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Generative AI Workshops

The Centre for Teaching and Learning's series of workshops on Generative AI topics are designed to meet a wide variety of instructor needs. These workshops cover everything from the basics of generative AI technologies to critical reflection on the impact of Generative AI in education, to innovative applications that can enhance teaching and learning.

What to Expect

Workshops will typically be scheduled for 60 to 120 minutes, allowing time for presentation, reflection, discussion, and hands-on application of key concepts. Every workshop is designed to allow flexibility in participation.

Upcoming Sessions

Generative AI Playground: Backwards Course Design with Generative AI

October 29, 2026, 9:30-11:30 a.m. (online)

Are you looking to integrate GenAI into your teaching without compromising pedagogical rigour? Are you curious about how you can use GenAI to design or redesign your course grounded in a pedagogical framework? This workshop provides a hands-on walkthrough on designing or redesigning a course using the Understanding by Design framework, supported by generative AI. Participants will be introduced to the AI DesignLab, a new open access human centered, AI-assisted course development platform developed by Western faculty. You bring your expertise, AI helps you build. During the session, we will move step by step through the key stages of backward design with AI assistance: defining learning goals, designing authentic assessments,; and creating aligned learning experiences. Attendees will leave the workshop with a functional course outline and full access to the AI DesignLab platform to continue their work.

Supporting Academic Integrity in Response to Generative AI

November 3, 2026, 10:30-11:30 a.m. (online)

Generative AI is having a significant impact on how we think about teaching and learning in higher education, particularly with regards to academic integrity and ethical use. In this session, we will discuss academic integrity through a values-based approach and explore practical ways of (re)establishing a culture of academic integrity in light of increased concerns around generative AI use.

Crafting a Generative AI Statement for Your Syllabus

November 23, 2026, 1:30-2:30 p.m. (online)

This session will offer guidance on how to write a generative AI syllabus statement rooted in the 6 values of academic integrity (honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility, and courage). Participants will brainstorm components of a clear AI use course syllabus statement and review examples of course syllabi statements with various degrees of acceptable use of generative AI tools. Finally, there will be time for participants to draft and share their own AI course syllabus statement for a specific course.

Audience

Western instructors, librarians, archivists, post doctoral scholars, and staff involved in teaching activities, course design, or supporting learners at Western.