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Second Annual UA Faculty Alliance Thought Leaders Forum: UA faculty come together to share their thoughts about the important education and research topics of today

Faculty Alliance Thought Leaders Forum:

“Universities as a Public and Common Good: Investing in Students, Communities, and Careers”

The Faculty Alliance will host their second annual Thought Leaders Forum for two half days of virtual Zoom meetings, March 27, from 11am to 3pm, and March 28, from 9am to 2pm. This year’s topic is “Universities as a Public and Common Good: Investing in Students, Communities, and Careers.” Is education a public good? Common good? Private good? All three? What do we mean by “public,” “common,” “private,” and “good” in the context of education? As a publicly funded university, the University of ��ɫӰ�� needs to engage in the conversation about the proper role of formal education in contributing to society. Let’s get serious about defining the role of the knowledge, skills, and credentials provided by the University of ��ɫӰ�� toward the future of ��ɫӰ�� and its peoples. 

Descriptions of Sessions

March 27th, Thursday 11:00 - 11:30 : Opening Words and Welcome
Faculty Alliance chairs: Jennifer Carroll, Jackie Cason, Ali Ziegler, Vice President Brian Smentkowski

Main Session

Friday March 28th, Day 2

Brian Smentkowski, University of ��ɫӰ�� Vice President and Chief Academic Officer

 

For more information contact:

Jennifer Carroll, UAF Faculty Senate Past-President, jlcarroll@alaska.edu 

Jacqueline Cason, UAA, Faculty Senate President, jecason@alaska.edu 

Ali Ziegler, UAS Faculty Senate President-Elect, aaziegler@alaska.edu 

 

2024 First Annual UA Faculty Alliance Thought Leaders Forum Schedule
Opening Session: Introductions by VP Paul Layer, Jennifer Ward, Jennifer Carroll, and Jackie Cason, and presentation by Ben Shier (Chief Information Technology Officer for UA) & Bill Anker OIT’s (Director for Strategic Initiatives: Systems Office for Information Technology: Artificial Intelligence, data security, and private.
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March 28 Track A: Sean Holland, with Peter Westley (UAF), “Using AI Voiceovers to Augment Instructor Presence”; Ruth Gastineau (UAF) Slideshow, “AI & Social Media Marketing”; Nathan Feemster, with Retchenda George-Bettisworth (UAF), “Priming Conversations on Ethical Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in an Online Program”; Arghya Kusum (Argo) Das (UAF), “AI for Research and Education: Where We Are Heading and How We Should Respond?"; Erik Carlson (UAA), “AI Models and AI Products: Layers of Bias”
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March 28 Track B: Ilana Kingsley (UAF), Jodi Jacques and Ruth Terry (UAA) “Future of Library Research”; Jennifer Tilbury (UAF) “Using AI As A Partner in the Research Process”; Kenrick Mock, Helena Wisniewski, Masoumeh Heidari, Frank Witmer, and Vinod Vasudevan (UAA), “Growing the AI Ecosystem at UAA: Research, Curriculum, & Student Projects"
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March 29 Track A