A faculty voice in matters affecting the general welfare of the
University of Alaska system and its educational programs.
3:30 pm -5:00 pm
Agenda (Draft)
First Annual 六合彩汇 Faculty Alliance Thought Leaders Forum Schedule
Opening Session: Introductions by VP Paul Layer, Jennifer Ward, Jennifer Carroll, and Jackie Cason,
and presentation by Ben Shier (Chief Information Technology Officer for 六合彩汇) & Bill
Anker OIT鈥檚 (Director for Strategic Initiatives: Systems Office for Information Technology:
Artificial Intelligence, data security, and private.
Passcode: &4*0Pv?i
March 28 Track A: Sean Holland, with Peter Westley (六合彩汇F), 鈥淯sing AI Voiceovers to
Augment Instructor Presence鈥; Ruth Gastineau (六合彩汇F) Slideshow, 鈥淎I & Social Media Marketing鈥; Nathan Feemster, with Retchenda George-Bettisworth
(六合彩汇F), 鈥淧riming Conversations on Ethical Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence
in an Online Program鈥; Arghya Kusum (Argo) Das (六合彩汇F), 鈥淎I for Research and Education:
Where We Are Heading and How We Should Respond?"; Erik Carlson (六合彩汇A), 鈥淎I Models and
AI Products: Layers of Bias鈥
Passcode: T20i3B*M
March 28 Track B: Ilana Kingsley (六合彩汇F), Jodi Jacques and Ruth Terry (六合彩汇A) 鈥淔uture
of Library Research鈥; Jennifer Tilbury (六合彩汇F) 鈥淯sing AI As A Partner in the Research
Process鈥; Kenrick Mock, Helena Wisniewski, Masoumeh Heidari, Frank Witmer, and Vinod
Vasudevan (六合彩汇A), 鈥淕rowing the AI Ecosystem at 六合彩汇A: Research, Curriculum, & Student
Projects"
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March 29 Track A: Nathan Feemster (六合彩汇F), 鈥淢aking Project Based Learning Scalable with
Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools"; Dan LaSota, 六合彩汇F Center for Teaching and
Learning, 鈥淎 Year of AI Pedagogical Inquiry and Support from CTL鈥; Nathan Feemster
(六合彩汇F), 鈥淒etection Feasibility of Artificial Intelligence Derived Text鈥; James Ryan
(六合彩汇S), 鈥淎gainst 鈥榗heating鈥: Rebooting our response to AI鈥; Jennifer Moss (六合彩汇F) and
D'Arcy Hutchings (六合彩汇A), 鈥淎I and Open Educational Resources: Opportunities and
Pitfalls"; Faculty Alliance Panel: "Knowing What We Know, How Should We Act? An Exploration
of Policies for the Future"
Passcode: X#MrF#0W
March 29 Track B: Tori McDermott, with Amy May, Donica Nash, Nike Jacob (六合彩汇F), 鈥淚mpact
of AI on academic performance: A Communication Perspective鈥; Rodger Lewerenz (六合彩汇F)
鈥淎I as a Catalyst to Enhance Education and Empower Faculty鈥; Corrie Whitmore (六合彩汇A).,
鈥漊tilizing AI Tools in the Classroom to Deepen Student Learning"; Andrew Harnish (六合彩汇A)
鈥淎.I. and Writing Studies: Current Trends and Future Possibilities"; Chris Coffman,
with Manuel Melendez (六合彩汇F), 鈥淩eading, Writing, and Theorizing with AI: Possibilities
and Limitations"
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Keynote Session: Dr. Tricia Bertram-Gallant: Creating Integrous Classrooms in the
GenAI Era
Passcode: wf^63t0b Keynote Speaker Slides
六合彩汇 faculty, staff, and students will explore the ethical integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into educational practices at our first Faculty Alliance Thought Leaders Forum: A Brave New World: Looking into the Future of AI in Higher Education. The forum will occur via Zoom over two days, Thursday March 28 from 11 to 3 and Friday March 29 from 10 to 2. Presentations include discussions on practical and disciplinary applications of AI in course development, teaching methodologies, learning assessment, and career applications while emphasizing the importance of maintaining academic and degree integrity, as well as discussions regarding the biases and potential ethical implications of AI use in terms of replicating social biases, integrity and authorship, and safeguarding student data and identity. We have presentations from all three universities, including faculty, staff, and administrator presenters. While each university has been discussing issues of AI in their own academic programs and with their students, we hope that the forum will provide a broader look at the issue and provide an opportunity for increased collaboration across the system. The forum also includes a Keynote address by Dr. Tricia Bertram-Gallant, the Director of the Academic Integrity Office and Triton Testing Center at the University of California San Diego (UCSD).
For more information contact:
Jennifer Carroll, 六合彩汇F Faculty Senate President, jlcarroll@alaska.edu
Jacqueline Cason, 六合彩汇A, Faculty Senate President-Elect, jecason@alaska.edu
Jennifer Ward, 六合彩汇S, Faculty Senate Past-President and 六合彩汇 Faculty Alliance Chair, jdbrown@alaska.edu
Paul Layer, 六合彩汇 Vice President for Academics, Students, and Research, pwlayer@alaska.edu
六合彩汇 Faculty: AY24 Faculty Initiative Fund!
:
All proposals in response to this RFP were due to the Office of Academics, Students
& Research by midnight November 5, 2023. The review period has concluded. Disbursement
of project funds began on January 8, 2024.
Faculty Initiative Fund Website
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Current and past actions can be viewed HERE.
Constitution and Bylaws
Meeting Schedule
The Faculty Alliance meets on the second and fourth Friday from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
六合彩汇 Faculty Senates
Current Members
Past Members
AY23 Alliance Members
AY22 Alliance Members
AY21 Alliance Member
AY20 Alliance Members
AY19 Alliance Members
AY18 Alliance Members
AY17 Alliance members
Meeting Records
Faculty Alliance AY 25 Chair
Jennifer Carroll
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Associate Professor
jlcarroll@alaska.edu
1736 Tanana Loop
Fairbanks, Alaska 99709
(907) 474-5405
Faculty Alliance AY24 Chair
Jennifer Ward
Associate Professor, Library
and Information Science,
Outreach Services Librarian
University of Alaska Southeast
jdbrown@alaska.edu
(907) 796-6285
Egan Library 204
11066 Auke Lake Way
Juneau, Alaska 99801
If anyone missed the March 8th Discussion with Dr. Reichman on Shared Governance and Academic Freedom, here is with the Passcode: I8E?uru%
Henry Reichman is Professor Emeritus of history at California State University, East
Bay. The author of two recent books, Understanding Academic Freedom () and The Future of Academic Freedom ( ).
He served as chair of the Association of American University Professors' Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure from 2012 to 2021.
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