non-profit organizations and all three levels of government. As the Research Facilitator for the McMaster Institute of Environment and Health (MIEH) she carried a diverse portfolio of research projects examining the health impact of both our social and physical environment. She was co-investigator on a seminal research project on Refugee Health resulting in a number of published articles. She is currently employed with Accessible Learning Services (ALS) at Mohawk College.

Higher education is at a crossroads: we must either evolve to meet the challenge of generative AI, or quickly become irrelevant to our students and our society. We cannot meet this challenge by simply adapting our existing practices. Instead, we must think more deeply to ask: what content do students in an AI-assisted world need? How can we protect and prioritize human thinking? And, how can we be sure our students are obtaining mastery of our learning objectives when AI-assisted cheating is so hard to catch? In this dynamic keynote, I provide examples of an integrated approach to AI that addresses post-secondary education, discipline and individual class issues.

She will focus on three primary routes to meet the challenge of generative AI:

Alice Pivniceru holds an M.A. in English (McMaster 2001) with a focus on contributions of ethnic writing to Canadian literature of the 1920s. She is also a Fulbright Teacher Exchange alumna (Washington, DC, 2000) and a certified TESOL (2018) member.

Maria Lee Fook joined the McKeil School of Business in 2018 teaching marketing and business studies. A seasoned marketing communications professional, Maria enjoys working with students and specializes in innovative digital teaching and learning strategies.

Through a series of engaging narratives, attendees will first develop a greater understanding of some of the challenges posed by generative artificial intelligence (GAI) and then open their minds to the ways in which this technology can (potentially) transform teaching and learning to create an environment of equity, inclusion, student success and faculty satisfaction.