Initiatives: Generative AI Pedagogy

Generative AI Initiatives

Generative AI Pedagogy Fellows Program

The Generative AI Pedagogy Fellows Program is a comprehensive year-long initiative launched by the Kirwan Center and funded by the Maryland Center for Computing Education (MCCE) for the 2025-2026 academic year. This program selected 1-2 faculty members from each of our 12 USM campuses to become champions for integrating Generative AI into teaching and learning practices. Fellows participate in a structured curriculum during September and October, 2025, followed by an in-person session in November to finalize and present workshop plans. In the spring semester, fellows will offer workshops on their campuses in coordination with their Centers for Teaching and Learning. The program covers essential topics such as utilizing AI in course design, lesson planning, rubric development, student feedback and bot building for teaching and learning. 

Our 2025-2026 fellows were nominated by their provosts and have tremendous experience using Generative AI in their own classrooms. We anticipate deep collaboration and new research projects stemming from this fellowship program, in addition to enhanced peer-to-peer workshops for faculy interested in Generative AI in their teaching practices at each of our campuses.

AI, Unscripted Podcast Limited Series

AI, Unscripted is a podcast limited series co-sponsored by the USM Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation, the USM Council of University System Faculty, and MarylandOnline, produced as part of the University of Maryland, Baltimore's Moving the Needle podcast. The series features converesations with innovative educators from diverse disciplines and insitutions across Maryland who share their journeys from being AI-curious to AI-confident. Each episode provides detailed explanations of classroom implementations, student feedback, and practical strategies that faculty cam implement immediately in their teaching.

Hosted by Mary Crowley-Farrell (UMGC), Michael Mills (Montgomery College), and Jennifer Potter (USM Kirwan Center), the podcast showcases faculty discussing practical applications of AI that deliver tangible improvements to teaching, including time-saving grading approaches, increased student engagement, personalized feedback, simplified creation of case studies, and enhanced critical thinking exercises. The first episode launches on August 25, with new episodes released bi-weekly through December 15 on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. The series aims to meet faculty where they are in their AI journey, whether just beginning to explore these tools or already building confidence in their application. 

To learn more about this project, visit the AI, Unscripted Podcast Limited Series page.

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September 29, 2022

Supporting Digital Accessibility for Learning

Digital Accessibility

The William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation has been collaborating with the National Federation of the Blind for several years to support digital accessibility efforts across the System. We are excited to announce that we are now collaborating to co-host an upcoming meeting to discuss how to build support for faculty around digital accessibility for learning on Thursday, September 29 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the National Federation of Blind’s offices in Baltimore.

Digital accessibility refers to the intentional design of electronic technologies and materials so that they are usable by all people, including people with disabilities. In the case of our increasingly technology-enhanced courses, digital accessibility means equal access to educational opportunity.

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July 6, 2022

M.O.S.T. Announces 2022 OER Grants
projects Open Educational Resources

The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) initiative is pleased to announce the awardees of the 2022 OER Grant Programs: 2022 Faculty OER Mini-Grants and 2022 Institutional OER Grants.

The M.O.S.T. Faculty OER Mini-Grant Program is designed to strategically support faculty efforts to increase access, affordability, and achievement for students at Maryland’s 2-year and 4-year higher education institutions through the incorporation of open educational resources (OER) into teaching practice. The 2022 M.O.S.T. faculty mini-grants will provide recipients with unique opportunities to engage in communities of practice related to teaching with OER and the creation of OER in high-need areas. This year, 5 faculty grantees were selected from five 2- and 4-year Maryland public higher education institutions, with a potential impact on 1,000 students in AY 2022-2023

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May 23, 2022

Interprofessional Education (IPE) Digital Badging Project
projects Alternative Credentials

In collaboration with a working group of Interprofessional Education leaders from 2-year and 4-year colleges and universities across Maryland, the William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation and the University of Maryland, Baltimore Center for Interprofessional Education are leading the first phase (18 months) of a statewide project aimed at increasing the availability, quality, and visibility of Interprofessional Education (IPE) in health care academic programs through digital badging.

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