AI Breakout Room Challenges

In this hands-on workshop, participants will engage in a series of increasingly challenging collaborative AI tasks, structured as breakout room challenges. Each task will explore the use of AI tools to enhance teaching practices and student learning. Topics will include effective prompt writing, designing assignments that reduce the likelihood of AI misuse, and facilitating comprehension of complex texts. By working through these challenges in teams, participants will deepen their understanding of AI’s role in education and develop concrete strategies to apply in their courses.

Dr. Christopher Stillwell’s award-winning work in AI, higher education, and teacher development includes invited presentations on AI in education for international, national and local teaching organizations; multi-phase US Department of State projects in various countries; and sharing innovations in technology-supported instruction as a Distance Education Coordinator for Professional Development. He is currently leading the AI, Communication, Education (ACE) Group at Saddleback College to explore innovative uses of AI to support language learners, funded by a grant from the California Learning Lab. Dr. Stillwell has done extensive work in teacher education at UC Irvine and at Teachers College Columbia University, and he has contributed numerous publications on collaborative professional development.