AI-POWERED LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION: Innovative Strategies and Applications

Invited Panelists / Presenters
Language Programs & The Academic Technology Services, UC Davis

PART 1: Mini-Presentations and Q&A
A diverse group of invited panelists will present their use of AI either in the classroom or how they have instructed their learners to use it. The panelists will give 5-to-7-minute presentations and share their ideas, concerns, and findings. Attendees can ask questions at the end of the presentations. Please join us for an immersive exploration of the dynamic partnership between language instructors and artificial intelligence. Discover innovative approaches, creative strategies, and real-world applications that empower language instructors to enhance our language teaching and student learning.

PART 2: Hands-on Workshop Activity
Lillian, Salvador, and Sophia will have participants warm-up their AI skills by prompting it briefly with a question related to the subject that they teach. In this hands-on workshop segment, participants would have a chance to work on developing a lesson plan or other teaching materials using GenAI on their own devices. It is a good opportunity to learn from other language instructors and educational technology specialists at UC Davis about how they are using AI tools in their own classrooms and to support education in general, and gain practical insights and inspiration for harnessing AI's potential in your own language classroom. At the end of the hands-on workshop, one to two volunteers will briefly show what they have come up with during the hands-on time.
Requirements: Bring your own device (BYOD) like laptops and your projects.

Invited Panelists/Presenters:

Robert Blake, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Spanish
Lillian C Jones, Ph.D Candidate, Spanish and Portuguese
Kirsten Harjes, German in German and Italian
Salvador Angel Garcia, Peer Advisor, Spanish and Portuguese
Sophia Marie Minnillo, University Writing Program
Margaret Merrill, Academic Technology Services
Shagufta Fetema, Hindi in ME/SA Program
Yutian Tan, Chinese in East Asian Languages and Cultures