T3 Teaching Workshops

San José State University School of Information T3 (Teaching Tips & Techniques) Series 

The T3 Series, developed in response to the recommendations that were made in the 2012 iSchool Faculty Technology Use Survey Report, offers faculty training in key areas related to teaching in an online environment. The topics are selected from the suggestions made by faculty, and the sessions are led by colleagues and other professionals who have expertise in the use of existing services and technologies. Plan to join one or more of the T3 Series sessions. All sessions are recorded and available in the T3 Archive located in the Canvas Faculty site.

Instructional Expectations for All Faculty

iSchool Teaching Requirement
In order to ensure that all iSchool teaching faculty keep up their technology skills and provide our students with the best online experience, all faculty who want to continue to teach for the iSchool will be required to attend at least one of the training sessions each semester — either live or via the recording. Participants of both the live and recorded sessions are required to complete a feedback form as proof of attending.  You may also complete the T3 requirement by viewing any of the previous sessions that are located in the T3 Archive on the Canvas iSchool Faculty site (and completing a feedback form as proof of attending.)

iSchool T3 Substitution Policy: Each faculty member is required to participate in one of the T3 sessions developed and offered by the iSchool each term. Credit for participation is for T3 sessions only. There are many other workshops beneficial to teaching and learning, and faculty are encouraged to participate in these supplemental sessions without T3 credit. 

REMINDER: The Canvas iSchool Faculty Site has a module on Building Your Canvas Course , and here is a link to a page on Making Content More Accessible.

T3 Sessions

Spring 2025

Session Title: Defining AI for Educators

DATE: Wednesday, February 19 @ 11:00 am PT

Perpetual Zoom Link:  https://sjsu.zoom.us/j/81665136502?
Perpetual Password: T3iSchool

Overview:  This workshop’s goal is to move you toward acceptance and curiosity about new possibilities and increase your motivation to continue engaging with the topic of AI in education. We also want you to form a basic understanding of AI tools and feel prepared to begin using an AI chatbot.

After completing this workshop, you should be able to:

Reflect on your emotional state concerning AI in education.

Identify strategies for navigating innovation and disruption.

Define common terms and concepts in AI.

Summarize how generative AI tools work.

Use humor and play to foster feelings of acceptance, curiosity, and motivation regarding generative AI tools.

Reflect on the differences between human-generated language and AI-generated language.

Presenters: Darra Hofman and Michele Villagran

Session Title: How I Use AI in Teaching

Date: Wednesday, March 5 @ 11 am PT

Perpetual Zoom Link:  https://sjsu.zoom.us/j/81665136502?
Perpetual Password: T3iSchool

Overview: Each of the presenters will talk about the ways that they and/or their students use AI in the courses they teach.  There will be lots of time to ask questions and discuss different AI teaching techniques.

Presenters: Ruth Barefoot, Souvick Ghosh, Johanna Tunon

Session Title: Pedagogic Uses of AI

Date: Tuesday, March 25 @ 11 am PT

Perpetual Zoom Link:  https://sjsu.zoom.us/j/81665136502?
Perpetual Password: T3iSchool

Overview:  This workshop examines ways you might use Large Language Models (LLM) or Generative A.I (GenAI.). to enhance teaching and learning in ways that align with effective pedagogy and teaching methods. You will also gain hands-on experience using LLMs or GenAI that can inform your understanding of how LLMs or GenAI can be used in your teaching practice.

After completing this workshop, you should be able to:

Reflect on student perspectives on using AI.

Identify strategies for effectively interacting with a chatbot.

Describe the elements of an effective structured AI prompt.

Describe pedagogical situations where AI chatbots can be beneficial.

Use a chatbot to complete an education-related task.

Presenters: Sean Gaffney and Jeremy Kemp

Session Title: Prompt Engineering: Changing the Way We Think About Information and Libraries

Date: Friday, April 18 @ 11 am PT

Perpetual Zoom Link:  https://sjsu.zoom.us/j/81665136502?
Perpetual Password: T3iSchool

Overview: Prompt engineering is a technique that utilizes natural language to communicate with large language models (LLMs). We will learn about the basics of prompt engineering to generate text, translate languages, help brainstorm ideas, create HTML or more advanced code, handle many routine tasks, and answer questions through applications like ChatGPT, CoPilot, Perplexity, and others. We will also discuss the ethical implications, potential biases, limitations of AI currently, and demonstrate how to use these tools that respect privacy and confidentiality concerns while showing how this technology may just change the way we think about information.

Presenter: Chad Mairn

Sessions offered through SJSU’s eCampus
(separate registration required)

Please register for any workshop directly on the eCampus website by clicking the link included with each workshop listed, and complete the evaluation form when you have taken the workshop.
 
A recording and evaluation link is available for asynchronous viewing of T3 sessions.
Each T3 session is available in the T3 Archive located in the Canvas iSchool Faculty site.

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