Leveraging Faculty Expertise to Meet Emerging Needs: Creating a Faculty Fellowship Program

Track: Educational and Faculty Development After the emergence of Generative AI (GenAI), faculty needed to learn about this new technology and adapt their teaching in a short timeframe. Without the staff to offer extensive new programming, we leveraged the expertise of faculty on campus with the creation of a Faculty Fellow for Generative AI. Our Fellow focused on building a half-day, modularized workshop introducing concepts and applications of AI that was open to all instructors. In addition, we invited units and departments to request customized versions of this foundational workshop tailored to the specific needs of their faculty. In this presentation, faculty development staff and our faculty fellow will describe our approach to creating the fellowship, creating development opportunities for faculty around GenAI, and delivering customized sessions across campus. Participants will be invited to explore how they can leverage faculty expertise in their contexts, from both staff and faculty perspectives.