<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dear Colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>Please see below for details about a<a href="https://teaching.ucr.edu/ai-teachtalk-series#feb-10-1100-1200pm-building-ai"> talk related to AI </a>that is being sponsored by the Academy of Distinguished Teaching. You can register for Zoom attendance at the link I shared.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Annie</div><div><br></div><div>---</div><div><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(0,40,122);font-family:"Fira Sans Regular","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif">In this AI Teachtalk lecture, Professor Ye Li shares how he redesigned assignments to make business students “AI-ready” for careers and life—without sacrificing rigor, academic integrity, or critical thinking. Drawing on observed student AI use and classroom data, he will show concrete assignment patterns (e.g., AI roleplay, AI critique-and-revision, structured counterargument/synthesis) that require students to justify, verify, and reflect on AI outputs rather than outsource thinking. The session concludes with practical takeaways and candid caveats about workload, grading, and keeping activities current as models evolve.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(0,40,122);font-family:"Fira Sans Regular","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bold;line-height:inherit">Date</strong>: Tuesday, Feb 10th</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(0,40,122);font-family:"Fira Sans Regular","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bold;line-height:inherit">Time</strong>: 11:00 am - 12:00pm</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(0,40,122);font-family:"Fira Sans Regular","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif"><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bold;line-height:inherit">Location</strong>: XCITE Commons or Zoom</p></div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#999999">Annie S. Ditta, Ph.D.</font></b></div><div><font color="#999999">Pronouns: she/her/hers</font><font color="#888888"> </font><font size="1" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">(<a href="https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">what's this?</a>)</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#999999">Associate Professor of Teaching</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#999999">Distinguished Teaching Professor<br></font><div><font color="#999999">Department of Psychology</font></div><div><font color="#999999">University of California, Riverside</font></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="2"><font color="#999999">LinkedIn:</font><font color="#888888"> </font><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/anniesditta" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/anniesditta</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>