AI Cross-Campus Communities of Practice
Racheal Fest
Project Team- • Alexis Clifton is the Director of the Teaching and Learning Center at SUNY Geneseo.
• Luis Colón is an instructional designer in the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) at Stony Brook University.
• Deepa Deshpande is the Associate Director of the Center of Innovation and Teaching Excellence at SUNY College of Technology Alfred State.
• Dawn Eckenrode serves as the Director of Professional Development at SUNY Fredonia.
• Matthew Newcomb is a Professor of English, Faculty Development Center Director at SUNY New Paltz.
• Laura Pierie is an Associate Professor at SUNY Morrisville in the School of Human Development and Science.
• Stephanie Pritchard is the Coordinator of the Writing Center and of Writing and Ethical Practice at SUNY Oswego.
• Dave Wolf is the Director of Instructional Design and Online Learning at SUNY Schenectady.
• Yi Zhang is a senior instructional designer at Stony Brook University Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching.
Oneonta
2025
IITG
$60,000.00
As SUNY has updated its general education requirements to include AI literacy, faculty across the system face challenges in integrating these technologies into their teaching. AI Cross-Campus Communities of Practice expands on a successful 2024-2025 pilot, which supported faculty in creating AI learning activities for students on six campuses. This year, the project will invite faculty from nine SUNY campuses to take part in an expanded range of approaches to pedagogy and AI. Participating faculty will earn stipends to engage in one of five themed learning communities: AI Learning Activities, Developing Chatbots, Assessment Redesign, AI and Writing Across the Disciplines, and Multimodal AI and Accessibility. The initiative promotes interdisciplinary collaboration and research-based pedagogy support by facilitating cohort meetings, expert-led discussions, and the development of public-facing course materials with an emphasis on ethical AI use and active learning. Ultimately, we aim to create scalable, inclusive resources that enhance AI literacy and pedagogical innovation across SUNY and beyond.
Project currently ongoing