Beyond Jarvis: Unleashing the Power of Generative AI in Educational Strategy and Design

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**This webinar is part of the OLC Accelerate 2024 Best-in-Track webinar series!**

Discover the power of generative AI personas in this webinar designed to improve communication, build empathy, and solve challenges in academic and administrative settings. You’ll master a simple three-step process to create realistic, data-driven personas that are both relatable and effective. The session concludes with a dynamic role-playing activity, where we’ll navigate a tough conversation with a fictional professor resistant to online learning, using advanced techniques to uncover deeper motivations and address hidden concerns. Perfect for instructional designers, administrators, and faculty, this webinar offers practical strategies to transform your approach to problem-solving and collaboration.

Key Takeaways:

  • Understanding Generative AI: Define generative AI and explain its functionality, providing a solid foundation in how this technology works. 
  • Best Practices in Prompting: Master effective prompting techniques with generative AI to achieve the best results, saving time and adding significant value 
  • Strategic Planning with Limited Resources: Learn how to utilize Generative AI to identify and assess cost-effective strategies, essential for optimizing resources in budget-constrained environments. 
  • Cost-Effective Instructional Design: Apply Generative AI tools to enhance course development, assessment design, and faculty training, increasing efficiency and scalability in instructional delivery. 
  • Ethical AI Use in Education: Address the ethical challenges of employing Generative AI in educational settings, focusing on responsible and equitable practices.

Intended Audience: 

Instructional designers, training professionals, faculty, administrators

Speaker Bio

 

John Vivolo, Ed.D(c)
Executive Director of Academic Operations and Teaching and Learning – Yeshiva University

John Vivolo is the Executive Director of Academic Operations and Teaching and Learning at the Katz School of Science and Health at Yeshiva University. In this role, he leads both online and on-campus learning initiatives, focusing on pedagogy, instructional design, and strategic program development. With nearly two decades of experience in education, he is the author of Managing Online Learning: The Life-Cycle of Successful Programs and is a trained instructor through the Online Learning Consortium. He is also a graduate of the 2016 cohort of the Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning (IELOL) program. Outside his academic career, John is also an accomplished ambient music artist, with his work available on most music streaming platforms.
Aaron Ross
Assistant Dean of Academic Programs – Yeshiva University

Aaron Ross is the Assistant Dean of Programs at the Katz School of Science and Health where he oversees new program development, academic effectiveness, assessment, and continuous quality improvement. He also leads the recently launched Generative AI Lab, which explores the transformative capabilities of AI systems that generate content such as code, text, and images. Through research, workshops, and events, the lab fosters innovation and experimentation with these technologies, while critically examining their ethical implications and societal impact.