Session 101: Responsible by Design: Faculty and Students Shaping AI Together

Time: 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM

Location: Mary Graydon Student Center (MGSC) 128

Presenters: Devin Bae (Research Assistant, SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security), Nicholas DeMayo (Director of Instructional Design, OGPS | Office of Digital Learning and Strategy), & Kwaku Nuamah (Senior Professorial Lecturer, SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations)

Session Description: 

How can educators and students work together to ensure AI strengthens, rather than replaces, learning? In this panel, experienced and emerging users of AI share honest insights about what works, what doesn’t, and how to foster critical thinking, ethical awareness, and collaboration when bringing generative AI into the classroom.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Explain how faculty and students can collaborate to address concerns such as bias, academic integrity, and transparency in AI use
2. Evaluate classroom scenarios to determine when and how AI tools can meaningfully enhance learning outcomes
3. Develop ideas for integrating AI into course design that encourage critical thinking, reflection, and shared responsibility between instructors and students