Generative AI
Generative AI is transforming higher education, impacting the way we teach, the way students learn, and the broader society with which we and our students engage. At St. Kate's, we are committed to preparing faculty and staff to meet the challenges posed by AI and to ensure our students are prepared to lead an influence in an AI-infused world.
This site serves as a hub for information and resources related to AI at St. Kate's.
Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) AI Ready Sessions
St. Kate's has subscribed to a series of webinars on building AI skills offered by the Council of Independent Colleges, and all St. Kate's faculty and staff can attend these at no charge.
The webinars will be held on the first three Thursdays of each month from 1-2 pm, Sept-Nov, and then Feb-Apr. All sessions are recorded for later viewing if you can't make it live. Please use the link below to register for the appropriate month, and you will be given the Zoom link to that month's sessions. Registration will also give you access to the recordings and supplementary material, even if you don't attend the session live.
On the Friday of the fourth week of each month, Academic Technology will host a recap and discussion session for the St. Kate's community from 11-12, with open time afterward for further discussion and experimentation. Click the "St. Kate's Review and Discussion" link below to join (there is no need to register).
Please consider taking advantage of this opportunity!
Generative AI Essentials for kAIties Course
This course provides St. Kate’s faculty and staff with the foundational knowledge and practical skills needed to engage with the increasingly prevalent role of AI in higher education. Participants will explore core concepts and functionality, including practical applications in administrative tasks, course development and execution, and student support, as well as ethical considerations and implications for teaching, research, and academic integrity.
The course is asynchronous and self-paced, and should take approximately 2-3 hours, depending on your background and prior experience with generative AI. You do not have to complete the course in one session.
Kate’s Mission‑Driven Innovation and a Shared Inquiry: What Magnifica Humanitas Offers Our AI Future
This is a series of conversations around the recent encyclical from Pope Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas, which responds to the issues and concerns of the digital age, especially AI. Participants do not need to have read the encyclical (though they are encouraged to do so), and do not need to have attended previous sessions. Each session focuses on a particular theme of the encyclical, and especially how it impacts the mission of St. Kate's
Dates:
September 11, 2026, 11-12pm: Introduction and Major Themes
October 9, 2026, 11-12pm: Truth as a Common Good and The Dignity of Work
November 13 , 11-12pm: Rival Anthropological Visions and Disarming AI
Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching Reading Group
This is a reading group around the recently-published book The Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching by Annette Vee, Marc Watkins, and Derek Bruff. Participants are provided with a copy of the book, and the reading group meets once a month, with three dates available each month.
Contact the Teaching Hub for more information.
AI in Teaching & Learning Workshops
This bi-weekly lunch-hour series is designed to help St. Kate’s faculty and staff explore AI’s impact on teaching, learning, and research.
Our goals are to:
- Demystify AI and its educational applications.
- Provide hands-on opportunities to experiment with AI tools.
- Explore teaching strategies that foster learning and critical thinking in the era of AI.
- Share concerns and practical solutions around academic integrity.
- Discuss how to prepare students for an AI-integrated future in their disciplines.
There is a companion Canvas site that provides information about past and future workshops, recordings, and many additional resources on AI in education. We recommend faculty self-enroll in the course to receive periodic announcements, emails, and participate in discussions.
St. Kate's Artificial Intelligence Advisory Group (AIAG)
The AIAG is a diverse team of faculty, staff, and students that aims to support the St. Kate’s community in exploring AI-driven enhancements for teaching, learning, and academic innovation. AIAG's goal is to educate, empower, and engage our community in understanding the evolving AI landscape, with a focus on social justice and the humanities.
The AIAG group is organized into four specialized Task Forces focused on advancing key AI initiatives:
- Developing academic policies on AI
- Creating an AI training series
- Exploring academic and administrative AI tools
- Hosting AI-focused discussion roundtables
Learn more about the AI Advisory Group and its initiatives by visiting the AIAG site.
Turnitin - Generative AI Detector Training Course
This course, developed at St. Kate's, prepares you to use the Turnitin AI Detector tool effectively so you can interpret its results to avoid false accusations and respond appropriately to possible misconduct. The course is available as a resource to anyone at St. Kate's, but we also encourage programs and departments to consider enrolling and completing the course together to facilitate a common approach and set of policies regarding AI detection and academic dishonesty.
Generative AI Resources
A list of resources can be found on the AI Resources page of this site.
Generative AI Tools
Visit the AI Tools page to learn about the various AI tools you can use to enhance teaching, learning, administration, and student support.
Events and Presentations
- Notebook LM Workshop recording [1:19:00] and slide presentation - (St. Catherine University, 4/30/25)
- Teaching with AI - Video [53:30] (St. Catherine University, 4/23/25)
- Using AI Effectively Panel - Video [1:01:28] (Association of Colleges of Sisters of St. Joseph, 11/2024)
- AI in Higher Education: Opportunities & Challenges - Slide presentation from the Fall 2024 Faculty-Staff Institute
- What Does ChatGPT Teach us about Teaching? - Video, part 1 [1:13:33] (St. Catherine University, 9/07/23)
- What Does ChatGPT Teach us about Teaching? - Video, part 2 [1:26:24] (St. Catherine University, 9/21/23)