In Spring 2025, the Generative AI Professional Development Committee (PDC) focused its efforts on academic integrity—specifically, the acceptable and unacceptable use of AI by students in their coursework. This initiative was driven by concerns about the reliability of AI detection tools (“AI checkers”) and both anecdotal and empirical evidence suggesting an increase in student use […]
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During the Fall 2024 Generative AI PDC, Meredith Reference Librarian Jake Vaccaro demonstrated several generative AI tools that can be used for research. Watch the demo below to learn more about these tools, and feel free to contact Jake Vaccaro. Links to the tools discussed:
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During the Fall 2024 Generative AI PDC, Instructional Designer Paul Keys demonstrated how to create a custom GPT chatbot to act as a course virtual tutor for students. Watch the demo below to learn how. The Spring AI PDC is ongoing! We’d love for you to join us. Contact Paul if you would like to
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The IDAT Services team helped provide a Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Professional Development Community this Fall semester. Paul Keys from IDAT, StrongPoints Director Emily Caldwell, and Reference Librarian Jake Vacarro facilitated the PDC over five sessions held every two weeks, both in person on campus and virtually via Zoom. Over 15 faculty and staff signed
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Most tech companies these days are rushing to join the AI bandwagon and Zoom is no exception. Zoom has been working on their AI offerings for much of the past year now and they have several useful tools in their suite that users can enable to make their meetings more productive. We’ll cover a few
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