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We use the UMBC group umbc-ai to share news about AI research, events, and opportunities at UMBC. UMBC faculty, staff, and students can join the group to receive email messages. Anyone can view past news on the group or on the AI.UMBC.EDU website. Below are short summaries of recent messages from the UMBC AI Center.

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Integrating Generative AI to Support Student Learning at UMBC 4/14

Bring Your Best Idea, 12-1pm EDT, Mon. April 14, 2025 online

UMBC's Faculty Development Center recently held a three-part book discussion on Teaching with AI by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson and welcomed Dr. José Antonio Bowen to campus to...

Posted: April 2, 2025, 3:32 PM

Enhancing Critical Thinking with GenAI 4/23

12-1:30pm EDT, Wednesday April 23, online

This timely webinar will explore how higher education is preparing students for the rise of AI. Presenters Drs. Eugenia Novokshanova and Michelle Kassorla will share insights from The Multimodal...

Posted: April 1, 2025, 12:50 PM

Faculty Listening Session: AI In the Classroom at UMBC (part 2)

12-1pm, Wednesday, March 5, 2025 online

After receiving widespread feedback from the fall 2024 faculty survey and the February Listening Session, the UMBC Faculty Senate’s Ad Hoc Committee on the Integration of Artificial Intelligence...

Posted: February 27, 2025, 9:30 AM

UMBC's Faculty Senate Seeks Input on AI in the Classroom; 2/17

12-1pm Monday, February 17, 2025 Online

The UMBC Faculty Senate's Ad Hoc Committee on the Integration of AI has the two goals of: Formulating evidence-based policy recommendations to guide the ethical and responsible integration of AI...

Posted: February 7, 2025, 3:21 PM

AI in the UMBC Classroom, 12-1 Jan. 15

UMBC Winter Session Beyond the Classroom online series

There's a lot of talk about AI in the classroom, but what do we mean by that? What is the "AI" we are talking about? How and when might we use AI to enhance our teaching and learning while keeping...

Posted: January 10, 2025, 5:17 PM

Blackboard Ultra's AI Course Design Assistant Tool, 12-1pm January 8

AI-inspired assessment, question banks, journal, rubrics

Have you wondered how AI technology could transform your course preparation? Blackboard AI Course Design Assistant Tools are available for instructors in Ultra courses. In a 30-minute online quick...

Posted: December 31, 2024, 6:04 PM

Teaching with AI: two workshops for UMBC faculty and staff, January 23

In person in PAHB 337 on Thursday, January 23, 2024

Dr. José Antonio Bowen will visit UMBC on Thursday, January 23, to lead two in-person workshops for UMBC faculty and staff based on his book Teaching with AI, co-authored with C. Edward Watson,...

Posted: November 26, 2024, 11:19 AM

Teaching with AI Book Discussion: Part 3: Learning with AI

12-1 pm ET Wednesday, November 13, 2024, online

The UMBC Faculty Development Center's third and final session on the book Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning will cover “Learning with AI", which discusses how we...

Posted: November 6, 2024, 5:49 PM