About the Session
Lee Sentes will share his recent experience integrating offline AI use into a graduate tourism course at Royal Roads University. In this initial experiment, students used offline AI to get guidance on assignment deliverables without having the AI complete the work for them. The AI essentially acts as a study tutor, with the instructor exercising significant control over how it responds.
Is it perfect? No – but it’s promising. The set up is surprisingly easy, and students who used it effectively suggest further exploration of this approach is justified.
This session is one of a two-part series on offline GenAI along with Introduction to Offline GenAI on April 20. You can register for one or both sessions.
This webinar is part of the Opterna GenAI project funded by the Hewlett Foundation.
About the Facilitators
Lee Sentes is an Associate Faculty member at Royal Roads University and is regularly contracted to instruct a variety of courses within the Leadership, Global Leadership, Business and Commerce, and Tourism programs. Many of the courses he teaches focus on organizational development, communication, leadership, social enterprise, and design thinking. Lee is a skilled facilitator and has worked with a variety of government ministries and not-for-profit organizations focused on both the domestic service delivery and international development arenas. His consulting through Development Action and Doing Good for Nothing has focused on not-for-profits and social enterprise organizations, including various medical support agencies on Vancouver Island. He can be found on LinkedIn.
Dr. Elizabeth Childs is Professor and Program Head of the MA in Learning and Technology program in the School of Education and Technology at Royal Roads University. She holds a PhD in Educational Technology from the University of Calgary. Elizabeth is interested in the design, creation, and implementation of flexible learning environments incorporating the affordances of information and communication technology and providing learners with increased choice, flexibility, and opportunities. Her research interests include open educational practices; creation of, and engagement in, online learning communities and digital habitats; design thinking and maker pedagogy; and models for training and professional development.