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Short Abstract
In this session, discover four ways to integrate artificial intelligence into your assignments. We'll use a symphony of creative approaches that cater to diverse learners and explore practical techniques that can hit the high notes of educational excellence. Join us and let the music of AI transform your classroom!
Extended Abstract
Presentation Outline: Melodies of Modern Education: Transforming Assignments with AI
Step into the rhythm of innovation with us and discover how to integrate artificial intelligence into your assignments. We'll use a symphony of creative approaches and 4 specific approaches that cater to diverse learners and explore practical techniques that can hit the high notes of educational excellence. Join us and let the music of AI transform your classroom!
In this session, we will introduce and fully explore four specific approaches to online assignments where students use or apply AI in their work, either to generate something with which they will interact together, or to facilitate their assessment artifacts. Concepts and activities are described here using musical metaphors to align with the conference theme, and a music appreciation class example is also included to illustrate AI artifact creation possibilities. Participants will leave this session with four approaches to consider and resources they may choose to use in applying the concepts presented. Discussion will occur throughout the session, and participants will engage in an AI creation process as part of the presentation (using SUNO AI to compose a pop song).
1. Overture: Setting the Stage for AI in Education (5 minutes)
a) Greetings and session aims.
b) A concise prelude to the abstract, harmonizing with the conference's leitmotif: " The Rhythm of Innovation: Hitting the High Notes in Digital Education."
2. The Ensemble of AI-Enhanced Assignment Techniques
a) Crafting Individualized Learning Journeys with AI (12 minutes)
- Maestro's Approach: Guiding students to use AI to create an individualized learning journeys.
- Illustration and interlude: Employing adult education principles to compose tailored learning symphonies, resonating with personal interests and prior knowledge, culminating in learner-specific educational aspirations aligned with course tenets. Example and activity applies andragogy principles for adult learners by tapping into their interests and existing subject-matter knowledge, then constructing personalized learning goals for the course using the course description and objectives.
b) AI-Conducted Feedback: The Responsive Chorus (10 minutes)
- Maestro's Approach: AI's role in echoing precise, timely, and individualized feedback on student submissions, complete with actionable insights and resources.
- Implementation: The integration of AI-conducted feedback within assignments (AI tools that analyze student submissions and offer constructive feedback, to be reviewed by faculty prior to publishing).
- Illustration: Demonstrating AI's capacity to scrutinize student work and vocalize constructive critiques, awaiting educator's final concord before release.
- Interlude: A case study recital showcasing AI feedback in concert (Case study analysis of AI feedback in action).
c) AI-Infused Applied Learning: The Practical Performance (10 minutes)
- Maestro's Approach: Employing AI to compose and perform educational melodies (artifacts) that accentuate key course concepts. Specifically, the approach will be incorporating AI to create actual music examples that illustrate points in the music appreciation class and increase engagement
- Implementation: The orchestration of AI by students within practical learning scenarios, such as artifact creation or simulations. We’ll look at AI-based platforms that enable students to create songs and musical arrangements given specific prompts, using music terms and concepts taught in their music appreciation class, then use those creations to further engage in collaboration and discussion.
- Illustration: AI as the composer and performer, creating resonant educational experiences that amplify understanding.
- Interlude: During this session, we’ll guide an interactive session conducting a live AI-powered musical illustration to underscore a teaching point. This is an interactive group brainstorming session on AI tools for artifact creation, and the example in this scenario is SUNO AI.
d) Collaborative Harmonies: AI as the Ensemble Partner (12 minutes)
- Maestro's Approach: AI's role in fostering collaborative learning environments where students compose in tandem with technology, a.k.a. working on group projects together.
- Implementation: The symphony of collaborative group work powered by AI.
- Illustration: Showcasing AI's ability to tune into group dynamics and enhance the collective learning composition.
- Interlude: Workshop segment orchestrating a group assignment with AI as the co-composer.
e) The Crescendo: AI's Role in Assessing Educational Compositions (10 minutes)
- Maestro's Approach: Utilizing AI to evaluate the harmony of student assignments with educational objectives.
- Implementation: Students create a presentation using AI tools that support learning objectives in the course and review the ways in which AI tools produced the content. The student reviews provide the opportunity to synthesize knowledge and discuss course concepts while conducting critical review processes.
- Illustration: AI as creator, leading students to provide balanced evaluations of the AI-created work, generating both critical review processes and discussions with course concepts.
- Interlude: Case study example of a student project in which AI-generation led to the initial result, with follow-up student discourse and critical analysis.
3. Coda: Reflective Session and Q&A (5 minutes)
- A moment of reflection on the symphony of ideas presented, recap of the four creative approaches to students’ use of AI in assignments.
- An open discussion, ensuring participants are heard within the educational concerto we aim to compose together during this session.
References consulted (selected) include:
Alchemy: Recap. Harnessing the Power of AI: Transforming Assignments and Assessments in Higher Ed. Available at: https://alchemy.works/harnessing-the-powerof-ai-transofrming-assignments-and-assessments-in-higher-ed/.
Arizona State University: ASU News. ASU awarded $3.75M grant to explore AI-enabled learning experiences. Available at: https://news.asu.edu/20240410-university-newsasu-awarded-375m-grant-explore-aienabled-learning-experiences.
MIT AI Resource Hub: Getting Started with AI-Enhanced Teaching: A Practical Guide for Instructors. Available at: https://mitsloanedtech.mit.edu/ai/teach/getting-started/
Saxena, M. CodeAvail. 199+ AI Projects for Students: Unlocking the Power of AI. Available at: https://www.codeavail.com/blog/ai-projects-for-students/.
Stanford Teaching Commons: Integrating AI into assignments. Available at: https://teachingcommons.stanford.edu/teaching-guides/artificial-intelligenceteaching-guide/integrating-ai-assignments
Step into the rhythm of innovation with us and discover how to integrate artificial intelligence into your assignments. We'll use a symphony of creative approaches and 4 specific approaches that cater to diverse learners and explore practical techniques that can hit the high notes of educational excellence. Join us and let the music of AI transform your classroom!
In this session, we will introduce and fully explore four specific approaches to online assignments where students use or apply AI in their work, either to generate something with which they will interact together, or to facilitate their assessment artifacts. Concepts and activities are described here using musical metaphors to align with the conference theme, and a music appreciation class example is also included to illustrate AI artifact creation possibilities. Participants will leave this session with four approaches to consider and resources they may choose to use in applying the concepts presented. Discussion will occur throughout the session, and participants will engage in an AI creation process as part of the presentation (using SUNO AI to compose a pop song).
1. Overture: Setting the Stage for AI in Education (5 minutes)
a) Greetings and session aims.
b) A concise prelude to the abstract, harmonizing with the conference's leitmotif: " The Rhythm of Innovation: Hitting the High Notes in Digital Education."
2. The Ensemble of AI-Enhanced Assignment Techniques
a) Crafting Individualized Learning Journeys with AI (12 minutes)
- Maestro's Approach: Guiding students to use AI to create an individualized learning journeys.
- Illustration and interlude: Employing adult education principles to compose tailored learning symphonies, resonating with personal interests and prior knowledge, culminating in learner-specific educational aspirations aligned with course tenets. Example and activity applies andragogy principles for adult learners by tapping into their interests and existing subject-matter knowledge, then constructing personalized learning goals for the course using the course description and objectives.
b) AI-Conducted Feedback: The Responsive Chorus (10 minutes)
- Maestro's Approach: AI's role in echoing precise, timely, and individualized feedback on student submissions, complete with actionable insights and resources.
- Implementation: The integration of AI-conducted feedback within assignments (AI tools that analyze student submissions and offer constructive feedback, to be reviewed by faculty prior to publishing).
- Illustration: Demonstrating AI's capacity to scrutinize student work and vocalize constructive critiques, awaiting educator's final concord before release.
- Interlude: A case study recital showcasing AI feedback in concert (Case study analysis of AI feedback in action).
c) AI-Infused Applied Learning: The Practical Performance (10 minutes)
- Maestro's Approach: Employing AI to compose and perform educational melodies (artifacts) that accentuate key course concepts. Specifically, the approach will be incorporating AI to create actual music examples that illustrate points in the music appreciation class and increase engagement
- Implementation: The orchestration of AI by students within practical learning scenarios, such as artifact creation or simulations. We’ll look at AI-based platforms that enable students to create songs and musical arrangements given specific prompts, using music terms and concepts taught in their music appreciation class, then use those creations to further engage in collaboration and discussion.
- Illustration: AI as the composer and performer, creating resonant educational experiences that amplify understanding.
- Interlude: During this session, we’ll guide an interactive session conducting a live AI-powered musical illustration to underscore a teaching point. This is an interactive group brainstorming session on AI tools for artifact creation, and the example in this scenario is SUNO AI.
d) Collaborative Harmonies: AI as the Ensemble Partner (12 minutes)
- Maestro's Approach: AI's role in fostering collaborative learning environments where students compose in tandem with technology, a.k.a. working on group projects together.
- Implementation: The symphony of collaborative group work powered by AI.
- Illustration: Showcasing AI's ability to tune into group dynamics and enhance the collective learning composition.
- Interlude: Workshop segment orchestrating a group assignment with AI as the co-composer.
e) The Crescendo: AI's Role in Assessing Educational Compositions (10 minutes)
- Maestro's Approach: Utilizing AI to evaluate the harmony of student assignments with educational objectives.
- Implementation: Students create a presentation using AI tools that support learning objectives in the course and review the ways in which AI tools produced the content. The student reviews provide the opportunity to synthesize knowledge and discuss course concepts while conducting critical review processes.
- Illustration: AI as creator, leading students to provide balanced evaluations of the AI-created work, generating both critical review processes and discussions with course concepts.
- Interlude: Case study example of a student project in which AI-generation led to the initial result, with follow-up student discourse and critical analysis.
3. Coda: Reflective Session and Q&A (5 minutes)
- A moment of reflection on the symphony of ideas presented, recap of the four creative approaches to students’ use of AI in assignments.
- An open discussion, ensuring participants are heard within the educational concerto we aim to compose together during this session.
References consulted (selected) include:
Alchemy: Recap. Harnessing the Power of AI: Transforming Assignments and Assessments in Higher Ed. Available at: https://alchemy.works/harnessing-the-powerof-ai-transofrming-assignments-and-assessments-in-higher-ed/.
Arizona State University: ASU News. ASU awarded $3.75M grant to explore AI-enabled learning experiences. Available at: https://news.asu.edu/20240410-university-newsasu-awarded-375m-grant-explore-aienabled-learning-experiences.
MIT AI Resource Hub: Getting Started with AI-Enhanced Teaching: A Practical Guide for Instructors. Available at: https://mitsloanedtech.mit.edu/ai/teach/getting-started/
Saxena, M. CodeAvail. 199+ AI Projects for Students: Unlocking the Power of AI. Available at: https://www.codeavail.com/blog/ai-projects-for-students/.
Stanford Teaching Commons: Integrating AI into assignments. Available at: https://teachingcommons.stanford.edu/teaching-guides/artificial-intelligenceteaching-guide/integrating-ai-assignments
Presenting Speakers
Bethanie L. Hansen, DMA
Professor at American Public University System
Stacey Tucker, PhD
Dr. at American Public University System
Dr. Stacey Tucker is an Associate Professor and Department Chair of Sociology with American Public University System (APUS). She holds a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Tennessee. Located in the mountains of southeast Tennessee, she is married, with two daughters ages twelve and fourteen.
Stacey’s emphasis in Sociology is Political Economy, which looks at how political and economic systems intersect, often affecting the resources and rights of those who live in different societies. Her research areas include immigration and the sociology of religion.
Her biggest passion is helping people find the resources they need to achieve their goals. Teaching is one avenue to keep this passion alive, but she also enjoys volunteering. Her aim is to help students and others understand how society and its systems (culture, politics, the economy, education, religion, etc.) affect our values, worldviews, and behavior.
Stacey’s emphasis in Sociology is Political Economy, which looks at how political and economic systems intersect, often affecting the resources and rights of those who live in different societies. Her research areas include immigration and the sociology of religion.
Her biggest passion is helping people find the resources they need to achieve their goals. Teaching is one avenue to keep this passion alive, but she also enjoys volunteering. Her aim is to help students and others understand how society and its systems (culture, politics, the economy, education, religion, etc.) affect our values, worldviews, and behavior.
Melodies of Modern Education: Transforming Assignments with AI
Track
Emerging Education Technologies and Innovations
Description
4/1/2025 | 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Main Zoom Room:
Lightning Talks
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Modality: Virtual
Location: Zoom Room 4
Track: Emerging Education Technologies and Innovations
Session Type: Lightning Session (15 Min)
Institution Level: Higher Ed
Audience Level: All
Intended Audience: Administrators, Design Thinkers, Faculty, Instructional Support, Training Professionals, Technologists
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Location: Zoom Room 4
Track: Emerging Education Technologies and Innovations
Session Type: Lightning Session (15 Min)
Institution Level: Higher Ed
Audience Level: All
Intended Audience: Administrators, Design Thinkers, Faculty, Instructional Support, Training Professionals, Technologists
Special Session Designation: