Equipping Peer Tutors for the AI Era: A Collaborative Training Framework

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  • Date: Day 2, Wednesday
  • Time: 10:45am - 12:00pm
  • Location: Online

Presenters:

Dr. Jovita Vytasek, Learning Strategist, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Elizabeth Spalding, Faculty Tutor English Language Studies, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Dr. Alice Macpherson, Learning Strategist, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Emily Ginter, Learning Strategist, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Dr. Mitra Gorjipour, Acting Dean, Academic and Career Preparation, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Session Description:

The widespread adoption of generative AI (GenAI) has changed how students approach academic work (Kenedy, 2024), creating a need to reimagine peer tutoring practices. To address this challenge, we created a cross-disciplinary workshop for peer tutors to build knowledge and capacity to address GenAI content. This work utilizes an action-research approach to pedagogical design (Ferrance, 2000). We will share the tutor-driven collaborative framework designed, initial insights, and future directions of this pilot program.  

Our framework focuses on three key areas: understanding the capabilities and limitations of current GenAI tools, developing strategies for productive discussions with tutees, and fostering critical analysis of GenAI content within specific disciplinary contexts. Important to this work was the necessity to account for varying levels of permitted AI access in different courses. 

Learning Outcomes:   

  • Explore an actionable structure to adapt and implement into tutor training programs while navigating AI-related challenges. 
  • Utilize seven role-play scenarios and accompanying materials to enhance tutoring sessions and enable tutors to practice addressing AI-related cases while maintaining the principles of peer-assisted learning.

Thank you for taking the time to join our LSAC community today. Before we begin, we would like to pause to intentionally express our gratitude for the land we are on today and to all the Indigenous Peoples past, present and future that have and continue to be stewards of these lands. We recognize that moving forward we are mutually responsible for the caretaking and preservation of this land for future generations.

We commit to co-creating an accountable space. In our LSAC community, we are committed to creating an accountable space where we welcome individual growth, learning, and unlearning. In this space, we recognize and gently remind one another that we are all tender humans with our own stories and experiences, both positive and negative. We aim to lead with kindness, openness, and patience as we identify and break down barriers to create a safer space for us all. 

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