ABSTRACTS - Room 317

All presenters will be online via Zoom.

1-317 // How Generative AI Tools Help Faculty and Staff with Their Homework Too

STANDARD SESSION (45 minutes)

Presenters: 
     Dr. Jana Gerard - Southeast Missouri State University
     Kris Baranovic - Missouri Online

Audience: Higher Education

Time and Location: 12:15 - 1:00 p.m.; Room 317

MODE: Blended (Face-to-Face Presenters + Online/Face-to-Face Attendees)

Current generative AI tools can be leveraged to be your personal work assistant. In this session, we'll explore ways to use current AI tools to help with onerous tasks as well as share tips for evaluating new AI tools as they enter the market.

2-317 // The Big Idea: A Borrowed Approach for Defining the Outcomes and Scope of an Online Learning Experience

VIRTUAL STANDARD SESSION (45 minutes)

Presenter: Lindsay Lutman - Instructional Designer; University of Arizona 

Audience: Higher Education

Time and Location: 1:15 - 2:00 p.m.; Room 317 (and online via Zoom)

MODE: Blended (Online Presenter + Online/Face-to-Face Attendees)

Moving a course from concept, to measurable outcomes, to aligned assessments and content while ensuring a cohesive narrative and meaningful experience for all learners is the fundamental challenge of the course design process. In this session we'll explore how the adoption of "The Big Idea" (Beverly Serrell, 2020) - an exhibit design approach - may offer opportunities to center the learner-perspective throughout the design of an online learning experience.

3-317 // Taking the Voice out of Artificial Intelligence (Literally).

VIRTUAL STANDARD SESSION (45 minutes)

Presenter: Dr. Tyler Sorg - Organizational Communication Scholar; University of Missouri-Columbia

Audience: Higher Education; K-12 Education

Time and Location: 2:15 - 3:00 p.m.; Room 317 (and online via Zoom)

MODE: Blended (Online Presenter + Online/Face-to-Face Attendees)

Using AI, we can help students develop speech layouts and precisely format wording to be more informative and persuasive (Yang et al., 2022). However, AI cannot create the human element of interpersonal connection (Lui-Thompkins et al., 2022). This exercise will have participants build speeches using both AI and their knowledge which will allow them to see the shortcomings of artificial intelligence but will increase their clarity on the topic.