Facilitator: Jamie Kim, Yhosep Barba Blanco Having confidence in your abilities as an instructor is a key component for successful teaching and for feeling comfortable in the classroom or virtual classroom. In this session, we discuss strategies for boosting your teaching self-efficacy: for example, through preparation, student interaction, peer observation, affirmation, and more. This session … Read More
Join us to explore the environmental impact of generative AI, from the electricity and water that data centers consume to the pressure they put on power grids and the communities where they are built. We will examine what the current evidence shows about the scale of that impact. You'll also learn how your own choices … Read More
What does it mean to teach in an age of AI? This fall, join us to read and discuss The Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching, a practical resource for instructors thinking intentionally about how AI is reshaping their courses, including a Rutgers connection: our own instructors are cited in the book. Across four virtual sessions facilitated by Rutgers … Read More
Overview Crystal Akers (Linguistics, School of Arts and Sciences) will practice her upcoming talk at OLC – Accelerate: Speed Limits, Signals, Speed Bumps, and Racetracks. It is focused on helping students develop judgments about when and how to use AI. Whether you’re just starting to think about GenAI’s impact on your classroom, actively experimenting with new approaches, questioning … Read More
Overview Are you looking to connect with fellow lecturers at Rutgers? Then join the Lecturer Faculty Community, a supportive, interdisciplinary space to exchange ideas and discuss effective teaching practices! Throughout the fall semester, there will be monthly gatherings for which you will be asked to submit topics of interest in advance: Thursday, September 24, 12–1 pm Thursday, October 22, 3–4 … Read More
What does it mean to teach in an age of AI? This fall, join us to read and discuss The Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching, a practical resource for instructors thinking intentionally about how AI is reshaping their courses, including a Rutgers connection: our own instructors are cited in the book. Across four virtual sessions facilitated by Rutgers … Read More
Facilitators: Gill Woody, Amirtha Giridhar As AI tools are becoming more widely available, both educators and students are faced with new challenges about the ethical use of these tools. What is your role as a TA when faced with these challenges? This workshop will look at how to navigate academic integrity violations and potential misuses, … Read More
Overview The Teaching & Learning Community for Graduate Students and Postdocs is a monthly Zoom-based gathering space where graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and staff engage in conversations about teaching and learning in higher education. Each session is shaped by community members and offers opportunities to discuss pedagogy based on the scholarship of teaching and learning. … Read More
Facilitated by: School of Arts and Sciences Office of Undergraduate Education Location: Pane Room in the Alexander Library (College Avenue) Metacognition—our unique human ability to think about our own thinking—can help us gauge if, when, and how to use GenAI to support learning. The more we understand metacognition, the better we can support learners in developing … Read More
What does it mean to teach in an age of AI? This fall, join us to read and discuss The Norton Guide to AI-Aware Teaching, a practical resource for instructors thinking intentionally about how AI is reshaping their courses, including a Rutgers connection: our own instructors are cited in the book. Across four virtual sessions facilitated by Rutgers … Read More