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This presentation was recorded by the University of Maine's New Media program. For more information, contact ude.eniam@otiloppij.

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Educators who've watched the sudden rise of generative AI are understandably concerned, as traditional lesson plans could be upended by tools that can produce texts or images within seconds of typing a few words into a prompt. Should ChatGPT be banned from English class? Should art students be allowed to make images with DALLE-2 or Midjourney? Even if students only use these brand-new tools for research, how do they know whether the results are inaccurate or infringe a creator's copyright?

This New Media event from 4 April 2023 shows how the tools work and why they raise so many pedagogical and ethical questions. The presenters also introduced UMaine's Learning With AI initiative, including resources and a toolkit to help teachers and learners transition to this brave new world.

Presenters include:

• Peter Schilling is Executive Director of Innovation in Teaching and Learning at the University of Maine as well as a Graduate Faculty in Instructional Technology in the College of Education and Human Development.
• Jon Ippolito is a Professor of New Media and director of the Digital Curation graduate program.

This is part of a series of free webinars on cutting-edge technologies offered by the University of Maine's New Media program, which teaches animation, digital storytelling, gaming, music, physical computing, video, and web and app development. These are not Powerpoint lectures but guided demonstrations that students can follow at school or at home on their laptops. More about these webinars.

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