Spring 2026 Teaching & Learning Showcase
Assignments That Build Student Skills in the Age of Generative AI
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We will meet on Friday, April 17, 2026, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. in the Muyskens Conference Room (The Summit).
Are you a QC faculty who is…
- experimenting with ways to incorporate student use of gen AI in your course assignments?
- concerned that students are offloading their learning when they use gen AI in assignments?
- curious about how other CUNY faculty are addressing student use of AI in assignments?
- all ofthe above?
Please join CETLL for a faculty development program focused on the design of assignments aimed at building foundational student skills (e.g. critical thinking/reading/writing) and discipline-specific skillsalong with AI literacythrough the intentional use of generative AI. Funded in part by the CUNY OER Initiative. Breakfast will be served.
- Guest Speaker(Teaching and Learning Center Director, John Jay College of Criminal Justice),
- Faculty Panel: Assignments in Progress and the Evolution of Learning
- Dr. Sebastian Alvarado, Assistant Professor, Biology, 춹Ƶ, CUNY
- Dr. Spring Cooper, Associate Professor, Department Chairperson, Community Health and Social Sciences, School of Public Health, CUNY
- Dr. Victor Torres-Velez, Associate Professor, Latin and Caribbean-American Studies, Hostos Community College, CUNY
- Dr. Holly Weisberg, Lecturer, Psychology, 춹Ƶ, CUNY
- Hands-on Work Time: Bring an Assignment to Develop or Revise
Guest Speaker: Flipping the Pyramid
Guest speakerwill discuss, a new publication which“describes the experiences and insights of college faculty participating in interdisciplinary seminars focused on improving assignment design. By shifting perceptions of student GenAI use from passive to intentional, instructors created critical thinking skills development assignments and strategies complementedby the use ofGenAI tools. This book is both a journey and a guide from reactive to constructive skepticism and pedagogies.”
Dr. Foster is Director of the at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY), where she supports faculty in pedagogical development, course design, and navigating crises. A poet, educator, and researcher, she holds a DPhil in Philosophy, Art, and Critical Thought, and is known for her work on social justice, trauma, and resilience.
Faculty Panel: Assignments in Progress and the Evolution of Learning
CUNY faculty will share assignments they have developed that incorporate student use of generative AI and how the assignments continue to evolve through classroom experience.
Hands-on Work Time: Assignment Development
Bring ideas and working drafts of your own course assignment to create or revise. Or choose an assignment to adapt for your classes fromor from among the discipline-specific classroom materials in the. There will be time for working on assignments that engage student use of generative AI alongside discipline-specific and foundational student skills for learning.