The AI Studio at UMB
The AI Studio at UMB is a faculty fellowship offered by the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning (FCTL) that supports the study and use of generative AI in graduate and professional education.
The Studio gives UMB faculty a space for examining how generative AI can be used in teaching, learning, assessment, and educational research. Participants develop projects, receive feedback and mentorship, and share their work through presentations, publications, or other forms of dissemination
Overview
The AI Studio supports a cohort of UMB faculty in developing and studying AI-related educational projects.
The fellowship includes Faculty Fellows who lead projects and Faculty Partners who provide feedback and perspectives from across disciplines. Participants take part in cohort meetings, project development, research activities, and dissemination.
Faculty Fellows may develop projects related to teaching, learning, assessment, curriculum, student experience, or educational research. Projects may move through planning, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination during the fellowship.
Deliverables
- Design and implement an AI-related educational research project
- Develop instructional materials, research instruments, and project resources
- Complete IRB protocol and review
- Produce a case study, presentation, publication, or other scholarly product
- Contribute resources related to AI use in education
- Participate in interdisciplinary feedback and collaboration
Program Goals
The AI Studio supports faculty in advancing the ethical, pedagogical, and scholarly integration of generative AI in graduate and professional education. Specifically, the fellowship aims to:
- Support research projects involving generative AI in education
- Support reflection, inquiry, and experimentation
- Promote collaboration across disciplines
- Contribute resources and scholarship related to AI in higher education
Questions?
Contact Dr. Eric Belt (Studio Lead) at eric.belt@umaryland.edu for questions about the program.