{"id":67190,"date":"2025-02-04T04:14:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T04:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/how-some-university-of-alabama-faculty-are-embracing-ai-in-teaching\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T04:14:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T04:14:25","slug":"how-some-university-of-alabama-faculty-are-embracing-ai-in-teaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=67190","title":{"rendered":"How some University of Alabama faculty are embracing AI in teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alabamawx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Firefly-a-laptop-sitting-open-on-a-wrought-iron-and-wooden-bench-on-a-new-england-college-campus.-au-scaled-e1732308172662-1280x720-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alabamawx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Firefly-a-laptop-sitting-open-on-a-wrought-iron-and-wooden-bench-on-a-new-england-college-campus.-au-scaled-e1732308172662-1280x720-1-600x335.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-275014\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By: Jessica Nelson<\/p>\n<p>The University of Alabama Ethics Bowl faculty adviser and a scholar of privacy rights may seem like unlikely advocates for the use of generative AI in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Lawrence Cappello, an associate professor in the Department of History, and Dr. Katherine Chiou, an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, co-founded the AI Teaching Enhancement Initiative (AITEI) at the University of Alabama in 2023. When they began discussing what generative AI meant for the profession, they focused first on defending against unethical AI use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe came to AI with a skeptical point of view,\u201d Cappello said. \u201cWe are not AI evangelists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Alabama Weather Blog is pleased to present an excerpt from a featured article in partnership with the Alabama News Center. For the full post including images, videos, and related links, please visit the article <a href=\"https:\/\/alabamanewscenter.com\/2025\/02\/02\/how-some-university-of-alabama-faculty-are-embracing-ai-in-teaching\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Jessica Nelson The University of Alabama Ethics Bowl faculty adviser and a scholar of privacy rights may seem like unlikely advocates for the use of generative AI in the classroom. 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