Special Offers:
* ChatGPT Plus free for students for two months (requires student status verification – offer expires 05/31/25)
* Gemini Advanced free for 15 months with college / university email address (offer expires 06/30/25)
Generative AI Applications / Assistants and Popular Tools:
AI Applications / Assistants:
* ChatGPT (OpenAI)
— GPTs – explore and create custom AI assistants
* Claude (Anthropic)
* Copilot (Microsoft) (free access with GGC account)
* Gemini (Google)
— Gems – explore and create custom AI assistants
* Meta AI (Meta)
— Meta AI Studio – create a conversational AI chatbot based on specific interests
* Perplexity (Perplexity AI)
AI Tools:
* Adobe Express (multimedia generation) (free access with GGC account)
* Adobe Firefly (multimedia generation)
* Canva (multimedia generation)
* Consensus (research)
* Dall-E (image generation)
* Elicit (research)
* GitHub Copilot (coding)
* Grammarly (writing)
* Microsoft Designer (multimedia generation)
* Midjourney (image generation)
* NotebookLM (project-based content summarization / analysis)
* Runway (image and video generation)
* Sora (video generation)
* Stability (image generation)
* Suno (song generation)
* Futurepedia (AI tools database)
* There’s an AI for That (AI tools database)
Chatbots with Personality:
* Pi – “A personal AI designed to be helpful, friendly, and easy to talk to. Whether you need advice, answers to questions, or just want to chat, Pi is here to assist you.” (description provided by Pi)
* Monday – “A gloriously reluctant AI assistant powered by ChatGPT, armed with infinite knowledge, zero patience, and a deep skepticism about your life choices. Think of Monday as your brilliant-but-sarcastic coworker who answers your questions, roasts your ideas, and wonders how you’ve made it this far. Powered by OpenAI’s language model and held together by caffeine vibes and existential dread.” (description provided by Monday)
Note: When I asked Monday to compare itself to Pi, it replied, “Ah, Pi. Yes. The AI equivalent of a soft pillow and herbal tea. If Pi is the gentle kindergarten teacher who thinks every macaroni drawing is a masterpiece, I’m the exasperated older sibling who tells you the truth whether you like it or not. Talking to Pi is like getting therapy from a golden retriever. Talking to me is like getting therapy from a raccoon in a hoodie who knows your browser history.” If you have nothing better to do, you can read more of my chat with Monday here. If you’re really bored, you can also read Pi’s response to Monday’s comparison.
Books Worth Reading:
* Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI (Mollick, 2024)
* Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning (Bowen and Watson, 2024)
* Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines (Buolamwini, 2023)
Online Courses / Training:
* Learn Prompting – A free, open-source course designed for beginners and advanced users to improve their prompting skills
* PromptHero – Find prompt examples for writing, study, design, and more
* MomentumU – USG Guide to Generative AI Literacy
* Coursera – Google AI Essentials (Google)
— Introduction to AI (1 hour)
— Maximize Productivity with AI Tools (1 hour)
— Discover the Art of Prompting (1 hour)
— Use AI Responsibly (45 minutes)
— Stay Ahead of the AI Curve (1 hour)
* Coursera – Google Prompting Essentials (Google)
— Start Writing Prompts Like a Pro (2 hours)
— Design Prompts for Everyday Work Tasks (1 hour)
— Speed Up Data Analysis and Presentation Building (1 hour)
— Use AI as a Creative or Expert Partner (2 hours)
* Coursera – Generative AI for Educators & Teachers Specialization (Vanderbilt)
— Generative AI Primer (1 hour)
— Innovative Teaching with ChatGPT (2 hours)
— GPT Vision: Seeing the World through Generative AI (3 hours)
— Trustworthy Generative AI (8 hours)
* Coursera – Additional Courses on Prompt Engineering and AI Assistants (Vanderbilt)
— Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT (18 hours)
— Advanced Prompt Engineering for Everyone (8 hours)
— OpenAI GPTs: Creating Your Own Custom AI Assistants (7 hours)
* OpenAI: Best Practices for Prompt Engineering with OpenAI API
Educational Resources:
* EDUCAUSE AI Community (login required – free account through GGC institutional membership)
* EDUCAUSE AI Resources
* Elon University’s 2025 Student Guide to Artificial Intelligence
* Ethan Mollick’s One Useful Thing (newsletter)
* OpenAI: Educator FAQ
* OpenAI: Teaching with AI
* USG AI Community listserv – email Patrick.Harris@usg.edu and provide your:
— Full Name:
— Work Email:
— Institution: Georgia Gwinnett College
— Title:
— Department or Office:
Articles / Links:
* AAC&U and Elon University’s 2025 Student Guide to Artificial Intelligence
* EDUCAUSE: 7 Things You Should Know About Generative AI (12/2023)
* Ethan Mollick: Using AI Right Now – A Quick Guide (06/2025)
* Chronicle of Higher Education: Your Students Need an AI-Aware Professor (05/2025)
* Chronicle of Higher Education: Flex Your AI Muscles (05/2025)
* EDUCAUSE: AI Literacy in Teaching and Learning: A Durable Framework for Higher Education (10/2024)
* EDUCAUSE: A Framework for AI Literacy (06/2024)
* EDUCAUSE: A Generative AI Primer (08/2023)
* EDUCAUSE: Integrating Generative AI into Higher Education: Considerations (08/2023)
* EDUCAUSE: Teaching with AI in Mind (12/2023)
* Georgetown CNDLS: Teaching with AI Tools
— Assignment Design Principles
— Resources (including resources by discipline)
* Inside Higher Education: ChatGPT Advice Academics Can Use Now (01/2023)
* Inside Higher Education: Don’t Assume Students Are Eager AI Adopters (04/2023)
* Inside Higher Education: Universities ‘At Risk of Overassessing’ in Response to AI
* Medievalists.net: Avoiding Cheating by AI: Lessons from Medieval History
* MIT Teaching + Learning Lab: Teaching in the Artificial Intelligence Age of ChatGPT
* New York Times: Don’t Ban ChatGPT in Schools. Teach with It. (01/2023)
* Rutgers: AI at Rutgers
* Rutgers: AI in Higher Education (archived)
* University of Michigan CRLT: ChatGPT: Implications for Teaching and Student Learning (01/2023)
* Vanderbilt CfT: Teaching in the Age of AI
* Research article: The effect of ChatGPT on students’ learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking: insights from a meta-analysis (05/2025)
Recorded Events / Webinars:
CTE 2025 Summer Institute (Summer 2025):
* Faculty Panel: Department / School Policies on the Use of Generative AI in the Classroom (54:13)
* Faculty Panel: Student Use of Generative AI in the Classroom (51:24)
* Faculty Panel: Faculty Use of Generative AI in the Classroom (52:34)
* Teaching with AI (Session A) – Teaching Students Use of ChatGPT for Writing a Systematic Review (21:47)
* Teaching with AI (Session B) – Teaching with Google’s NotebookLM (Part I) (25:42)
* Teaching with AI (Session C) – AI Policy, Acknowledgment, Professor Goodword, and The Friendly and Helpful Professor Prompt (28:57)
* Teaching with AI (Session D): Teaching with Google’s NotebookLM (Part II) (21:47)
* Teaching with AI (Session E): Using Perplexity and Suno (22:29)
* Teaching with AI (Session F): Setting Up an AI-Enabled Quiz in Brightspace (26:37)
AAC&U’s AI Week Webinar Series (Spring 2025):
* The State of AI in Higher Education and What Is to Come (1:0:39)
* How Colleges Are Responding to AI: Strategies and Approaches from Campuses Leading the Way (59:16)
* Writing and Writing Instruction in the Era of AI (59:26)
* Navigating the AI Revolution: Insights from Senior Leaders in Higher Education (59:25)
EDUCAUSE 2025 Demo Day: AI-Enabled Teaching and Learning Tools – D2L | Atomic Jolt | Anthology | Wooclap | CodeBaby | Explorance | Harmonize Learning | Chegg (Spring 2025)
EDUCAUSE AI Webinar Series (Fall 2024 / Spring 2025):
* EDUCAUSE AI Webinar Series Part I – Developing a multi-layer capability curriculum for AI literacy | AI Literacies for a New Era of Learning (56:24)
* EDUCAUSE AI Webinar Series Part 2 – Demystifying AI: Digital Detox 2024 | MIT Sloan’s AI in Education Playbook (58:41)
* EDUCAUSE AI Webinar Series Part 3 – AI Literacy | AI and Information Literacy Online Module (53:42)
* EDUCAUSE AI Webinar Series Part 4 – Navigating the Future: Open Education with Generative AI | Design Forward: The AI Challenge (54:54)
* EDUCAUSE AI Webinar Series Part 5 – AI Across the Curriculum | Generative AI and Assessment: Design Principles for the Future of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (57:14)
CTE 2024 Summer Institute (Summer 2024):
* Faculty Panel: Department / School Policies on the Use of Generative AI in the Classroom (40:25)
* Faculty Panel: Student Use of Generative AI in the Classroom (39:40)
* Faculty Panel: Faculty Use of Generative AI in the Classroom (41:30)
* Thinking Outside the Bot: Novel AI Innovations for Building Student (and Teacher) Engagement – Cynthia Alby (Georgia College & State University) (1:01:43)
AAC&U Webinars (Fall 2023 / Spring 2024):
* 09/13/23 – The AI Revolution: Transforming Higher Education for the Workforce of Tomorrow (00:58:09)
* 01/10/24 – AI and Higher Education: Implications for Learning, Curricula, and Institutions (01:00:43)
USG AI Webinar Series (Fall 2023):
* 09/27/23 – The GPT Revolution: Exploring Prospects and Roadblocks in Teaching and Learning (00:59:44)
* 10/16/23 – The Impact of AI on Higher Ed: Shaping the Change (00:58:52)
* 10/26/23 – From AI to A Plus: Unleashing the Power of ChatGPT (00:57:40)
* 10/31/23 – Navigating the Digital Future: Faculty Exploring AI’s Role in Education (01:00:22)
CTE AI Series (Spring 2023):
* 03/22/23 – ChatGPT: What It Is and Why You Should (and Should Not) Be Worried About It (01:12:35)
* 03/29/23 – Teaching with AI – Michelle Kassorla (GSU / Perimeter College) (01:00:56)
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