About the Series
As part of our commitment to fostering innovative teaching and learning practices, the Center for Teaching Excellence is launching a new series called Café Conversations. The 2024-2025 Café Conversations will focus on AI in Small Bytes and/or Tips for High Enrollment Classes. These 45-minute lunchtime sessions will feature guest speakers who are actively engaged in AI research or teaching related to AI. Café Conversations is part of Passport to Great Teaching, a professional development program that lets you choose which path to travel as you earn teaching certificates.
Please Note: you must have a Passport Portal account to register for these workshops. Create an account or learn more about the Passport program.
Session Details
- Format: Informal “show and tell” followed by discussions
- Duration: 10-15 minutes presentation + discussion
- Audience: Limited to 15 participants to keep the sessions truly conversational
- Time: Wednesdays or Fridays from 12:00 PM to 12:45 PM
Café Conversations Fall 2024
September
Café Conversations: High Enrollment Classes
9/13/2024 | 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Instructor: Melanie Veige
In Person: 302 Tigert Hall
As instructors, how can we learn to manage the flow of the course and of necessary information to our students? How can we apply different winning strategies in face to face, online, or lab classes? Register for this conversation.
Passport categories: Active Learning, Student Focused Teaching
Café Conversations: AI in Small Bytes
9/18/2024 | 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Instructor: Sanethia Thomas, Ph.D.
In Person: 302 Tigert Hall
Our first Café Conversations: AI in Small Bytes will feature Professor Sanethia Thomas, who will share her use of AI in experiential learning in a study abroad program, using AI to design software applications for developing countries in South and West Africa. Register for this conversation.
Passport categories: Artificial Intelligence
Café Conversations: AI in Small Bytes
9/20/2024 | 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Instructor: Matt Gitzendanner
Hybrid
Beyond the classroom: Non-credit AI education at UF and Beyond. We’ll discuss options for learning/teaching AI developed at UF and discuss the best outside resources participants have identified. Register for this conversation.
Passport categories: Artificial Intelligence, Experiential Learning, Student Focused Teaching
Café Conversations: AI in Small Bytes
9/25/2024 | 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Instructors: Kaitlin Alexander and Amy Blue
Online
The integration of generative AI can enhance reflective writing (RW) among students, promoting their reflective capacity, autobiographical memory, and self-confidence. By incorporating AI-guided RW into a course/curriculum, students can improve their critical thinking skills, gain AI literacy, and explore its potential for professional development. Register for this conversation.
Passport categories: Artificial Intelligence, Student Focused Teaching
October
Cafe Conversations: AI in Small Bytes
10/2/2024 | 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM EDT
Instructor: Andrea Ramirez-Salgado
302 Tigert Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611
Engaging students in meaningful applications of edge AI and intelligent embedded systems to solve community-relevant situations. Register for this conversation.
Passport categories: Artificial Intelligence, Student Focused Teaching, Active Learning, Cultural Competencies
Café Conversations: High Enrollment Classes
10/4/2024 | 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Instructor: Megan Mocko
Hybrid
Using Generative AI: I am interested in allowing students to use generative AI as a tool to review foundational material. However, in large enrollment courses, providing tools to help students assess the information they are given can be quite challenging. Register for this conversation.
Passport categories: Active Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Student Focused Teaching
Café Conversations: AI in Small Bytes
10/11/2024 | 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Instructor: Joel Davis
Online
In this session you will discover a quick and easy AI practice you can start using in your course. Register for this conversation.
Passport categories: Artificial Intelligence
Café Conversations: AI in Small Bytes
10/23/2024 | 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Instructor: Eleni Bozia
In Person: 302 Tigert Hall
Transdisciplinary pedagogy with AI. This discussion will focus on how I use AI to introduce computer, data science, and social sciences students to the humanities and humanities students to technology. As a result, every student learns to rediscover the potential of their major, ask new research questions, and gain real-world experience. Register for this conversation.
Passport categories: Artificial Intelligence, Digital Literacy, Student Focused Teaching
November
Cafe Conversations: High Enrollment Classes
11/1/2024 | 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM EDT
Instructor: Matt Terza, Ph.D.
In Person: 302 Tigert Hall
Using student-led learning exchanges to foster community in the classroom in a way that is authentic to the nature of the class. Register for this conversation.
Passport categories: Active Learning, Student Focused Teaching
Café Conversations: AI in Small Bytes
11/6/2024 | 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Instructor: Garrett Beatty
In Person: 302 Tigert Hall
Join us for a show and tell on an innovative semester-long AI project in Sport Psychology Courses, showcasing new approaches and insights. Register for this conversation.
Passport categories: Artificial Intelligence, Student Focused Teaching
Café Conversations: High Enrollment Classes
11/8/2024 | 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Instructor: Linda Nguyen, Ph.D.
Online
In this conversation, we will discuss a tool already at your disposal within Canvas that can be used for content remediation for students with sub-optimal scores on course assignments/assessments. We’ll also discuss ways that instructors can customize this tool and the content within it to optimize student learning. Register for this conversation.
Passport categories: Active Learning, Student Focused Teaching
Café Conversations: AI in Small Bytes
11/15/2024 | 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Instructor: Jasmine McNealy, Ph.D.
Hybrid
AI Refusal. There’s a growing movement in some communities to attempt to limit interactions with AI systems. This discussion will center AI refusal and its implications. Register for this conversation.
Passport categories: Artificial Intelligence