Academic Innovation at FSU is grounded in faculty leadership, where faculty work together to shape the university's response to innovations in teaching, research, and service.
Faculty Innovators
Faculty Innovators meet regularly to hold interdisciplinary conversations on topics related to academic innovation, creating an informal network that works to improve communication across campus, coordinate innovative activities and opportunities, and provide a framework for handling innovations that have the potential to disrupt higher education. Faculty and staff gather to share insights and discuss possibilities around academic innovation at Faculty Innovator Coffee Chats every other Wednesday morning.
Join us for Innovation Wednesdays in the Innovation Hub! For more information, see innovation.fsu.edu/faculty and subscribe to the Faculty Innovators listserv, lists.fsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/innovators
Innovation Ambassadors
Innovation ambassadors are dedicated innovation leaders and champions from each college who meet regularly to share innovative accomplishments, coordinate the innovative work of FSU faculty and staff, and ensure that we are telling the story of FSU Innovation in a coherent fashion with one voice in our marketing and outreach efforts. These individuals comprise an interdisciplinary working group of faculty that provides the necessary leadership to build a culture of innovation on campus.
Innovation Architects
Innovation Architects serve as Faculty Test Pilots, participating in one-off, short term, pilot test projects to evaluate the potential of innovative tools, technologies, or methodologies to improve our academic practices across campus. Faculty Test Pilots work closely with the Office of the Provost and Information Technology Services to make sure the university is investing in new technologies and innovations that are most likely to benefit faculty, staff, and students. Email innovation@fsu.edu to suggest ideas for pilot tests!
Fall 2024
Working in conjunction with Information Technology Services and Microsoft Corporation, faculty are conducting a pilot test of Microsoft Copilot Studio, developing a custom AI based on their course syllabi, outlines, readings, assignments, lectures, and more in order to improve our understanding of how easily we can train an AI using our course content, and how effectively the AI can answer questions based on those materials as a kind of interactive classroom resource for university students.
Participating Faculty
- Darren Brooks, College of Business
- John Crow, College of Arts and Sciences
- Vanessa Dennen, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
- Lance Kerwin, College of Business
- Paul Marty, College of Communication and Information
- Antje Muntendam, College of Arts and Sciences
- Bobby Sprinkle, College of Communication and Information
- Gary Tyson, College of Arts and Sciences
- Bret Staudt Willet, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences