As educators, our role extends beyond teaching how to use AI tools; it involves nurturing the human qualities that set students apart from machines. This workshop explores ways to scaffold students' cognitive, emotional, and social skills through intentional design. We'll look at strategies to nurture their critical human qualities so that they can understand the nuances between AI's capabilities and limitations, empowering them to think constructively and incorporate AI into their tool sets ethically and responsibly. Leave with a framework, example activities, and a guide to implement in your own classroom.  

Presenter: Erika Ram is an Instructor at the British Columbia Institute of Technology's Computing Department and Chair of the EDCO Educational Technology and Learning Design Committee. With over thirteen years in higher education, her work combines pedagogical theory with practical technology applications, program development and creative problem-solving. Erika champions the "teaching in beta" approach, advocating continuous curriculum evolution. Her research focuses on eLearning, technological agency and adoption, STEM education, Generative AI and education, student self-efficacy, self-motivation, and self-regulation. 

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