FLX AI Hub news: Try out your ideas with AI personas

This month’s AI programming starts with a webinar on creating virtual focus groups.

Artificial intelligence can improve the tasks we already do, or it can open doors to new approaches to problem-solving. This month’s FLX AI Hub programming tackles both concepts.

Webinars

Great ideas are often just ideas until they’ve been shared with and accepted by others. AI can help fine-tune strategies before you share them with real people. FLCC’s Adam Heidebrink-Bruno will take you through the process of creating a virtual focus group with the next webinar at noon Tuesday, Feb. 10.

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FLCC offers free AI webinars each month. If you missed last month’s webinar on AI bias, catch up with our online summary.

A March 10 webinar offers instruction on how to use NotebookLM to summarize and organize large amounts of information.

The topic for April is “Chatbots: What They Are, How to Use Them, and How to Make Them.”

In-person events

Registration is open for the community gathering on AI in Marketing and Communications, which will be held from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at the FLCC main campus.

The keynote address will focus on how AI is changing the way people find information online about companies and organizations. A breakout session follows, with an option for beginners and those who are already using AI.

FLCC staff and community members will share their AI success stories, and lunch features a panel discussion on the state of AI within the marketing and communications field.

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AI for Educators

This month’s course for those enrolled in the AI for Educators subscription series is “Making IEPs with AI.” An IEP, short for Individualized Education Program, is a legal, written plan for public school students with disabilities, outlining their specific goals, services, and supports. This course prepares educators to write high-quality, compliant IEPs with the support of AI.

Participants will learn how to craft clear Present Levels of Performance, develop meaningful and measurable goals, and select appropriate supplemental modifications and testing accommodations while using AI as a tool to streamline thinking, reduce workload, and strengthen instructional decision-making.

AI for Educators is a series of courses that take one to three hours to complete. They are tailored for K-12 professionals. Sign up at any time to get access to past and future courses.

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'The Immersive Lens' podcast

Episode 4 of “The Immersive Lens” podcast is now available (YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Finger Lakes TV). Hosts Paul Engin, professor of new media, and Dave Ghidiu, associate professor of computer science, tackle the issue of screen size and how that impacts our choices and experiences with online tools and media.

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