Conference for Advancing Evidence-Based Learning
Megan "Meg" Mittelstadt
Keynote:
Shaping the Future: Preparing Students for an AI-infused World
With AI impacting how we teach, learn, and work, higher education must prepare students to navigate and question this evolving landscape – where shaping the future requires not just awareness of AI, but true literacy. This keynote will explore generative AI’s influence on academic and professional work, the cognitive shifts it demands, and the implications for teaching and learning. Participants will reflect on their own AI literacy, consider the competencies students need to thrive in an AI-integrated world, and explore how institutions can foster AI literacy at scale. The session will also introduce a VALUE-style rubric designed to support the integration of AI literacy across disciplines, setting the stage for deeper exploration in the follow-up workshop.
Workshop:
Adapting AI Literacy Competencies for Disciplinary Contexts
How can AI literacy be meaningfully embedded within your program’s curriculum? This hands-on workshop will guide faculty in adapting a VALUE-style rubric to reflect the unique needs and priorities of their disciplines. Participants will explore strategies for assessing AI literacy within their programs and consider how to equip students with the critical skills and knowledge necessary to navigate and question AI’s evolving role in their fields. Participants will leave with concrete, actionable strategies to advance AI literacy within their programs, equipping students with the critical skills and knowledge necessary for an AI-infused world.
Biography
Megan L. “Meg” Mittelstadt is Assistant Vice President for Learning Initiatives, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, and affiliate faculty member of the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia (UGA). She oversees faculty and graduate teaching assistant educational development, learning technologies, classroom support, instructional media, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Before joining UGA in 2017, she was Director of Training and Education for the Landry Cancer Biology Consortium and Lecturer of Genetics at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Mittelstadt earned her B.S. and Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the University of South Carolina and conducted postdoctoral research in cancer epigenetics at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Texas A&M Health Science Center.