GenAI Tools Workshop - Developing Students' Critical Thinking Skills Using Google NotebookLM
Wed 6/3 • 1PM - 2PM PDT
Join UCLA TLC's Instructional Designers in the GenAI Tools Workshop Series. For this Zoom workshop, instructors will explore how Google NotebookLM, an AI-powered notebook designed to help users organize, synthesize, and generate insights, can be used to enhance teaching and learning.
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 in this series will be eligible to receive $500 in seed funds for AI tool licensing and further experimentation with AI in teaching and learning.