Provost's Seminar on Teaching - Generative AI & Undergraduate Education

Monday, November 10

Michigan Union

Schedule

TimeDetails
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.Registration and Breakfast 
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Opening Plenary (Video of Opening Plenary)

  • Welcome - Matt Kaplan, Executive Director, CRLT
  • Introductory Remarks - Laurie McCauley, Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
  • Big Picture Issues for GenAI and Undergraduate Education (Panel)
    • Sol Berman, School of Information
    • Tazin Daniels, CRLT
    • Louise Jackson, University Career Center
    • Tim McKay, Undergratue Education, LSA
    • Josh Pasek, Communications and Political Science,LSA (Moderator)
  • Concurrent Session Overview - Malinda Matney, Managing Director, CRLT

Rogel Ballroom (2nd Floor)

10:00 - 10:10 a.m.Break
10:10 - 12:00 p.m.

Resource Room - Have a mini consultation with representatives from the following offices

  • CAI
  • CRLT
  • ITS Teaching and Learning
  • LSA Technology Services
  • Sweetland Center for Writing
  • University Libraries
  • Language Resource Center

Wolverine (3rd Floor)

10:10 - 11:00 a.m.

Concurrent 1 - Learning Challenges and Human Skills

"Addressing GenAI with students" Mika Lavaque-Manty and LaKisha Simmons

Panelists LaVaque-Manty and Simmons are committed to transparency as a pedagogical principle. This session will be a guided open conversation about how we introduce our various genAI policies to students. We will also discuss what kinds of activities can persuade and engage students to complicate their thinking about genAI.

Anderson ABC (1st floor)

"Engaging Students Across Languages in the Humanities: Critical and Creative Approaches" Christi Merrill, Pamela Bogart, Johnathon Beals

The panelists have all been asked to advise students and instructors on the use of GenAI at a fraught time and are particularly concerned with the ways that this threatens the confidence and agency of language users. Each offers potential approaches from their disciplinary perspective.

Parker (2nd Floor)

"What policies make sense and will be useful?" Molly Kleinman, Tim McKay, Susan Montgomery, and Carina Ray

How do we create GenAI policies that are both practical, effective, and consistent with our teaching values and disciplinary standards? Our panelists represent a range of disciplines and experiences with this question, whether writing GenAI guidance for students across a college, helping to shape unit-level policies, or advising departments toward a workable approach. They will discuss the processes they used, challenges they faced, and how the resulting policy or guidance responded to the needs of their programs.

Pond (1st Floor)

Slides

Why we do not use generative AI in STPP

"Supporting teaching using AI tools" Nick Gaspar

This session demonstrates how AI tools are transforming instructional practice and the ways we can build sustainable support for faculty adoption. Examples from UM-Flint show how targeted training and intentional design can lead to more effective, AI-ready teaching.

2210 ABC (2nd Floor)

Slides

"Redesigning assessments in the wake of GenAI"  Qingqing Yan, Kellie Grasman, Nick Cobblah

How can assignments be redesigned to account for students’ access to Generative A.I.? Join this interactive panel to hear perspectives from across the university and discuss the challenges and opportunities facing U-M instructors today.

Pendleton (2nd Floor)

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11:00 - 11:10 a.m.Break
11:10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Concurrent 2 - Work With GenAI to Support Students and Instructors

"Reshaping Student Skills for the AI Future" Louise Jackson, Cynthia Snodgrass, and Kierra Trotter

What skills will students actually need as AI reshapes the workforce? Join three career education practitioners for insights on building technical competencies, human skills, and the career agility to navigate constant change.

Pendleton (2nd Floor)

Slides

"GenAI and Graduate Education: Shaping the May 2026 Provost’s Seminar" Michael Solomon and Deb Meizlish.

Join Rackham Dean Michael Solomon for a discussion about the challenges and opportunities that GenAI poses for graduate education. This discussion will help shape the May 13, 2026 Provost’s Seminar on graduate education and inform other Rackham initiatives on GenAI.>

Parker (2nd Floor)

Slides

"What all students should know about how GenAI works" Steve Abney, Mark Guzdial

How it was created and how it works should influence how we think about and use it. Bring a laptop or tablet for hands-on activities.

Pond (1st Floor)

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"GenAI, ethics, and writing instruction" Simone Sessolo, Clay Walker, Kara Palmer

In this session we will explore the ethical and practical dimensions of integrating generative AI into undergraduate writing. This session will discuss policies for GenAI literacy in writing, the responsibilities of student authorship, and research findings on student experiences and attitudes toward GenAI-supported writing.

Anderson ABC (1st Floor) 

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"Lessons from the National landscape for addressing GenAI" Tazin Daniels, Nick Gaspar

In this session, Dr. Tazin Daniels (CRLT) and Nick Gaspar (Flint ODE) will share insights from their work consulting with campuses across the country on how instructors, departments, and institutions can most effectively address GenAI in ways that align with their mission and values. 

2210 ABC (2nd Floor)

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12:10 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch and Results of Survey of Undergraduates on GenAI (Video of Lunch Session)

Slides

Rogel Ballroom (2nd Floor)