FLO MicroCourse: AI Images in the Classroom June 2024 OER
Topic outline
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Daily! We will send an update each morning this week, outlining the activities for the day and reflecting on the previous.
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Open chat! For all the general questions or comments you may have about the course or anything off-topic from the other forums you want to share.
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- Monday June 17th
- Welcome and introductions
- AI tools and Art vocabulary
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Microcourse reading: Besides the AI 'diffusion models' you choose, building a vocabulary of visual art and design is also important. This will expand your ability to create meaningful images and refine the style of your outputs.
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With the abundance of A.I. image generators available, creating an exhaustive list would be impractical. To simplify the process of choosing appropriate tools for this course, we will demonstrate how to use Adobe Firefly and Microsoft Copilot.
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I WANT AI TO...
This has been a popular quote going around the internet lately...
"I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes."
We are exploring ways to use AI to create images for teaching, training, scholarship etc. This quote captures the idea that, ideally, AI should save us from our household chores so we have more time for creative endeavours. What chores do you find tedious when considering images in your classroom? How might AI (ideally) help you with them?
How would you answer the question, "I want AI to...?
Add a topic below with your response.
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- Tuesday June 18th
- *Synchronous session 1:00 to 2:00 p.m
- Using images to support learning
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Welcome to Day 2! Today, we will explore using images (AI or not) in a learning environment. While images are great for catching students' attention, they may be detrimental to learning if used improperly.
Microcourse reading: Supporting Learning with AI-generated Images: A Research-Backed Guide
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CREATE AN INSTRUCTIVE IMAGE
Considering how images may support learning by being 'instructive,' we are asking you to take on a fairly big challenge: generate an AI image that aligns with your learning outcomes.
There are a few types of images that may be considered instructive. We have suggested some in the list below. Are there others?
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Visual Aids
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Enhancing Comprehension
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Stimulating Interest
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Memory Aid
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Promoting Critical Thinking
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Cultural Understanding
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Digital Storytelling
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Demonstrating Procedures
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Creative Expression
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Accessibility
Instructive image eg. from the reading
As noted in the article, the image below was an attempt to create an instructive image that may be useful as a memory aid. However, the AI failed to generate an accurate map of China. Fail! Ultimately, the author resorted to a more simplistic "decorative" image in this example.
Microsoft Copilot used DALL-E 3 to create this image in response to this prompt: “Create an image of a Starbucks coffee cup in front of a map of China.”
Activity instructions
- Post your image in a new discussion topic
- NOTE: You may only post one image per topic. If you want to share more images you can reply to your own post.
- Include your prompt
- Let us know the AI tool you used (such as; chatgpt, firefly, bing, etc)
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- Tuesday June 18th
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- Wednesday the 19th
- Ethical frameworks
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NOTE: Developing an ethical framework for AI image generation is a personal endeavour. Some may prefer a series of questions to ask themselves before or during the process, while others may opt for a single statement, a checklist, or even an acronym. The key is to create a framework that aligns with your individual approach.
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Ok everyone, it is time to post some Personal Ethical Frameworks.
The summary of my example is below.
Brent's Ethical Framework for using AI image generation:
- Purpose: Why am I using AI instead of other tools?
- Originality: Am I using the style and technique of a living artist?
- Impact: Could this tool lead to more stereotypical or colonial images that might harm others?
- Message: What do I aim to communicate?
- Stakes: What are the consequences of this project?
- Audience: Who will view this image?
As we explore the personal frameworks feel free to go in any direction you wish. Use whatever expressions you wish: pictures, text, sketches or any other medium that resonates with you.
Add a topic below with your response.
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Thursday the 27th
*Synchronous session 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
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Our day 4 image collection
Turning the gaze of the machine onto ourselves. One of the more daunting challenges you might face in art school is a self-portrait. Staring into the mirror for an extended period while you attempt to draw, paint or somehow 'capture' your likeness on the page. As a beginning artist, it is humbling. Although you always manage to capture something, no two portraits are ever the same.
For most educators, this will never be an activity to take on, but there is one exception. In most social media platforms and Learning Management Systems, you have a profile page. It is a place for you to put your contact information, for sure, but also to share some of your identity and often an image—your avatar.
I always try to encourage folks to put something here, whether it is an actual photo of themselves or not. A picture of a favorite pet is often the fallback choice, or a cartoon character.
The image challenge for today is to replace the default image, as you see below, with an of AI-generated image representing you!
Your default avatar portrait
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Glad to have you back for Day 4!
In the Zoom session today, we will be considering some hybrid uses of AI including some examples where AI image failures are incorporated in clever ways.
Kit Kat created an ad campaign celebrating their slogan around having a break by using AI to create the ads.
KFC also used this well known inability of AI generators to create hands to make this advertisement on instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C5jRmnEpaC2/
What do you think? Is AI imagery a style unto itself?
Add a topic below with your response.
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Friday the 28th
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Start discussions: 1
Post your updated ethical framework here
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