ZBL [denk]anstoß - AI in teaching

You are very welcome to join us for Tag der Lehre 2025 (German only)!

Under the title “Hey ChatGPT, what exactely is good university teaching?”, the focus will be on ideas and exchanges on teaching AI skills.

In addition to keynotes by Prof. Dr. Stephanie Catani and Dr. Klaus Wannemacher, participants can look forward to workshops and specialist lectures (on topics including AI and ethics, literature research, and self-regulated learning) as well as an interactive final exhibition of the WueDive project. The student council will also award the student teaching prizes for outstanding teaching in the context of AI.

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Hosted by CHARM-EU and organized by Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (Germany) and Utrecht University (Netherlands), join us for a dynamic and inclusive World Café exploring the evolving role of Artificial Intelligence in education. This event brings together international voices, interdisciplinary studies, and innovative projects in higher education that highlight AI’s potential to transform learning and foster equity. 

 Topics of Conversation: 

• Teaching with AI
  Explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping education—from enhancing classroom engagement to supporting personalized learning pathways. This session highlights how AI can empower educators to better meet the needs of diverse learners, foster innovation in teaching practices, and navigate the evolving landscape of digital pedagogy. 

• AI in Research and Teaching
  A look at how AI is becoming a powerful contributor to academic work—enhancing research workflows, supporting multilingual education, and enabling new forms of scholarly collaboration. 

• AI in Educational Studies
  A collaborative study examining how students and educators experience AI in learning environments, with a focus on ethics, agency, and pedagogical innovation. 

• AI and Assessment/Feedback
  Exploring how AI tools are reshaping assessment practices—offering timely, personalized feedback and helping educators better understand student progress. 

• AI for Inclusion: Language, Learning, and Belonging
  Discover how AI is being used to support inclusive education, particularly in language learning and integration for refugee and migrant children. This session highlights collaborative efforts to create welcoming, adaptive learning environments through AI-powered tools. 

• As Clear as AI: Navigating Ambiguity in Digital Discourse
  A critical conversation on how AI mediates meaning and clarity in digital communication, and what this means for educators, learners, and society at large. 

 Why a World Café?
This format fosters open dialogue, cross-disciplinary exchange, and collaborative thinking. Whether you’re an educator, researcher, student, or simply curious about AI, your voice matters.
 Be part of the conversation shaping the future of learning, inclusion, and innovation! 

Date: 29.10.2025, 10:00-11:30 a.m.  Registration and info

AI Café with writing tutors—an exchange of experiences (GER | ENG)

Is ChatGPT our academic ruin? Are we living in the Matrix? Is this text AI-generated?

Come to our AI Café and discuss the latest trend—working with AI tools. When it comes to artificial intelligence, it is particularly important to share experiences and engage in conversation. You will also receive our assessment of the current possibilities offered by these technologies.

Have you already worked with AI in a meaningful way and would like to hear other perspectives? Or would you like to learn how AI tools work and where their limits lie? Then our AI Café is the right place for you.

We look forward to seeing you!

On Tag der Lehre, Wednesday, November 19
With the writing tutors

Further information on Tag der Lehre 2025 (German only)

Studierwerkstatt-Workshop: AI as a Tool for Writing [ENG]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing everything, including academic writing, research, and more. But AI is more than just chatbots like ChatGPT. With a growing number of AI tools available, it’s challenging to determine which ones are truly useful and how to make the most of them.

That’s why we’re offering a workshop in the upcoming summer semester to explore both the opportunities and challenges of AI. You’ll gain insights into different tools and the technology behind AI, learn how to use them effectively to improve your writing, and understand the academic guidelines for their application.

If you’re curious about the do's and dont's of AI at the University, join our workshop!

Friday, 21.11. ,10 am - 1pm, at ZBL (Room 02.108)
instructor: writing tutor Lukas Ehrenfeld
further information and registration

D: Es gibt keine dummen Fragen – Selbstreguliertes Lernen durch KI unterstützen (German only, 3 AE, online)

Are you worried that you can no longer reach the students in your course because smartphones and other digital media are constantly distracting their attention? The WueCAST teaching workshop offers practical ideas and suggestions for designing contemporary courses.

The workshop on October 21 is aimed at teachers who want to inspire their students to use AI in a way that promotes learning. The focus is on empirical findings on the use of AI in self-regulated learning (SRL) and practical tips for prompting reflection and critically examining the AI responses generated. The workshop offers space for exchange, application, and the development of your own implementation ideas for teaching.

Date: October 21, 2025, 10:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
 Overview of all Lehrwerkstatt sessions and registration (German only)

D: Neuronale Netze, Prompting, Bias – Erste Schritte mit KI (German only, online)

In this course, you will gain a brief overview of how generative AI works, formulate and revise your first prompts, reflect on the peculiarities of dialogue-oriented AI, and identify bias and hallucinations as dangers of untested AI use.

The course is aimed exclusively at teachers who have never worked with AI before and serves as a preliminary course for the course “KI-Kompetenzen in der Hochschullehre: Kreative Einsatzmöglichkeiten generativer KI (Online)” on November 4 and 11, 2025. After an introduction and initial exercises, the remaining time will be available for questions from participants.

Date: October 30, 2025, 10:15-11:45 a.m.
 all information and registration
 

A/D: KI-Kompetenzen in der Hochschullehre: Kreative Einsatzmöglichkeiten generativer KI (German only, online)

In this course, you will gain confidence in working with AI, acquire prompting skills, learn how to select the right AI for different purposes, and exchange ideas with other teachers about good practices in working with AI.

Generative AI models offer exciting potential for university teaching, especially in the area of lesson preparation and delivery. In this two-part online course, consisting of two synchronous Zoom sessions and an accompanying self-study phase, you will learn the basics of prompt creation and how text-generating AI can be used specifically in a teaching context. In the first session, you will be familiarized with application scenarios and practical examples that will help you to integrate the new possibilities into your own teaching in a meaningful way.

In the self-study phase, you will develop your own concept for an AI-supported teaching session, which will be reflected on together in the second session. In addition, you will learn about specialized AI tools for scientific work and image generation that will expand your teaching possibilities. This training course will help you use generative AI in a targeted and responsible manner to increase efficiency and creativity in university teaching.

[These two paragraphs were generated entirely by ChatGPT.]

Date: November 4, 2025, and November 11, 2025, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  all information and registration

C: Kurzformat: KI und rechtliche Aspekte in der Hochschullehre (German only, online)

Artificial intelligence has been on everyone's lips since the advent of the ChatGPT chatbot and is now one of the most advanced technologies of our time, shaping everyday life and the world of work. The aim of the seminar is to highlight the legal aspects of AI that are relevant to participants in the context of university teaching and to enable them to engage with this topic for the first time.

Date: November 12, 2025, 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
all information and registration

Fotografie und KI - Experimente mit Stable Diffusion (German only)

How is artificial intelligence changing our view of photography? And how well do text-to-image generators now work in terms of producing photorealistic images?

Date: November 24, 2025, 2:00–4:00 p.m.
  Information and registration

WueDive: AI Consulting

An opportunity for you as a teacher to reflect on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education teaching with trained educators, share your knowledge, and develop new ideas. At WueDive, we see ourselves as a point of contact for exchange, collegial learning, and networking. To the consulting services

AI for literature research and academic writing

Are you a student, graduate, or doctoral candidate with questions about the appropriate and permissible use of generative AI and AI-based literature research tools? Then contact the Writing Center. Our qualified writing tutors and the director of the Writing Center are available as contact persons for individual writing consultations, workshops, or our moderated learning and writing groups. To the writing center

WueCampus course room "Text- and media-generating artificial intelligence (ChatGPT & Co) in teaching"

Here you will find basic resources and information to help you integrate artificial intelligence into your teaching in a targeted manner. You will also be informed about upcoming courses and lectures in the 'Event information' forum in the WueCampus course room.

To the course room
Enrolment code: KI_1m_Hoersaal

Publication: Kritisches Denken mit ChatGPT fördern und einen souveränen Umgang mit der KI kultivieren

Jahn, D. (2025). Kritisches Denken mit ChatGPT fördern und einen souveränen Umgang mit der KI kultivieren. In: Grundlagen der Weiterbildung e.V., Hagen, ed. Grundlagen der Weiterbildung - Praxishilfen. Köln: Luchterhand. GdW-Ph 241 Januar 2025. S. 1-36.
abrufbar z.B. über Research Gate