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Recentering Student Learning in the Age of AI

A half-day symposium for faculty, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students on how to prioritize, support, and enhance student learning in a world increasingly shaped by AI. Breakfast and lunch included!

Arts & Sciences welcomes faculty, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students from across all schools and disciplines to attend this half-day session. In the spirit of the A&S principles on Artificial Intelligence and Undergraduate Student Learning, this symposium considers how we can prioritize, support, and enhance student learning in the age of AI. As artificial intelligence technologies evolve, they present us with fundamental questions about whether, how, and to what extent these tools can or ought to be used in educational settings. When AI is employed thoughtfully by students and instructors it facilitates rather than bypasses the learning process.

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Symposium Schedule

8:30 am: Doors Open and Breakfast

9 - 10:25 am: Welcome and Keynote

  • Opening remarks by Erin McGlothlin, vice dean of undergraduate affairs and the Gloria M. Goldstein Professor of Holocaust Studies, and Andrew Butler, vice provost for undergraduate education and educational initiatives and a professor of education and of psychological & brain sciences
  • Keynote presentation: “How Research in the Learning Sciences Recenters Student Learning with Generative AI” by Jeff Greene, associate dean for research and faculty development and the McMichael Professor at the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

10:25 - 10:40 am: Break

10:40 - 11:50 am: A&S Faculty Panel

This session will feature three faculty who are deliberately developing pedagogies for responding to and/or integrating AI in the classroom in ways that enhance (rather than degrade) student learning.

Panel moderator

  • Anna Cunningham, Assistant Director of Teaching Innovation, Center for Teaching and Learning

Panelists

11:50 am - 12:30 pm: A&S Student Panel

This session will feature graduate and undergraduate students representing a range of perspectives on AI and student learning. 

Panel moderator

  • Amanda Carey, Dean’s Fellow for Educational Initiatives and Teaching Professor in Spanish

Panelists

  • Levi Cutler, Sophomore, Undeclared Major
  • Maya Ryu, Senior, Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Major and French Minor
  • Jake VanNattan, PhD Candidate in Economics
  • Valentina Zapata, Junior, Political Science Major

12:30 pm: Closing Remarks

  • Summative remarks by Betsy Sinclair, vice provost for innovation and the Thomas F. Eagleton University Professor of Public Affairs and Political Science, and Feng Sheng Hu, the Richard G. Engelsmann Dean of Arts & Sciences.

12:45 pm: Grab and Go Lunch
Boxed lunches will be available for those who ordered.

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