FHIS Teaching & Learning Seminar | AI in the Classroom: Lessons from Language & Literary Studies


DATE
Wednesday March 25, 2026
TIME
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

About the talk:

This seminar explores practical experiences of integrating generative AI into a variety of university-level language and literature classrooms at UBC.  Participants will hear examples of design considerations and classroom applications—from writing to literary analysis to language instruction.  Panelists will reflect critically on successes and challenges, as well as provide specific considerations for both in-person and online teaching and learning.

Presenters:

Panelists:
Hiromi Aoki (Assistant Professor of Teaching, Asian Studies)
Luisa Canuto (Associate Professor of Teaching, FHIS)
Rebecca Carruthers den Hoed (Assistant Professor of Teaching, School of Journalism, Writing, and the Media)
Florian Gassner (Associate Professor of Teaching, CENES)
Jennifer Walsh Marr (Lecturer, Academic English Program)

Moderator:
Brianne Orr-Álvarez (Associate Professor of Teaching, FHIS)

About the FHIS Teaching & Learning Seminar:

Hosted by the Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) and open to the entire UBC community, the FHIS Teaching & Learning Seminar offers a series of presentations or workshops reflective of the diversity of pedagogical interests in the department and contributes to support the practice of teaching. Everyone is welcome to participate, either to present and/or to be an active audience member. The goal is to enhance exemplary practices among FHIS colleagues in order to build on and learn from each other’s teaching strengths (ideas, projects, modes of delivery, methodology, teaching approach, EDID practices, Canvas, textbooks, accessibility, etc.).

Registration:


Contact:

If you have any questions and/or would like to offer a topic for a further session of the Teaching & Learning Seminar, please contact Dr. Caroline Lebrec (caroline.lebrec@ubc.ca).


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