Saturday, February 24, 2024

9:45 AM - 12:00 PM

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Overview

New Relationships and New Technology: Teaching with AI in 2024

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Teaching in 2024 requires building new relationships and harnessing new technology for good. The excitement (and panic) surrounding A.I. is shattering expectations around assignments, assessment, class preparation and attendance, while challenging us to build more futureproof and inclusive classrooms. AI is changing working and thinking: as jobs and the way humans do thinking tasks change, how will our curriculum respond? AI is also changing how we think about average. If ChatGPT can produce consistent "C" work than we need to update our policies around grading. AI is even changing creativity. Fortunately, decades of research have brought an explosion of knowledge about how human evolution has shaped the way we remember, process, and think. This new knowledge enables us to design for the collaborative but socially conforming human brain. We can disrupt the social reasoning (what will my friends think) that alters how we see evidence, disrupts how we experience class discussion, and interrupts our ability to change. Together, we will examine the skills and content that will matter most in this new age, what policies and practices improve motivation and decrease cheating, and why articulation of ‘quality’ is essential. Focusing on the tangible, attendees will also learn techniques to transform assignments and assessments to motivate and engage students by placing greater emphasis on the process and experience of learning.

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