{"id":148981,"date":"2025-09-11T11:43:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=148981"},"modified":"2026-05-26T09:25:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:25:38","slug":"ucf-faculty-staff-join-national-institute-for-ai-teaching-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-faculty-staff-join-national-institute-for-ai-teaching-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"性视界传媒 Faculty, Staff Join National Institute for AI Teaching, Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ten faculty members from 性视界传媒\u2019s College of Arts and Humanities<\/a> have been selected to participate in the Association of American Colleges and Universities\u2019 Institute on AI, Pedagogy and the Curriculum. The national institute brings together faculty from more than 170 institutions to examine how artificial intelligence<\/a> (AI) is shaping teaching, learning and scholarship. The yearlong program kicks off today and is focused on helping faculty\u00a0develop and implement AI action plans for their classrooms, curricula and campuses.<\/p>\n 性视界传媒\u2019s two teams include faculty from every department in the College of Arts and Humanities. The first, led by Associate Dean Peter Larson (professor, history), includes Meghan Velez (assistant professor, writing and rhetoric), Jonathan Beever (professor of philosophy), Matt Dombrowski \u201905 \u201908 MFA<\/strong>\u00a0 (professor, visual arts and design), Melissa Scott (lecturer, performing arts), Lisa Logan (associate professor, English) and Taoues Hadour (assistant professor, modern languages and literatures). Their project will focus on building AI literacy across the arts and humanities through course design, policy recommendations and sharable resources.<\/p>\n The second team, led by Anastasia Salter (professor, English; director, texts and technologies), includes Rudy McDaniel (professor, English; director, visual arts and design) and Sherry Rankins-Robertson (professor, writing and rhetoric). Their work will explore the viability of creating a college-level center on AI scholarship, teaching and learning, as well as opportunities for funding, partnerships and community engagement.<\/p>\n