ELC Colleagues at the EAC2024 Conference

Many ELC teaching staff presented and participated at the 4th international Conference on English Across the Curriculum held in early December. The conference had a wide range of presentation topics including these with an AI focus from the ELC: “AI for language learning workshop”, “Teaching and assessing GenAI assisted writing processes”, “A Trial of an AI Powered Automated Writing Evaluation Platform: Affordances and Limitations”, “Forming Partnership: GenAI tools and EFL doctorate students”, and “AI Speech Assistants: will they replace humans?” ELC colleagues in the photos include Dr Linda Lin, Dr Grace Lim, Dr Marshall Yin, and Dr Jane Robbins. The ELC will be co-hosting a symposium on “Repositioning Language Education in the Age of AI” from 22-23 May 2025. More details coming soon. 

Workshop on Designing AI-Engaged Assignments to Teach Disciplinary Knowledge

The ELC hosted a workshop on Designing AI-Engaged Assignments to Teach Disciplinary Knowledge on Monday 2 December 2024. The workshop was facilitated by Dr Christopher Basgier, Director of University Writing at Auburn University. Dr. Basgier introduced ways to adapt the pedagogies of writing-to-learn and writing-to-engage in the age of generative artificial intelligence (AI). He led participants through a structured process of identifying disciplinary concepts that students struggle to learn, and creating AI-engaged activities that can help students deepen their understanding of those concepts. Participants left with a plan for integrating an AI-engaged activity into a course to aid students' learning. Over 40 participants from various departments and universities attended the workshop.  At the beginning of the session, Dr. Basgier was presented with gifts from Professor Kwok-yin Wong, Vice President Education at PolyU, and Dr Esther Tong, Principal Lecturer and Head of the Division of Languages and Communication at the College of Professional and Continuing Education, PolyU. Participants mentioned that the workshop was both interactive and illuminating. Photos of the event show Dr. Basgier being presented with gifts, as well as participants engaging with Dr Bagier and having some hands-on practice during the workshop. Resources from the workshop can be found here: https://aub.ie/HKPUai

Designing AI-Engaged Assignments to Teach Disciplinary Knowledge

In this workshop, Dr. Basgier will introduce ways to adapt the pedagogies of writing-to-learn and writing-to-engage in the age of generative artificial intelligence (AI). He will lead participants through a structured process of identifying disciplinary concepts that students struggle to learn, and creating AI-engaged activities that can help students deepen their understanding of those concepts. Participants will leave with a plan for integrating an AI-engaged activity into a course to aid students' learning. Registration Bio Christopher Basgier is Director of University Writing at Auburn University. An expert in writing across the curriculum, he has extensive experience working with faculty on teaching with writing, and he has consulted with departments about integrating writing throughout undergraduate and graduate curricula. His research, which spans writing across the curriculum, genre, threshold concepts, digital rhetoric, and artificial intelligence, has appeared in venues like Across the Disciplines, The WAC Journal, Composition Forum, The Writing Center Journal, and Studies in Higher Education. His current project is a co-edited volume, Bad Ideas about AI and Writing: Towards Generative Practices for Teaching, Learning, and Communication, which aims to counteract problematic ideas about the capabilities of generative AI and its impact on writing and teaching by introducing evidence-based, theoretically sound, and critically literate ideas about writing in the new technological landscape. Basgier is also active in national organizations like the Association for Writing Across the Curriculum, the Conference on College Composition and Communication, and the WAC Clearinghouse.

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4th International Conference on English Across the Curriculum

EAC2024 is co-organised by a cross-institutional team from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and the City University of Hong Kong, and will be held on Tuesday to Wednesday 3-4 December 2024, with pre-conference workshops on Monday 2 December.

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GenAI@ELC

GenAI@ELC  Discover the GenAI resources created by the ELC.  These materials are designed to provide an interactive and personalised English language learning and teaching experience. There are free, downloadable resources which teachers and language learners are sure to find useful in their teaching and learning journey.  Find materials on:  Practising Prompting  Brainstorming and Researching Ideas  Evaluating Credibility of Sources Misinformation  Synthesizing Information Enhancing Accuracy and Clarity 3-Step Presentation Preparation Adapting to Contexts and Audiences Q&A Preparation Effective Visual Aids  Speaking focus Find our resources at https://www.polyu.edu.hk/elc/genai/

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