Google returning to campus to offer training on AI tools for teaching, learning, research
Google will provide faculty and instructors with hands-on training to incorporate Google’s AI tools into teaching, learning, research, and everyday academic work at 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, in the Mountainlair, Cathedral Room. Sessions will also be available on Zoom.
Whether you are new to generative AI or already incorporating it into your work, the sessions are designed to provide practical tools, guided practice, and opportunities to explore how AI can support the work we do across the University.
Faculty and instructors are invited to attend one of the two sessions in person or on Zoom.
Session 1
10 a.m. to noon.
Session 2
1-3 p.m.
Each training session includes two hours of identical content.
The first hour, “Empowering Teaching, Learning, and Research with Google Gemini,” will be an interactive session introducing practical ways to use Google Gemini and Gemini Notebook (NotebookLM) as part of everyday academic work.
Participants will explore how AI can support course design, assignment and rubric development, literature synthesis, research workflows, and routine administrative tasks.
The session will emphasize practical, high-impact strategies — including effective prompting, Universal Design for Learning principles, and active student engagement — while keeping institutional data privacy and academic integrity in view.
The first training hour is designed for faculty and instructors at all levels of experience with AI. Participants will leave with concrete ideas and workflows they can begin using immediately.
The second hour of each session, “Applied Badging and the Google AI Educator Series,” will build directly on initial pedagogical explorations to shift into an active, hybrid credentialing studio centered on the Google AI Educator Series: ISTE+ASCD, curated specifically for higher education.
Participants will be introduced to the badging environment, guided through account registration, and begin the foundational coursework together. From there, participants can choose a higher education pathway aligned with their interests, including areas such as prompt engineering, course co-design, student media literacy, and research workflows.
An expert trainer will be available to provide coaching, troubleshooting, and feedback as participants work toward their first micro-credential.
Participants must ensure their access to Gemini and Gemini Notebook prior to the training sessions. Refer to the ITS Knowledge Base article for directions.
For questions, contact provost@mail.wvu.edu.
