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The Human Factor: Navigating AI in Higher Education

On Wednesday, Aug. 27, join CLTL and LEDS staff in Gannett Auditorium from 9 a.m. to noon for a series of engaging and thought-provoking sessions exploring ethical dimensions of engaging with GenAI and faculty/staff AI use studies. These sessions are mandatory for recipients of the AI Micro-grant Initiative but are also open to all faculty and staff.

Session Schedule
9-10:30 a.m.: Ethical Dimensions of AI Use 
10:40 a.m.-noon: Staff and Faculty AI Use Studies

Whether you’re opposed, cautious, curious, or excited about AI, this is a chance to learn, share, and think critically with colleagues. Please by Aug. 25. 

Allies in Learning and Teaching
Allies in Learning and Teaching (ALT) is a pilot teacher-learner liaison program. Designed with both students and faculty in mind, student liaisons collaborate with professors to create more equitable and accessible classrooms by facilitating faculty-student communication and offering insights into pedagogical practices. To request that a trained student work with you this semester, complete this brief form.

Teaching Co-Lab
Participate in this new pilot program designed to foster meaningful collaboration among faculty through paired reflection and dialogue. Grounded in a teaching self-reflection tool designed by the Working Group for Inclusive and Accessible Learning, Teaching Co-Lab encourages participants to work together across a semester on core aspects of their teaching — including course design, student learning goals, teaching methods, and assessment practices — to build a more intentional and evidence-based approach to pedagogy. Participants will deepen their understanding of both student and self-assessment, generating richer, more nuanced teaching reflections and annual activity reports. The program launches on Friday, Oct. 10, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Weller Room (LIB 212). During the semester, participants should meet with their partner at least twice. The CLTL will provide lunch tickets to subsidize one of those meetings. A final wrap-up session will be held at the end of the semester. All efforts will be made to pair you with someone whose teaching schedule does not conflict with yours to allow for peer observation, if desired.If you are interested in participating in the coming semester, please complete this form  by Friday, Sept. 26.

Fall Book Club: Power and Progress: Our 1,000 Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity

• Date: Tuesday, Oct. 14, from 12:30-2 p.m. in the Test Kitchen of the Dining Hall
• Description: Daron Acemoglu (professor of economics, MIT) and Simon Johnson (professor of entrepreneurship, MIT) interrogate the techno-optimism that has catalyzed economic disparities for centuries, and argue the need for reorienting innovation toward shared prosperity, emphasizing policies and choices that ensure technologies, such as GenAI, serve society as a whole. If you are interested in participating in this discussion, to receive a copy of the book before the event. There is space for up to 15 staff and faculty to participate — first-come, first-served. You may only request a copy if you know you can commit to attending. Lunch tickets will be distributed in the Atrium.