genAI Conversations

Are you curious about generative AI (genAI) tools and what they can do? Have questions about the use of these tools in educational settings? Interested in some demos and exploration of these new tools? The genAI Conversations sessions are designed to provide opportunities for discussion and shared inquiry about generative AI technology among Colgate faculty and staff. Sessions are intended to be open-ended, and will be focused on a general category of genAI technology. 

A small collection of genAI tools has been curated to help frame these conversations. Each session listed below will explore genAI tools for a specific category of use.

Participants are invited to bring their lunch to these sessions.

Session 1: Conversational Models

This session will demonstrate the genAI tools ChatGPT (3&4), Bard, and Bing AI Search. This session will be facilitated by Andrew Smith (Instructional Designer for Innovative Media, ITS).

Wednesday February 21 | 12 – 1pm | 101A McGregory Hall

Session 2: Research Assistants and Assistance

This session will demonstrate the genAI tools Elicit, Consensus, Research Rabbit, and Typeset.io. This session will be facilitated by Christine Moskell (Senior Instructional Designer for Connected Learning, ITS)

Wednesday February 28 | 12 – 1pm | 101A McGregory Hall

Session 3: Image & Video Generation

This session will demonstrate the genAI tools Bing Image Creator, Stable Diffusion, DALL-E 2 and invideoAI. This session will be facilitated by Sarah Cross (Instructional Designer for Learning Platforms and Universal Design, ITS)

Wednesday March 27 | 12 – 1pm | 101A McGregory Hall

Session 4: Programming and Coding

This session will demonstrate the genAI tools GitHub CoPilot, CodeWhisperer and JupyterAI. This session will be facilitated by Usman Ahmad (Application Integration Developer, ITS)

April 3 | 12 – 1pm | 560 Case-Geyer Library