Showcasing AI in practice episode 1

Webinar 30^th March 2026 | Live via Teams at 12:00-13:30 CET

Description

During our new webinar series on AI in education, we invite colleagues to share how they are creatively integrating AI into their teaching and learning practice.

In this session, we’re delighted to welcome Dave Cass, Head of Leadership and Instructional Design at the Maastricht School of Management, who will talk to us about worldbuilding with AI:

From Dungeons & Dragons to Saving Lives: Worldbuilding with AI

How do you get students to read, think, and care again? This short session explores how AI-powered worldbuilding can transform the classroom from passive learning into shared adventure. Drawing on live teaching cases—from leadership simulations to medical training—you’ll see how narrative design and generative tools can immerse learners in complex, human-centred worlds.  Participants will learn how to adapt these techniques to their own disciplines, using AI to boost engagement, critical thinking, and collaboration—whether teaching in person or online.

This will be followed by Connie Drosinou from University College Venlo sharing her experiences in designing assignments that both embrace and move beyond generative AI:

Integrating GenAI into Assessment to Deepen Course Learning and Teach Critical Thinking

Summary of Example Assignment integrating GenAI: This assignment integrates generative AI (GenAI) as a catalyst for critical thinking rather than an all-knowing tool to produce answers. Students must use GenAI to explore a performance psychology topic of their own choice, then critically evaluate the accuracy, biases, and scientific validity of the outputs. They compare findings in small groups, synthesize insights, and deliver a group presentation. The design helps students develop AI literacy, strengthens their ability to question information, and connects psychological concepts to real-life performance contexts. 

After each presentation, there is time for immediate questions and after both talks, we’ll open the floor for a broader discussion: a chance to exchange ideas, ask questions and get inspired by what others are trying in their teaching.  Please feel free to share your own ideas and experiences too!

Other details

Once you have registered for the webinar,  you will receive the an outlook invitation with a link.  The session will also be recorded and be made available to staff to view after the event, please bear this in mind if you ask questions via the audio and/or video during the event (in doing so, we assume you give your right to appear in the recording afterwards).  If you can’t make the live session and only want to register to receive the recording, please use this link instead.

This activity may count towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) if relevant to your situation.

Can’t make this date? You can sign up for the recording here and we’ll let you know as soon as it is available.

Our speakers

Dave Cass is a lecturer and instructional designer specialising in leadership and AI-enhanced learning. His work combines management education, narrative design, and simulation to help students explore complex human systems through creative, experiential methods. Dave teaches across executive and postgraduate levels, guiding professionals through adaptive challenges in leadership, ethics, and innovation. His current focus is integrating generative AI into course design to make learning more engaging, participatory, and relevant to the real world.

Connie Drosinou is a lecturer and researcher at University College Venlo at the Faculty of Science and Engineering with background in Nutrition and Epidemiology. Connie also serves on the Board of Examiners of Maastricht School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Driven by her work with academic irregularities and fraud cases, Connie has become a dedicated advocate for understanding Generative AI’s role in the classroom, focusing on how it can be used responsibly to support and deepen the learning experience.