Authentic Presence & Digital Doubles: Navigating Synthetic Media in Equitable Online Teaching

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Presenter: Michelle Pacansky-Brock
Are you curious about using AI-generated videos in your online teaching? Video content helps humanize the online learning experience and supports diverse learning needs through Universal Design for Learning (UDL). However, creating and maintaining quality videos requires significant time investment.

Enter synthetic media - AI generated videos and voice narrations produced from a simple typed script. These videos can feature either generic AI avatars or create a "digital double" of the instructor. While synthetic media offers exciting possibilities for saving faculty time, it raises important questions:

How can we leverage synthetic media while still maintaining meaningful connections with our diverse student population?
What is lost with synthetic media and gained with videos portraying an instructor's authentic presence?
What are the practical and ethical considerations for using AI-generated content?
Join us to hear insights from participants in a CVC@ONE community of practice who have been exploring these questions. You'll also see a demonstration of how to create your own digital double video using just a script. Come discover whether this emerging technology could enhance your teaching toolkit!


Presenter Bio:
Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock is a noted leader in higher education with expertise in online teaching, course design, and faculty development. Michelle’s work has helped online instructors across the USA understand how to craft relevant, humanised online learning experiences that support the diverse needs of college students. In her current role for the California Community Colleges, she coordinates statewide professional development in support of quality online teaching and learning and is leading an intersegmental California Learning Lab grant project that will examine the impact of humanised online instruction on diverse students in undergraduate online STEM courses in California. Learn more about Michelle at brocansky.com and connect with her on Twitter @brocansky.

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