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Winter Wednesdays: Tanya Olson
Artificial Intelligence in the UMBC Classroom
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 · 12 - 1 PM
Students, faculty, and staff — bring your own lunch and stay connected with the UMBC academic community.
There's a lot of talk about AI in the classroom, but what do we mean by that? What is the "AI" we are talking about? How and when might we use AI to enhance our teaching and learning while keeping it from replacing us as teachers and students? Join Dr. Tanya Olson for a discussion and a look towards the future.
Bio:
Tanya Olson lives in Silver Spring, Maryland and is a Senior Lecturer in English at UMBC. Olson holds an M.A. in Anglo-Irish Literature from University College, Dublin and the Ph.D. in 20th-Century British Literature from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. She has taught first-year composition, technical communication, and creative nonfiction classes in the North Carolina Community College system and University System of Maryland and currently serves as the director of WARD (Writing and Rhetoric Division) at UMBC.