In the age of AI and the often transactional faculty-student relationship, our Faculty Learning Community (FLC) considered ways to emphasize our students’ connection, agency, and curiosity. We explored relevance and motivation, while questioning AI usage and policies. While potential solutions include teams, active learning, and wicked problem investigation, we recognized the limitation of a lack of direct student input. Our investigation led us to facilitating a student panel and discussion to learn more about the student experience in our current classrooms. This workshop identifies the major takeaways from our student-centered discussions and prompts participants to reflect on how they lead students to see the value of their courses.

Presenters

• Lisa LaCross lacross@southalabama.edu, University of South Alabama
• Laura Frost lafrost@southalabama.edu, University of South Alabama
• Andrei Pavelescu andreipavelescu@southalabama.edu, University of South Alabama
• Gayan Abeynanda gsabeynanda@southalabama.edu, University of South Alabama
• Marie Leonard mleonard@southalabama.edu, University of South Alabama
• Leigh Delaney Tucker leighdelaney@southalabama.edu, University of South Alabama
• Dallas Schmidt dallasschmidt@southalabama.edu, University of South Alabama
• Mara Kozelsky mkozelsky@southalabama.edu, University of South Alabama
• Karen Peterson kpeterson@southalabama.edu, University of South Alabama
• Lisa LaCross lacross@southalabama.edu, University of South Alabama
• Dave Messenger davidamessenger@southalabama.edu, University of South Alabama