AI for Educators – Technical Applications
In June 2025, Creighton held a workshop for faculty and staff titled “Educating the Whole Person in an AI-Driven World.” I served as co-leader for the technical track with Steven Fernandes. This page provides links to the slides used for our three sessions, together with additional reference material.
In April 2026, I chaired an online version of the workshop, which was an updated and compressed version of the presentations from the summer.
Online version (April 2026)
Slides (Creighton login required)
To get the most out of the session, get a Gemini API key and download GPT4all. Instructions can be found in the slides for Session 2 and Session 3 below. You will still be able to follow along without these!
Example chats
References and links
- “The Bitter Lesson” by Rich Sutton
- “Claude Code for Scientists” by Patrick Mineault
- “Beyond Critical Thinking” by Steven Mintz
Session 1: The landscape of AI
Slides (Creighton login required)
Links
References
Additional Materials
- A helpful comparison of several AI lit review tools.
Session 2: Creating a RAG application
Links
- Get a Gemini API key
- Link to The preapred RAG application (imitating the simulated patient)
- An example Video RAG application
- A demo video
- The CSC 121 textbook example
Session 3: Running an LLM locally
- Slides (Creighton login required)
- You’ll need to download GPT4all