Scott Walter
Dean, University Library
San Diego State University
James Frazee
Interim Vice President & Chief Information Officer
San Diego State University
EJ Sobo
Professor of Anthropology and Instructional Technology Services Artificial Intelligence Faculty Fellow
San Diego State University
Abir Mohamed
Instructional Technology Services Artificial Intelligence Undergraduate Student Fellow
San Diego State University
Over the past decade, the University Library and the Division of Information Technology’s Instructional Technology Services have developed a successful record of partnership promoting student-facing innovation in areas including the design of technology-enhanced classrooms, open educational resources, online learning, and digital scholarship. Building on these successful models, and engaging project-specific partners from the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Division of Student Affairs and Campus Diversity, San Diego State University (SDSU) has launched a suite of data-informed initiatives around the academic applications of artificial intelligence (AI), including a faculty learning community, survey of emergent student practices, and microcredential program aimed at helping instructional faculty and librarians to apply generative AI technology efficiently, effectively, and ethically in face-to-face and online instruction, and as part of student success services offered in the library and through campus tutoring programs. The panel will present data from the largest current survey of student use of AI technologies in the classroom (7,000+ respondents), as well as data drawn from the pilot offering of the Academic Applications of AI (AAAI) Microcredential (spring 2024). It will also explore how student engagement and professional development for SDSU staff and faculty may be employed in scaling up a system-wide solution for these emergent issues across the California State University, the largest and most diverse public, four-year, higher education system in the United States.