This spring Extra Points features a series of conversations focused on how faculty and staff around the University of Minnesota are using generative AI to do University work.  Lauren Marsh ( Academic Technology Support Services ) and Bill Rozaitis ( Center for Educational Innovation ) interviewed Emerging Technologies Faculty Fellow   Ezgi Tiryaki , Professor of Neurology in the Medical School. The following has been revised for length and clarity. Tell us about your role in the Medical School and how that is informing your work with generative AI. Ezgi Tiryaki: I am with the Medical School and involved with the Office of Faculty Affairs, focusing on faculty development programming. Until last year, I co-directed a program called Foundations of Leadership Excellence (FLE). I am also helping co-lead the Rothenberger Leadership Academy for mid-career health systems leaders. My involvement and use of AI are primarily in the sphere of faculty development. Tell us about ...

  This spring Extra Points features a series of conversations focused on how faculty and staff around the University of Minnesota are using generative AI to do University work. Adam Brisk ( Information Technology Systems and Services ) and August Schoen ( Academic Technology Support Services ) interviewed Emerging Technologies Faculty Fellow  Fernando Burga , Assistant Professor of Urban & Regional Planning in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Tell us about your role in the Humphrey School and how that is informing your work with generative AI. Fernando Burga: I'm an assistant professor in urban and regional planning at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. I'm also a specialist in community development at Extension. I teach a variety of courses, including land use planning, site planning, and a class called civic participation. My role is essentially divided into three main areas: research, teaching, and service. I emphasize the use of AI and large language mode...

  This spring Extra Points features a series of conversations focused on how faculty and staff around the University of Minnesota are using generative AI to do University work.  Mary Jetter ( Center for Educational Innovation ) and August Schoen ( Academic Technology Support Services ) interviewed Emerging Technologies Faculty Fellow Darren LaScotte from the Minnesota English Language Program in the College of Continuing & Professional Studies. The following has been revised for length and clarity. Give us some context for your work with generative AI: what was the class, and who are your students?  Darren LaScotte: The basis of my project was seeing how generative AI might promote language learning. I teach a writing-intensive English as a second language course, which prepares students for First-Year Writing (University Writing 1301). We work on teaching students the writing process and provide feedback on things like content and organization in its culturally s...