The Dating Game: How Faculty Development Made Learning about LLMs Fun
Location
Gold Coast III/IV
Start Date
29-5-2025 3:15 PM
End Date
29-5-2025 3:40 PM
Description
In Valencia College's Summer 2024 faculty development course, we engaged 80 faculty with varying levels of AI usage. Inspired by the 1960s Dating Game show, we created the "AI Dating Game" to introduce five LLMs as potential "dates" that could fit faculty' s differing needs. This approach demystified AI interaction by relating it to "dating." Our technique is a social-emotional strategy to increase engagement within the course and ease participants' technostress. Join our session to learn our methods and find inspiration for supporting faculty at your institution.
Recommended Citation
Maragh, Shauna and Colwell, Kevin, "The Dating Game: How Faculty Development Made Learning about LLMs Fun" (2025). Teaching and Learning with AI Conference Presentations. 127.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/teachwithai/2025/thursday/127
The Dating Game: How Faculty Development Made Learning about LLMs Fun
Gold Coast III/IV
In Valencia College's Summer 2024 faculty development course, we engaged 80 faculty with varying levels of AI usage. Inspired by the 1960s Dating Game show, we created the "AI Dating Game" to introduce five LLMs as potential "dates" that could fit faculty' s differing needs. This approach demystified AI interaction by relating it to "dating." Our technique is a social-emotional strategy to increase engagement within the course and ease participants' technostress. Join our session to learn our methods and find inspiration for supporting faculty at your institution.