Training, policy, communities of practice
Workshops and consulting
Beyond hosting the AI Institute for Teachers at the University of Mississippi, Marc has delivered versions of the training to faculty at universities, colleges, K-12 schools, and districts. He designs intentional training programs for responsible AI integration, practical AI policy initiatives, and communities of practice where faculty keep talking about AI and learning.
Example workshops
Each of these started as a keynote or campus visit and can be run as a one-hour talk, a half-day workshop, or a multi-week community of practice.
AI-Aware Education: Teaching with Confidence in the Age of AI
Analog responses, responsible uses, and advanced use cases, with a session platform built live with AI code and shared with attendees. Delivered as the keynote at Iona University’s Future of Teaching conference.
Building AI Literacy with Your Students
How instructors and students can engage generative AI critically, weighing its benefits and limits for learning. AI literacy as the middle path between resisting AI and adopting it uncritically. Keynote at Bowling Green State University’s Teaching and Learning Summit.
Exploring AI in Teaching: Cultivating Transparency
Setting clear expectations for AI use, designing assignments that make student thinking visible, and building trust through honest conversation about when AI is and is not appropriate. Participants leave with language and examples to adapt. Delivered for the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Teaching in Turbulent Times: Establishing Presence and Purpose
Five years of pandemic, polarization, and AI, and what they ask of teachers. Practical strategies for presence in the classroom and for helping students find purpose and joy in learning, in person and online. Keynote and hands-on workshop at LSU’s Faculty Colloquium.
Navigating Generative AI’s Ethical Challenges in Higher Education
Approaching new AI tools with curiosity and healthy skepticism, and helping students understand how AI affects their own learning. Delivered as a virtual keynote for the SUNY Center for Professional Development, with campus watch parties.
Rethinking Professional Development in Our AI Era
Moving faculty development beyond ChatGPT demos toward sustained communities of practice, institutional policy, and duty of care. Developed for CU Boulder’s AI Summer Studio and the Mississippi AI Institute for Teachers.
Generative AI in the K-12 Classroom
A version of the Institute’s training for teachers and districts: what the tools do, where bans fail, and how to set ground rules on disclosure and transparency. Delivered for St. Mary’s Episcopal School, Collierville School District, and the Episcopal Academy.
AI’s Impact on Reading
What AI reading assistants and summarizers do to close reading, and classroom moves that keep effortful reading with the student. Delivered for the University of the Incarnate Word and CSU-Bakersfield’s Reading Institute for Academic Preparation.
Recent talks and workshops
- West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
- LSU AI Literacy
- Iona University
- Bowling Green State University
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- EAB
- Presidential Experience Lab at OpenAI
- BBC Responsible Innovation Centre for Public Media Futures
- Newman University
- Carleton College
- Virginia Tech
- North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
- University of Georgia Faculty Affairs Symposium
- CSU-Bakersfield Reading Institute for Academic Preparation
- SUNY Oneonta AI Communities of Practice
- University of the Incarnate Word
- National Humanities Center
- Denison University
- Southwest Tennessee Community College
- University of North Texas Generative AI Institute for Teaching
- St. Mary’s Episcopal School
- Collierville School District
- Franklin Christian Academy
- AAC&U Virtual AI Institute, featured faculty member
- Episcopal Academy, Philadelphia: Virtual AI Scholar in Residence