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This guide contains materials from teaching retreats since 2018.

About the Retreat

Spotlight on AI and ChatGPT in Higher Ed: Library Staff Teaching Retreat

September 7-8, 2023 in Graham Commons, Santa Clara University

This year’s retreat supports achieving a baseline understanding of the affordances, capabilities, opportunities, and threats of AI and ChatGPT in the higher education field, with an aim at applying our understanding of generative AI to our work as librarians and educators. Our featured speaker is Ethan Mollick, Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, who will be joining us on Zoom on Thursday morning.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Librarians will define large language models function and how ChatGPT functions with the model
  • Librarians will understand how using ChatGPT can help with rote tasks and can be beneficial to students
  • Librarians will identify ways to integrate AI tools into their information literacy lesson plans

Slide Deck

Schedule and Archive of Presentations

Thursday Schedule (September 7)

08:00-08:30    Arrival: Coffee, Tea, Continental Breakfast Provided

08:30-08:50    Welcome: Agenda, Outcomes, Icebreaker (Melanie Sellar)

08:50-09:00    Guest Speaker Set-up

09:00-09:45    Guest Speaker: Ethan Mollick (Zoom)

Ethan Mollick is an Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he studies and teaches innovation and entrepreneurship, and also examines the effects of artificial intelligence on work and education. He also leads Wharton Interactive, an effort to democratize education using games, simulations, and AI.

Ethan Mollick's Four Principles

  1. Invite AI to everything
  2. Be the human-in-the-loop
  3. Tell it who it is
  4. This is the worst AI you will use

Unfortunately slides/recording are not available at this time

09:45-10:00    Break

10:00-11:15    Hands-On AI/ChatGPT Workshop

This hands-on workshop was delivered by Jeremy Kemp and Colin Justin from SCU Academic Technology and Andrew Carlos from the University Library.

11:15-11:30    Break

11:30-12:30    Group discussion

  • How do chatbots trained on large language models actually function?
  • What do you think of Professor Mollick’s suggestions to faculty?
  • How do you see using, or confronting the use of, AI this upcoming school year?

12:30-02:00    Lunch (Panera Delivery) & Zine Workshop

  • What is a zine? Zines employ writing, images, and design to get a message across. They are do-it-yourself publications that can easily be disseminated.

02:00-02:30    Presentation: Benjamin Hall - 21st Century Library Tell-All: ChatGPT Plugins and More

02:35-03:25    Presentation: Adrian Ruiz - Ethically Using ChatGPT To Write a College Entrance Essay

03:30-04:15    Presentation: Nicole Branch - SWiRL Update

04:15-05:30     Reception and Happy Hour (Graham Patio)

Friday Schedule (September 8)

08:00-­08:30     Arrival: Coffee, Tea, Continental Breakfast Provided

08:30­-09:00     Welcome & Zine Sharing

09:00-09:20    Presentation: Anna Yang - Deepfakes and What You Need to Know

09:20-09:40    Presentation: Monica Keane  - Researching and Identifying Online Images

09:45-10:10    Presentation: Dominique Dozier - Research Justice for SCU 1st Year/1st Gen Students

10:15-10:45    Presentation: Andrew Carlos - Introducing the SCU ChatGPT LibGuide

10:45-11:00    Break

11:00-11:25    Presentation: Kelci Baughman McDowell - Humanities and AI Chat Lesson Plan - See Lesson Plan Tab

11:30-12:00    Closing Discussion & Wrap Up

  • What ideas for AI info lit lesson plans do you have floating in your mind, taking all we have learned the past day and a half into consideration?
  • What more do you want to learn about AI this coming year?
  • What resources would you need to be supported in this continued learning?

Archived PDF of Schedule