Generative AI is fundamentally transforming work, teaching, studying, and exams. At the same time, the requirements for one’s own AI competence are constantly evolving. The needs often vary considerably across departments, courses, and individual instructors. To address this diversity, we offer needs-based professional development programs that are specifically tailored to your questions, circumstances, and targets. The target is to support faculty members and those who work with students in using AI effectively for teaching while simultaneously fostering students’ AI literacy in a targeted manner.
You can choose between two formats:
- Needs-Based Workshops for Academic Departments
- Individual mini-coaching sessions for courses
While the workshops are aimed at departments, departments, or other organizational units, the mini-coaching sessions support faculty members with specific questions related to individual courses. Both formats are offered as part of the GenAI∂KIT project and are free of charge for you.
Contacts at the ZML
:
Svenja Geißler
, Tel.: +49 721-608-48154
Email: svenja.geissler∂kit.edu
Needs-Based Workshops for Academic Departments
Our workshops are designed for departments, departments, or other organizational units and are tailored to the needs of the participants. These workshops are designed to help you
- integrate AI effectively into courses,
- develop appropriate teaching and assessment formats,
- create learning and teaching materials efficiently,
- foster your students’ AI literacy, and
- critically reflect on the opportunities and challenges of generative AI.
Unlike standardized training programs, the content is not predetermined but is developed based on a needs assessment for your target audience.
Both the content and the duration are agreed upon jointly. Depending on your needs, workshops can last, for example, three to five hours.
- AI Competence: Definition, Requirements, and Implications for Higher Education
- Developing Custom Chatbots for Courses
- Methodological and didactic integration of AI into courses
- Critical reflection on the use of AI
- Assessment in the Age of Generative AI
- Planning and Designing Courses with AI Support
- Creating learning and teaching materials with AI
Of course, other topics can also be addressed. The specific content will be tailored to the participants’ needs.
If you’d like to organize a workshop, simply send an email to svenja.geissler∂kit.edu. Please include your department, your Department, and a possible time frame. You’ll then receive short questionnaires to forward to potential participants. Re-registration will be collected about one month before the planned date. Based on this needs analysis, the workshop will be designed for your target group.
- One workshop may be offered per Department.
- A total of up to six workshops can be held per year.
- Workshops can be held online via MS Teams or Zoom.
- In-person courses/lectures are also possible under certain conditions.
Customized Mini-Coaching Sessions for Courses
The mini-coaching sessions are designed for instructors or teams of instructors who are seeking support for a specific course. The focus is on the needs of an individual course. Together, we develop solutions tailored to your discipline, your teaching situation, and your targets. Topics may include the following:
- the pedagogical integration of AI
- AI-integrated assessment formats
- promoting AI literacy among students
- creating learning and teaching materials with AI
- the use of custom chatbots in courses
- Individual questions regarding AI in teaching
A mini-coaching session can consist of a single appointment or be supplemented by a follow-up session. The duration is typically between one and two hours.
Depending on the specific issue and circumstances, in some cases it may also be possible to observe or visit your course.
Simply send an email to svenja.geissler∂kit.edu and briefly describe:
- your question or your need for support,
- the course in question,
- possible time slots for an appointment.
The coaching session will then be tailored to your situation.
- One mini-coaching session may be offered per Department.
- A total of up to six mini-coaching sessions can take place per year.
- Sessions are typically held online via MS Teams.
- In-person sessions are generally not required, but can be arranged in individual cases.
Interested?
For workshop or coaching inquiries, simply send a brief email to svenja.geissler∂kit.edu. Simply let us know your department or course, as well as a possible time frame. Together, we’ll develop a proposal tailored to your specific needs that will help you make effective use of AI in teaching and studying.
For all in-person formats—including workshops, classroom observations, or visits to courses—barrier-free access to the venue is required. This includes, in particular:
- step-free access to the building,
- a functioning elevator, if necessary,
- general accessible access to the rooms used.