Using Generative AI to Enhance Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Instructors
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Chryso ChristodoulouCEO – FounderMrs. Chryso Christodoulou is the founder of FUNecole® Research Institute and the co-founder of Digipro Education Limited. Her academic background is in Computer Science and Education. She is the designer and author of the FUNecole® for Cambridge ICT Starters Initial Steps endorsed by University of Cambridge International Examinations and recognized best practice educational approach by the European Commission. Mrs. Christodoulou is an external educational expert for the Institute of Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) on various educational research projects. She is a program committee member for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) Computer society. Mrs. Christodoulou participates as keynote speaker and panelist at numerous conferences, seminars and workshops around the world. Mrs. Christodoulou´s work has been published in scholarly and policy publications, such as IEEE Xplore and the European Parliament Magazine. She is a recognized as an entrepreneurship expert by OECD and is one of 350 European Ambassadors of Entrepreneurship.
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Kyriakos ChristodoulouHead of R&D and InnovationKyriakos Christodoulou is the Research and Development Innovation Director at Digipro Education Limited, a leading provider of innovative pedagogical solutions in the EdTech industry. He has over 15 years of experience in the field of computer science, specializing in ethical pedagogy, while also holding the position of Director of R&D and Innovation of a global computer science curriculum at FUNecole Education Limited.
He previously worked as a Computer Science Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Duy Tan. Under Kyriakos’ leadership as a Robotics instructor, his students received 1st prize in primary age ROBOTEX contest. Kyriakos holds a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from the University of Nottingham, and an MSc in Technology Innovation Management from SPRU, University of Sussex.
As a co-founder of a non-profit organisation the ‘ECO Social Movement’, he is committed to support and organise social and ecological volunteering projects. In his spare time Kyriakos enjoys playing the piano and rock-climbing excursions.
Hourly Schedule
Day 1
- 07:30 – 08:30
- The future of learning and development will be powered by Generative AI. (Gen AI)
- • Architect learning outcomes with Gen AI. <br/>• Learning at the forefront of all Gen AI supported teaching practices. <br/>• How using Gen AI contributes to students being able to meet the learning goals that drive each lesson? <br/>• Gen AI as a powerful new driver to assessing and reporting learning outcomes. <br/>• The benefits and perils of Gen AI.
- 08:30 – 10:00
- Guided Group Projects.
- • Using Gen AI to Elevate Learning Activities. <br/>• Using Gen AI to Assist with Real-Time Progress Monitoring.
- 10:00 – 10:15
- Coffee Break
- 10:15 – 11:45
- Enhancing teaching and learning
- • How students develop information literacy and fluency to determine “fake news” from trusted scholarly sources, we also want students to understand Gen AI, how it is used, and the potential uses it has to enhance their learning? <br/>• How a Gen AI lesson plan tips and best practices that can be helpful as own lessons that incorporate the use of Gen AI in the classroom. <br/>• Never use AI without the permission of your school.
- 11:45 – 12:15
- Class Project
- After reviewing the Case studies and additional – subject relevant recommended readings, videos, links-, participants will create their own presentations on the subject using presentation or eLearning authoring tools. Participants will be expected to post their projects on the dedicated seminar blog.
Day 2
- 07:30 – 09:30
- New Pedagogical Gen AI Enriched Approaches
- • Gen AI Enhanced Lesson Plans for Middle Grades <br/>• Gen AI Enhanced Lesson Plans for Middle & High School Grades <br/> • Gen AI Enhanced Lesson Plans for High School
- 09:30 – 09:45
- Coffee Break
- 09:45 – 12:15
- The Best Free AI Image Generators
- Creating a photorealistic image with image generators
Day 3
- 07:30 – 09:00
- Recapitulation of the previous day
- Recapitulation of the previous day and continue with the study of how schools can connect, scale and mainstream these promising new models, standards and approaches.
- 09:00 – 10:00
- Teachers as Learning and Development Leaders. (L&D Teacher/Leaders)
- The demand for teacher transformation as L&D leaders increases year over year since the pandemic. Teachers have the massive responsibility of shepherding schools into the future through L&D strategies that create a culture of learning help student’s stay relevant to the continuous demands of the workforce.
- 10:00 – 10:15
- Coffee Break
- 10:15 – 11:45
- Allow students to work with ChatGPT
- • The uses of ChatGPT classrooms: ChatGPT might offers editing advice or suggestions if students asked it to read their papers and provide suggestions. <br/>• The potential perils of using ChatGPT in lesson design. <br/>• Use ChatGPT to improve student writing, not merely ChatGPT to write for them. <br/>• Student writers should still be the ones vetting the information AI generates. <br/>• Chat GPT can be a Co-Pilot not the Pilot.
- 11:45 – 12:45
- Group Presentations
- Present group projects that contain learning experiences beyond expectations driven by authentic passion and need