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Quick-Start AI Recipes for the Classroom Workshop Series

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Stay tuned for more GenAI and EdTech Toolkits workshops coming in Spring 2026!

Date : 8 Oct (Thu), 13 Nov (Fri) & 8 Dec (Tue) 2026

Time : 1:00pm – 1:30pm

Online : Zoom

Presenter : Ms. Ellen Seto, Senior Lecturer / Senior Instructional Designer, TALIC, HKU

Abstract

Understanding the efforts and challenges teachers face when using AI and developing context-aware learning resources, we’ve prepared a collection of readily available AI-assisted teaching and learning activities and recipes for you to integrate and adapt to your own context and setting.

These activities have been co-created with and used by university faculty in real learning scenarios. They’re not proof-of-concept experiments; they are practical support tools already working in classrooms.

Each workshop focuses on one theme and introduces three recipes, including a live demonstration of a featured recipe and the activities. The participants will receive the recipes upon completion of the workshop and are encouraged to adapt, enhance or remix them for their teaching and learning needs.

[8 Oct 2026] Theme 1: Decision Hackers – AI for critical thinking and decision-making

Date : 8 Oct 2026 (Thu)

Time : 1:00pm – 1:30pm

Online : Zoom

Presenter : Ms. Ellen Seto, Senior Lecturer / Senior Instructional Designer, TALIC, HKU

Abstract

What happens when strategic curriculum design and technical expertise power student creativity? In this inspiring seminar, the speaker will showcase a groundbreaking, student-centered Chinese online game project. As the project leads, the speaker conceptualized the overarching storyline and structured the operational workflow, while working hand-in-hand with a dedicated technical team and game manager to mentor students through complex game mechanics and digital tools. Under this dual-guided framework, students took ownership of designing individual game levels from scratch—not only sharpening their Chinese language proficiency, but also building critical problem-solving, digital literacy, and teamwork skills. Adding a firsthand perspective, the student game designers will share the creative vision behind their levels, the real-world technical and narrative challenges they faced, and how they successfully overcame them. Attendees will gain actionable insights on how to balance structured teacher leadership, technical scaffolding, and student-centered innovation to elevate language pedagogy.

[13 Nov 2026] Theme 2: Context Lab – creating context-aware AI content and learning scenarios

Date : 13 Nov 2026 (Fri)

Time : 1:00pm – 1:30pm

Online : Zoom

Presenter : Ms. Ellen Seto, Senior Lecturer / Senior Instructional Designer, TALIC, HKU

Abstract

The use of generative AI in universities is transitioning from a limited novelty to an essential utility. Institutions now regard AI literacy as a core competency. While human-AI collaboration is encouraged and practiced in academia, students must ensure the originality of their work, utilize reliable sources, and verify the accuracy of their work. Many first-year students often lack the skills to distinguish AI-generated misinformation from credible scholarship, unknowingly building their learning on unreliable foundations. While institutional responses focus predominantly on academic misconduct and detection, a critical gap remains: how do we equip students to critically verify and responsibly engage with AI-generated content?

This seminar addresses that gap by introducing practical strategies and customised AI tools to guide students in source verification and critical AI literacy. Participants will explore methods for in-class integration and out-of-class learning support. The session concludes with a facilitated open discussion where instructors can share challenges and collaboratively explore how to help students develop sustainable critical evaluation practices when engaging with AI.

Ms. Ellen Seto is a Senior Instructional Designer at TALIC. She specializes in online course design and collaborates with the university’s faculties and teachers in developing online learning modules. A trailblazer at the university’s MOOCs project, she has played a pivotal role in supporting the creation of 50 global online courses and 20+ SPOCs for blended/flipped learning.

[8 Dec 2026] Theme 3: Integrity by Design – AI integrity in academic practice

Date : 8 Dec 2026 (Tue)

Time : 1:00pm – 1:30pm

Online : Zoom

Presenter : Ms. Ellen Seto, Senior Lecturer / Senior Instructional Designer, TALIC, HKU

Abstract

AIMPAC is a university-wide online hub that supports students’ development of AI-Powered Multimodal Presentations in the Academic Context (aimpac-caes.hku.hk). At its core is a curated collection of student presentation exemplars spanning diverse disciplines, genres, topics, and contexts. To promote active viewing, AIMPAC offers a range of learning features, including annotations, picture-in-picture (PiP), and interactive activities embedded in videos. Students can respond to videos using instant emoji reactions, generate word clouds, and contribute to comment boards. These features support students’ independent learning while fostering classroom interaction.

AIMPAC enables all HKU teachers across disciplines to create customised course pages to share course videos and presentation exemplars with students and to promote video-based learning using interactive features. Another highlight of AIMPAC is a series of diagram-generation chatbots that support brainstorming, draft planning, presentation storyboard development, and infographic creation.

In this seminar, participants will explore how to incorporate AIMPAC’s learning resources and diagram-generation chatbots into their courses to promote active learning, stimulate classroom discussion, and strengthen students’ AI literacy for academic communication.

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