The recent dramatic growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI), especially generative AI, has radically transformed our world. In higher education, AI has, and will continue, to change how students learn, how faculty teach, the workforce our students will enter, and the world our students will engage in as they are tasked with solving society’s most pressing challenges and pursuing its most promising opportunities. In other words, new and coming advances in AI usher in a radical sea-change for higher education, beyond simply concerns about academic integrity. As these emerging technologies are beginning to impact us and as we think about the future of teaching and learning and anticipate the knowledge and skills that our students will need in a new world yet to emerge, this year’s MUS Teaching Scholars program will support faculty who are early leaders in exploring topics that include:

  • use cases of AI in the classroom;
  • how AI will change teaching and learning;
  • how faculty and administrators must rethink pedagogy and curriculum;
  • how AI may support or undermine equity and inclusion imperatives;
  • opportunities to use AI to support universal design for learning; 
  • mobilizing curriculum development to be responsive to rapid changes in skill and knowledge demands;
  • preparing students for research in an AI-driven environment;
  • Enhancing equitable learning and student outcomes through use of AI.

 

2024 MUS Teaching Scholars 

Blaine Berrington, Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Montana Technology University

Kyndra Campbell, Department Chair, Writing & Developmental Humanities, Gallatin College

Jason Clarke, Professor, Research Analytics Optimization and Data Analytics, MSU

Anna Conley, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Montana

Kari Dahle-Huff, Associate Professor of Literacy, MSU Billings

Charles Denny, Instructor, English, Miles Community College

Samuel Downs, Instructor, English, Great Falls College

Christian Glide, Professor, Business & Technology, UM Western

Gwen Hart, Associate Professor, English, MSU Northern

Karen Henderson, Instructor, General Education, Helena College

Taylor Moorman, Assistant Professor, Instructional Technology Librarian, MSU

John Pannell, Instructor, Computer Systems Technology, City College

Amy Ratto Parks, Associate Director, Writing Center, University of Montana

Jana Parsons, Instructor, English, Great Falls College

Rebecca Tyler, Instructor, Mathematics, Great Falls College