With the increased maturity of AI, educators are facing both the need and the opportunity for rapid transformation of their pedagogical approaches. However, they face two significant challenges: the requirement for secure, private, and safe infrastructure for computation and storage, and the need for technically capable developers to bring their ideas to life. Neither is within easy reach of the individual educator.
At UBC, in the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology and the Learning Tech Hub, we have put in place infrastructure and support to meet these needs and catalyze pedagogical innovation and inquiry with and about AI. We have developed an AI Sandbox for safe, secure, and private computation and innovation, and we have made available a development incubator: skilled developers on retainer to address educator needs by implementing pedagogical projects, saving educators the overhead, confusion, and potential low yield of hiring their own team.
In this talk, we will outline the sandbox architecture and the incubator collaboration model.
Deputy Academic Director of the Centre for Teaching Learning and Technology, University of British Columbia
Elisa Baniassad is a Professor of Teaching at the University of British Columbia, in the department of Computer Science, and the Deputy Academic Director of the Centre for Teaching Learning and Technology. She has been connected with learning technology innovation, research, and development throughout her career as a Software Engineering researcher and educator.