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The goal of this training is to provide participants with an understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its applications in higher education. Topics covered include AI fundamentals, using AI for teaching and course design, teaching students AI literacy, and leveraging AI for research. Interactive activities reinforce concepts and provide hands-on experience with AI tools and resources relevant to teaching and learning.
 
At the completion of this certification course, you will receive a stipend, badge, and recognition on the OTL Teaching Certification dashboard.
 
 

Course Outcomes

Upon successful completion, participants should be able to: 

  1. Explain the fundamental concepts, techniques, and applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education. 
  2. Construct effective prompts using prompt engineering techniques and best practices to improve the performance and reliability of AI tools.
  3. Integrate AI tools and technologies in teaching and course design while also developing AI-resistant learning experiences.
  4. Use AI techniques and tools for brainstorming, identifying research topics, data analysis, and literature review.
  5. Design and plan educational experiences that cultivate AI literacy and promote student engagement.
  6. Assess the ethical and social implications of AI, including bias, fairness, privacy, and the future of work, and empowering students to use AI ethically. 

AI Academy Workshops

  • Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence 
  • Using AI for Teaching and Course Design 
  • Using AI for Research 
  • Teaching Students to Become AI Literate 

How It Works

Structure

The AI Academy Certificate offers a blended learning experience comprising 50% online, self-paced, asynchronous study through Canvas and 50% synchronous, in-person sessions that are on a set schedule. Each face-to-face workshop has a duration of two hours. 

Content

The material used in this workshop is based on readings and some is curated from various sources that will be cited appropriately.

Audience

This series is designed for educators wanting to engage in professional development in Artificial Intelligence. Participants are expected to have some knowledge of AI but are not experts in the field. 

Eligibility

UVU faculty and staff who currently teach. Must be a UVU employee. 

 

Fall Session 

  • Day after Labor Day 

Spring Session 

  • Day after MLK Day 

If you are interested in joining or have questions, contact [email protected]. 

We have currently closed the application for AI Academy.

 

computerThe Online Teaching Academy (OTA) Certification is the official preparation program for instructors wishing to teach online courses at UVU. UVU Faculty Senate has mandated that all online faculty (both full-time and adjunct) earn certification by Fall 2021. This program is designed to give educators an opportunity to develop skills, reflect on past practice, and meaningfully plan for future practice. This path is designed to advance online and hybrid pedagogy including ways to develop instructor presence, peer-to-peer interaction, and meaningful and secure online assessments.
 
Most faculty have not experienced being an online student, so it’s valuable to assume the role of a student in navigating, scheduling, and successfully completing a self-paced online course. Your OTA course facilitator is an experienced peer who will model how an online instructor can generate rapport with individual students, create a sense of learning community, and pace the class. The content of the course has been thoughtfully selected to focus on the essence of great online teaching. How does the geographically distant professor not seem distant to students? How can asynchronous delivery of content effectively occur? Note this workshop is not about online course design, but instead focuses on teaching and ways to engage and support the online student.
 
At the completion of this certification course, you will receive a stipend, badge, and recognition on the OTL Teaching Certification dashboard. All OTA graduates enter into the Online Teaching Learning Community in MS Teams. Within this virtual collaboration space, we will continue to share ideas about online teaching to collectively advance online student success at UVU.
 
For highly experienced online instructors, consider bypassing this certification course altogether and seeking alternative credentialing through a dialogue with an instructional designer. Contact Seth Gurell ([email protected]) for more information about alternate certification. Additionally, those faculty members wishing to create an online or hybrid course should contact Seth Gurell to participate in FlexStudio.
 

Course Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate appropriate use of tools within Canvas to encourage discussion, collaboration, and reflection.
  2. Describe social presence and assess the degree of social presence within a course. Propose improvements to a given course based on contemporary knowledge of social presence.
  3. Determine appropriate strategies for finding resources for a given course as well as demonstrate relevant tools for creating resources in that course.
  4. Analyze a given learning objective and determine the appropriate method for assessment and identify an activity that supports completion of the assessment.
  5. Critique a given course based on principles and practices of student success and formulate possible solutions for any deficiencies.
  6. Assess a given course using the UVU Course Design Rubric.

OTA Workshops

This course consists of six different workshops (modules). OTA consists of the following modules: 

  • Technical Skills for Online Teaching
  • Asynchronous and Synchronous Online Learning
  • Develop Social Presence and Collaboration in the Online Environment
  • Activities and Assessments for Flexible Learning
  • Supporting Success in Online Environment
  • Quality Enhancement of Online and Hybrid Courses

Each workshop will take about 2-3 hours to complete, so expect to spend about 12-20 hours total to complete all 6 workshops.

There is also a culminating assignment that should take you 2-5 hours.  You should be able to complete the course in 20 to 25 hours.

How It Works

OTA is an online self-paced, asynchronous Canvas course. Each semester, OTA participants are assigned to a cohort that is facilitated by a faculty member with experience in online teaching. 

Who can participate: UVU faculty and staff who teach. Must be UVU employee. 

The OTA (six week) sessions have three start dates:

Spring Session

  • Day after MLK Day

Summer Session

  • Day after Memorial Day

Fall Session

  • Day after Labor Day

If you are interested in joining or have questions, contact [email protected].

Registration is now closed for Fall 2024.

 

wifi signalThe Livestream Teaching Academy (LTA) Certification is the official preparation program for instructors wishing to teach livestream courses at UVU. This program is designed to give educators an opportunity to develop skills, reflect on past practice, and meaningfully plan for future practice. This path is designed to advance the newer livestream pedagogy including ways to develop instructor presence, peer-to-peer interaction, and meaningful and valuable livestream sessions.

Most faculty have not experienced being a livestream student, so it’s valuable to assume the role of a student in navigating, scheduling, and successfully participating in livestream sessions with professional facilitators. Your LTA course facilitator is an experienced peer who will model how a livestream instructor can generate rapport with individual students, create a sense of learning community, and pace the class. The content of the course has been thoughtfully selected to focus on the essence of great livestream teaching. How does the geographically distant professor not seem distant to students in a synchronous meeting? How can synchronous delivery of virtual content effectively occur?

At the completion of this certification course, you will receive a certificate and recognition on the OTL Teaching Certifications dashboard. All LTA graduates enter into the Livestream Teaching Learning Community in MS Teams. Within this virtual collaboration space, we will continue to share ideas about online teaching to collectively advance online student success at UVU.

 

Course Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

  1. Recognize differences in UVU modalities for teaching and learning.
  2. Design a learning environment in the livestream modality.
  3. Develop and set class expectations in livestream course.
  4. Leverage existing hardware setup that works for livestream instruction.
  5. Recognize and facilitate the characteristics of livestream lesson.
  6. Develop a livestream lesson plan.

LTA Workshops

This course consists of six different activities (modules). LTA consists of the following modules: 

  • What is Livestreaming?
  • Pedagogy of Livestreaming
  • Hardware/Software Setup
  • 4 Basic Livestream Teaching Strategies
  • Livestream Practice Sessions
  • Constructing Livestream Lesson Plans

Each workshop will take about 1-2 hours to complete, so expect to spend about 10-12 hours total to complete all 6 workshops.

How It Works

LTA is a hybrid of 50% online self-paced, asynchronous Canvas course with 50% flexible synchronous livestream scheduled sessions and 1:1 meetings with a peer facilitator. Each semester, LTA participants are assigned to a cohort that is facilitated by a faculty member with experience in livestream teaching. Cohorts are limited in space, typically capped at 30 per cohort.

Who can participate: UVU faculty and staff who currently teach or who are hired and scheduled to teach. Must be UVU employee. 

The LTA (six week) sessions have three start dates:

Spring Session

  • Day after MLK Day

Summer Session

  • Day after Memorial Day

Fall Session

  • Day after Labor Day

If you are interested in joining or have questions, contact [email protected].

Registration is now closed for Fall 2024.