Reshaping the Teaching & Learning Process: Building an AI Learning Community
As generative artificial intelligence continues to reshape the educational landscape, it is important for institutions of higher education to bring faculty together to engage in conversations around the responsible and effective use of these tools in the teaching and learning process. While many may assume faculty are already prepared to integrate AI into the teaching and learning process, it is important the focus is not just on the tools themselves but how to effectively and responsibly use them to enhance the educational experience of students. This session will offer a practical approach to building a faculty learning community from the early planning stages, establishing collaborative partnerships on campus or within your community, designing the educational content, and ensuring a successful experience for all who participate. Although the primary focus is on developing a faculty learning community, these strategies can apply to building a learning community across your institution or in the community you serve. Data will be presented during this session to provide context to what faculty want to learn through an experience like this.
Michael LaMagna, Delaware County Community College, US
Dr. Michael LaMagna is the Information Literacy Program & Library Services Coordinator and Professor of Library Services at Delaware County Community College in Pennsylvania and previously served as the Coordinator of Electronic Resources at a small liberal arts college. His work applies strategic foresight methodologies to anticipate and examine how emerging technologies and learner expectations are reshaping higher education and academic libraries. This futures-oriented lens grounds his research on information access including collection development and open educational resources, and on the design of scalable, equitable information literacy programs, with particular emphasis on digital badges, microcredentials, and synchronous instruction models. More recently his focus is on integrating AI literacy into existing information literacy instruction. Michael is a host on the New Books in Library Science podcast channel on the New Books Network.
Andrea Rodgers, Delaware County Community College, US
Andrea Rodgers is an Associate Professor and Reference Librarian at Delaware County Community College, where she supports student learning through information literacy instruction, manages electronic resources, and oversees the development and maintenance of the library’s website. With more than 15 years of experience in higher education, she is committed to helping students navigate digital research environments. Her academic interests include information literacy education, user experience in online research, and student engagement with electronic resources. Andrea holds a M.S. in Library and Information Science from Drexel University. Her work has been published in Reference Services Review, Computers in Libraries, Collection and Curation, College & Research Libraries News, and the Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship. She is a co-chair of the Community College LINK annual conference.
