Join the Center for Faculty Excellence for the AI in Higher Ed session series as we continue to explore the impact of Generative AI on higher education during a series of engaging events. If you attend three sessions in this series, you will be eligible to receive the AI in Higher Education email signature stamp.

To learn more about upcoming sessions in this series, please see the listings below. Listings are in chronological order by date. 

Advance registration is required for all events. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. Please register for an event by clicking on the registration link below each session listing. Please indicate your interest in receiving the stamp on the registration form. Registration is open to all members of the BGSU teaching community, including faculty, instructors, graduate students, and staff.

To individuals with disabilities, please indicate if you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the workshop either on the registration form or by contacting Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event. 

Facilitator: Dr. Radhika Gajjala, Professor, School of Media & Communication

How do we balance AI's potential with ethical and privacy concerns? This panel will bring together faculty and staff to explore the complexities of AI in classroom and in the workplace. You'll delve into critical questions about data privacy, bias, and the impact on employment. Walk away with a deeper understanding of how to navigate AI's opportunities and challenges responsibly.  

In this session, you will:

• Recall key ethical and privacy considerations related to AI in education.
• List potential impacts of AI on employment and workplace dynamics in academia.
• Reflect on your own perspective regarding the balance between AI challenges and opportunities.

This session is part of the AI in Higher Ed Series offered by the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE). Participants who attend three sessions in this series may receive the AI in Higher Ed email signature stamp.

Spring 2025 AI in Higher Ed Series CFE Session Registration Form

Facilitator: Dr. Darren Pulsipher, Principal Consultant, Paidar Productions LLC, Host & Producer of Embracing Digital Transformation Podcast

In this interactive two-hour workshop, you will dive deeper into the transformative power of Generative AI, laying a foundation for deeper engagement in insights that will be shared during the keynote, "Harnessing Generative AI for Unmatched Creativity and Efficiency." The session offers hands-on experience with the latest techniques, including role-playing scenarios and practical exercises for applying Generative AI in various contexts. During the workshop, you will also explore how individuals can leverage Generative AI in their day-to-day work to unleash their creativity and productivity.

By the end of the workshop, you will have created tangible assets using Generative AI tools, learned the art of prompt engineering, and explored advanced techniques such as retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), fine-tuning, constrained prompting, and scorecarding.

In this session, you will:

• Gain hands-on experience with Generative AI tools and techniques.
• Learn and practice prompt engineering to optimize AI outputs.
• Understand and apply retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to enhance information retrieval. 
• Practice constrained prompting to guide AI behavior effectively.
• Develop scorecarding skills to evaluate and refine AI-generated outputs. 
• Build and take away practical AI-driven assets for personal and professional use.

Spring 2025 AI in Higher Ed Series CFE Session Registration Form

Speaker: Dr. Darren Pulsipher, Principal Consultant, Paidar Productions LLC, Host & Producer of Embracing Digital Transformation Podcast

If your team is not producing, creating, or engaging, it’s time to ask the question, “Why Not?” It’s usually not the obvious, nor what you think. It’s the hidden repeating patterns of fears, excuses, and apologies that have infiltrated your organization, mission, and mindset, but no one is talking about them because they’re only showing up to do their job. Nothing more. Nothing less.

In this funny, yet informative, truth telling presentation, you will learn about a series of 6-steps to get everyone playing on the same page, and standing up in their power to own their brilliance and to tell fears, excuses, and apologies to take a hike so that productivity, collaboration, innovation, and creativity can take the lead.

In this session, you will:

• Discover how Generative AI can enhance creativity, leading to innovative solutions and new opportunities.
• Learn how to utilize Generative AI to improve performance and streamline workflows. 
• Understand the impact of Generative AI on the quality of products and services. 
• Gain strategies to empower individuals and organizations to become highly productive using Generative AI tools. 
• Explore real-world examples and case studies that demonstrate the benefits and applications of Generative AI.

This session is open to all members of the BGSU community, including undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, instructors, and staff, as well as members of the general public. This session will be recorded, and the link to the recording will be shared with all registrants. This session will be recorded, and the link to the recording will be shared with all registrants. If you cannot attend this event in-person but would like to receive the link to the recording, please complete the registration form and indicate in the field for "Support & Accommodations Request" that you will not be able to attend synchronously but would like to receive the link to the session recording.

Harnessing Generative AI for Unmatched Creativity & Efficiency Keynote Registration