AWAC’s Mentoring Committee is delighted to host Kimberly Harrison, Ming Fang, and Mike Creeden for a virtual workshop on "WAC’s Leadership Role in Promoting AI Literacy Across Disciplines."
Date: Tuesday, March 31
Time: 12pm ET (11am CT, 10am MT, 9am PT, 5pm GMT, 6pm CET)
Presenter Info:
Kimberly Harrison, WAC Director, Florida International University
Ming Fang, WAC Associate Director, Florida International University
Mike Creeden, Faculty Fellow for 21 st Century Learning
Generative AI is reshaping how students write, how faculty design assignments, and how institutions define career readiness. Writing Across the Curriculum programs have long been at the forefront of effective pedagogy in higher ed, and in this shifting landscape, WAC programs continue to be uniquely positioned to lead—and to model—approaches grounded in effective pedagogy rather than panic.
In this interactive workshop, we argue that fostering AI literacy is not separate from WAC’s mission but deeply aligned with it, and we frame AI literacy as an opportunity to strengthen and reassert core WAC principles. In support of this claim, we will discuss our cross-campus partnership efforts, share our faculty professional development models—including workshop topics and an embedded micro-credentialing program—and showcase faculty assignment redesigns that integrate AI in pedagogically grounded ways.
Workshop participants will be invited to share AI WAC success stories, highlighting both challenges and breakthroughs. Together, we will analyze these examples and brainstorm strategies for positioning our WAC programs as essential in shaping ethical, sustainable AI pedagogy within our institutional contexts.
Please sign up for the event using this link. A Zoom link to the event will be provided upon registration.
Questions? Please contact AWAC Mentoring Committee Chair Jackie Kauza (wolfstar). Thank you!