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October 28, 2024 Open Seminar
Integrating prompt engineering skills into a course
The seminar will take place on October 28, 2024, 1-2 PM in person for NIAIS experts and champions, and on Zoom for guests.
Prompt engineering is a skill that helps students interact with AI tools to explore content across disciplines by crafting precise prompts that guide AI responses. This seminar will examine whether prompt engineering enhances subject understanding and critical thinking or risks oversimplifying content, while also considering how to balance AI use with students' development of expertise and analytical skills.
Ongoing
Summer with AI funded projects
The project supports development of specific AI-enabled tools to support student, faculty and staff success.
- Sadaf Ashtari (Information Systems and Business Analytics) AI-Policy Navigator: Transforming Policy Accessibility and Clarity at Sacramento State. Completed
- Pooria Assadi (Management and Organizations) AI-Powered Admission Assistant to COB MBA, IMBA, and EMBA Programs
- Basia Ellis (Undergraduate Studies in Education) Revitalizing My Sac State App. Completed
- Carolyn Gibbs and Lauren Kelly (Design) The development of an AI-powered tool for optimizing student elective choices
- Rohollah Moghadam (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) Pre-Advising Electrical Engineering Conversational AI bot (PA-EE bot) Completed
- Nitin Roy (Public Health) Incorporating health and safety of students and faculty in course scheduling using mathematical optimization
AI Champions appointments for Fall 2025
The AI Champions will provide AI-rellated professional development and resources to their colleagues
- Theresa Abah, College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies
- Jung Yoon Jang, College of Business
- Angela M Laflen, College of Arts and Letters
- Anna K Patterson, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
- Lisa Romero, College of Education
- Nitin Roy, College of Healkth and Human Services
- Atousa Yazdani, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Completed
- Open seminar "Is Leapfrogging Effect Real? Cognitive dimensions of AI-positive pedagogy." See the recording.
- Summarizing interview transcripts for the University Library.
- Launching the Resource page with presentations, guides and tools
- EdAI Arxiv launch. This open-access preprint publishes successful cases of using AI in classrooms and other areas of the educational enterprise.
- AI Fridays with Sasha series for staff.