GenAI Tools Series - Developing Students' Critical Thinking Skills Using Google NotebookLM
Wed 5/13 • 1PM - 2PM PDT
181 Powell Library
Join this In-Person Workshop to explore the third topic in this series: Developing Students’ Critical Thinking Skills Using Google NotebookLM
The TLC’s Instructional Designers will host the GenAI Tools Workshop Series to support instructors, like yourself, who are interested in thoughtfully exploring how to use Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in their teaching.
During the workshop, we will explore and discuss:
-How GenAI tools like Google NotebookLM can support critical thinking and inquiry-based learning.
-Strategies for designing learning activities that prompt students to analyze, evaluate, and question AI-generated content.
-Examples of how NotebookLM can be integrated into assignments that foster deeper reasoning and reflection.
-Methods for guiding students to critique AI outputs for accuracy, bias, and logic.
-Best practices for aligning AI use with learning outcomes and institutional academic integrity standards.
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
-Explain how Google NotebookLM can be used to support and scaffold students’ critical thinking and metacognitive skills.
-Design AI-enhanced learning activities or assignments that require students to analyze, evaluate, and revise AI-generated content.
-Model strategies for helping students question assumptions, identify bias, and assess evidence in AI responses.
-Integrate NotebookLM into classroom practices that promote reflection, argumentation, and evidence-based reasoning.
-Formulate guidelines for responsible and ethical AI use that maintain academic integrity while fostering critical inquiry.
Instructors who complete all three workshops will be eligible to receive $500 in seed funds for AI tool licensing and further experimentation with AI in teaching and learning.