American University of Central Asia (AUCA)Associate Professor
Aug. 2013My greatest passion though is teaching. As an Associate Professor, I teach the following courses: Digital Literacy: covers information and AI literacy, visual literacy, digital identity, online privacy. The course is practice-oriented, and engages students in critical AI literacy, multimedia design, and scholarly communication.
Digital Cultures: focuses on developing critical AI literacy, analysis skills using text analysis tools, scrapping data from the internet, social network analysis, and investigation of internet cultural elements, such as memes.
Examples of students' works: https://portfolium.com/network/american-university-of-central-asia
The Concepts of Modern Art is an introductory course, students come with close to non prior knowledge and the fascination with which they finish the course is fantastically satisfying. My work utilises technology- students learn to create their own exhibitions and portfolios. Art and Technology course focuses on digital art and critical theory. Students localise their understanding of the relation between art, society, and politics, and create their own digital art objects.
I also taught Contemporary Issues in International Relations, where we explored topics around colonization and decolonization, AI and technological supremacy, climate justice, etc.
My newest course is AI in a human world: Skills, Ethics, and Impact. Alongside providing technical explanations and hands-on activities to students on how LLMs work, the course also raises questions about ethics, AI governance, and human/ community agency.