Higher-ed: Redefining Education in the AI Era (Language and Literature)

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Marc Watkins is a lecturer of Writing and Rhetoric as well the Director of the AI Institute for Teachers at the University of Mississippi. He has been teaching for over a decade, while pursuing research in OER (Open Educational Resources) and Open Pedagogy as a part of the WOW fellowship. Some of his areas of expertise include artificial neural networks, machine learning, and digital humanities. He also is a writer and editor and has published work in over a dozen magazines.

Sid Dobrin is Professor and Chair in the Department of English at the University of Florida. He is the Founding Director of the Trace Innovation Initiative. He has been named a Digital Thought Leader by Adobe. He serves as a member of the Florida Institute for National Security. He is the author and editor of numerous books and articles, including Talking about Generative AI: A Guide for Educators and AI and Writing.

Lance Eaton is the Director of Faculty Development & Innovation at College Unbound, a part-time instructor at North Shore Community College, and a PhD student at the University of Massachusetts, Boston with a dissertation that is focusing on how scholars engage in academic piracy. He has given talks, written about, and presented at conferences on artificial intelligence generative tools in education, academic piracy, open access, OER, open pedagogy, hybrid flexible learning, and digital service-learning. His musings, reflections, and ramblings can be found on his blog.

Mashiko Lortkipanidze, a student from the Republic of Georgia, is a rising junior pursuing a double major in Computer Science and Social Science at Minerva University. After her involvement in the First Global Challenge as a member of Team Georgia, Mashiko discovered a keen interest in the direct societal impact of technology. Her commitment to this field led her to join the AI Consensus Organization, where she actively works toward the responsible integration of AI tools within education systems to enhance the learning experience.

Chinat Yu: A Learning, Design and Technology master student at Stanford, has been exploring the potential of AI in education. Recently, he spoke at the Johns Hopkins DELTA Symposium panel about AI's impact on the future of education, and is currently an applied science researcher intern at Microsoft in AI. CTEI, JHU - Welcome to the 2023 DELTA Symposium Student Panel on Teaching (panopto.com). He also developed his own AI digital twin, Chinat AI, https://chinatai.app which offers an experiential perspective on AI's use in personal and educational environments.

Chinkhuslen (David) Batbayar is an industrious CS major with a unique journey, having started as an art major before making a decisive shift midway to pursue computer science. David has co-founded the App Dev Club at Hamilton College, fostering a vibrant community of aspiring developers and spearheading innovative projects.

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