Center for Teaching and Learning
Academic Year 2024-25 Programming
Innovate, Integrate, Engage — May 2025
Campus Conversations: AI, Ethics, and Thought Leadership
Co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching & Learning and the Center for Leadership, Ethics, and Service
Macon campus: Wednesday, March 26 | 4pm | Innovation Center
Atlanta campus: Wednesday, April 2 | Noon | Trustees Dining Room
Join us for a panel discussion and networking event about becoming thought leaders in ethics and artificial intelligence. We invite you to submit an example of how you use AI as part of our overall discussions. After opening remarks, participants will discuss usage examples in a roundtable format and submit questions to the panel.
Submit Your AI Use Case
We invite you to submit an example of how you use AI for roundtable discussion when you register for the session.
Register for the session and submit your use case here. We’ll include your submission for roundtable discussion, where you can network with others who are using AI.
Panelists
L-R, Shawn Arnold, Business Leader & Mercer Class of 1997; Dr. Jeff Hall, Dr. David Garner, Dr. Juanita Forrester, Dr. Bremen Vance, Dr. Anthony Choi, Dr. Susan Codone
Register Here
Upcoming Faculty Development Session Topics Spring 2025
Invitation to the Mercer AI Community of Practice
Overview of the Community: Sharing and Collaboration about AI
Workshop Description:
Join us for a 30-minute Zoom session designed to introduce faculty to the Mercer AI Community of Practice, hosted in Microsoft Teams. This session will overview the resources and benefits available in this Teams community.
Friday, January 24, 2025 | 1:30-2:00pm | Zoom: https://mercer.zoom.us/j/4783014185
Exploring ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Google NotebookLM, Claude & Perplexity AI
Workshop Description:
Join us for an interactive Zoom session designed to introduce faculty to the powerful features of four major AI platforms: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot. This session will explore how each tool can be utilized to enhance teaching, learning, and productivity in higher education. We will provide a hands-on walkthrough of each platform’s unique capabilities, focusing on practical applications for academic settings.
Key topics include:
- ChatGPT: Generating responses, assisting with content creation, and enhancing student interaction.
- Claude: Advanced natural language processing for in-depth analysis and communication.
- Gemini: Leveraging AI for content summarization and efficient research.
- Copilot: Integrating AI into workflow automation and task management for educators.
- Google NotebookLM: Using a closed AI application for dedicated resources.
- PerplexityAI: Using an AI-powered search engine with narrative results.
This session will be delivered via Zoom and will include live demonstrations, as well as time for questions and discussion on how you can use these tools.
Date/Time: Friday, January 25, 2025 | 2:30-3:15 | Zoom: https://mercer.zoom.us/j/4783014185
Platform: Zoom
Audience: Open to all faculty
Presenter: Susan Codone
AAC&U Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum 2024-25
The inaugural Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum is designed to help departments, programs, colleges, and universities respond effectively to the challenges and opportunities artificial intelligence (AI) presents for courses and curricula. Throughout the 2024–25 academic year, the institute will engage participating teams via virtual events, mentorship, and interactions as they develop and implement AI action plans for their classrooms, curricula, and campuses.
Mercer Faculty Participants
Jeff Hall, Ed.D., Professor of Education, Tift College of Education
Gail Kemp, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology, College of Health Professions
David Garber, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Old Testament and Hebrew, McAfee School of Theology
Bremen Vance, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Technical Communication, School of Engineering
Susan Codone, Ph.D., Professor, Technical Communication, School of Engineering
Just Concluded in December 2024:
Faculty Research and Writing Colloquium Fall 2024
The Colloquium is a semester-long, longitudinal faculty development experience intended for new and junior faculty members who are actively working on a research and writing project.
The purpose of the program is to provide a protected development time for writing, accompanied by mentoring, coaching, and peer review to help faculty members complete their research and writing projects.
Fall Cohort meets September-December, 2024
Meeting dates: Thursdays from 3:30-5:30pm in The Mercer Writer’s Hub (Ryals 205)
September 5, 12, 19; October 10, 17, 24; November 7, 14, 21
A Spring 2025 Colloquium will not be offered.
The Colloquium cohort is located on the Macon Campus, led by Dr. Deneen Senasi, Professor of English and Writing Director, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
The Center for Teaching & Learning offers university-wide support for instruction to all Mercer faculty members.
The Center offers events along with group and one-on-one support and guidance for teaching in traditional face-to-face and online distance learning courses.
Dr. Susan Codone is the Center Director. She is certified as an Institutional Coordinator for Quality Matters and in Applying the Quality Matters Rubric for Distance Learning, and holds a Ph.D. in instructional design.