Teaching in the AI Context

The prevalence of generative AI models has disrupted faculty capacity to engage deeply with their students in the work of critical thinking, assessing evidence, and demonstrating learning. The widespread presence of generative AI has forced a widespread re-evaluation of how we assess student learning. For decades, the take-home essay, the research paper, and the report have been the mainstays of assessment.

We are all experimenting and learning how these technologies impact our classes. Some assignments that faculty have created in the past may be less valuable to students’ learning and more likely to be reproduced easily by tools such as ChatGPT or MS Co-pilot. On the other hand, these new tools can also offer unique opportunities to advance student learning and create new teaching opportunities.

Spring 2026 Programs

Workshops held at 4 PM to engage faculty in conversation about how we want to Teach in the AI Context at Centre.

Thursday, March 5 - AI for Everyone

4 PM | Olin 128

At this workshop, Tom Allen will share thoughts about how to learn about AI and its impact on education and January Haile will initiate a discussion on responsible use.

Future workshop dates and topics:

Thursday, April 2 - AI Resistant Assignments

Stacey Peeples will share how she has craft in-class writing assignment.

Tuesday, May 5 - Assignments that Promote Critical Engagement with AI

Speaker TBD

AI User Groups - A series of topics and a “sandbox” for community learning about AI tools and resources to learn about using AI. The CTL has a premium level ChatGPT account available for experimentation and “safe engagement” with AI tools. Nisha Gupta will facilitate these sessions. The first topic meetings are held on Friday, February 27th (3 – 4pm, on Teams) or Tuesday, March 3 (2:35 – 3:35, on Teams). The remaining sessions will be held in-person.

Readings/resources – Where are you learning at AI
Sandbox – Prompting Techniques
Actions to try in class and/or your teaching
Actions to try for your self
Sandbox – technical and domain knowledge techniques

Community Learning through PED Talks - Coffee conversations and/or PED Talks are designed for idea exchanges about assignments and class activities that promote deep student learning, academic integrity, and an authentic learning experience. These dates and topics are just a preliminary list, please contact me if you have a topic you want to learn more about and/or lead. These sessions will be held in the CTL.

Dates Topics

March 18, 12 – 1pm Process Oriented Tasks

April 1, 3 – 4 pm Inquiry Based Assignments

April 6, 12 – 1 pm TBD

April 15, TBD TBD

May 6, TBD TBD

More information and resources for AI Resilent assignments coming soon

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