AI in Everyday Life: Past, Present, Future
Fulbright Lecture with Dr. Greg Kessler
Artificial intelligence has been around for more than 60 years and in that time it has generally existed out of sight while powering many conveniences in our daily lives. In the past two years, Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has captured the world’s attention and AI is suddenly everywhere! Headlines promise unbelievable opportunities and warn of devastating threats to every corner of society. Dr. Greg Kessler has been using, researching and teaching about AI in education for more than a decade. In this presentation, he will share his thoughts about the history, current hype and future of this fascinating phenomena.
Date: October 9, 2024
Time: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location: Education Block (EDC 179), University of Calgary campus
Light snacks and refreshments will be served.
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Greg Kessler is currently Fulbright Canada Research Chair of Digital Technologies and Sustainability in the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary. He has published extensively and delivered invited talks around the world. He is a professor of Innovative Learning Design & Technology in the Educational Studies department at Ohio University. His research addresses technology, teaching, learning, culture and language with an emphasis on teacher preparation and curricular design. He has held transformative leadership positions, including president of the computer assisted language instruction consortium (CALICO), president of the Ohio teachers of English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) and chair of the TESOL CALL interest section. He has been an editor for numerous monographs, special issues and serial publications, including the TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching, CALICO Equinox book series, Advances in CALL Practice & Research, and the Language Teaching & Technology forum in the journal Language Learning & Technology among others.