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Strategies for Teaching Humanities to Undergrads
A discussion-based workshop for graduate students across disciplines on strategies for teaching the humanities to undergraduates. The session will be an informal conversation with space to raise questions, challenges, and […]
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Teaching Students AI Literacy
Faculty play a critical role in guiding students to engage with AI tools in ways that encourage students to use these tools effectively. In this session, Professors Karen Detlefsen of Philosophy and Chris Callison-Burch of Computer and Information Science will share how they ensure their students understand AI, and the assignments they use to show […]
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Grading Systems that Help Students Focus on Learning, not Grades
Faculty have long been looking for ways to shift students’ attention away from grades and towards learning. To begin a larger conversation on grading options, Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher of the Graduate School of Education and Meredith Tamminga of Linguistics will highlight their distinct approaches to reimagining assessment and grading policies.
CETLI Seminar Room, 134
Oral Check-Ins and Milestones
In response to the growing use of generative AI tools by students, faculty have begun adding oral assessments to other graded exercises as a measurement of authentic student learning. Ruth Elliott of Biology and Emily Hammer of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures will share how they have included oral components in their classes to begin […]
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Teaching Social Theory
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the departments of Education, Culture and Society & Sociology, and so may be most useful to students in […]
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Encouraging Students to Embrace Uncertainty
First-year seminars intend to introduce students to a deep dive into a field as a way both to understand the way academics create knowledge and to see the limits of what we know. Amy Hillier of Urban Studies and Hashim bin Rashid will talk about how they help students feel more comfortable asking questions and […]
Kleinman Center for Energy Policy (room 306)
AI-informed Activities and Assignments
Join us to hear Penn faculty share their practices for integrating AI into their courses. In an introductory panel, speakers will describe how they use AI to support student learning through in-class activities or out-of-class assignments. Following that, speakers will be available to discuss their use cases in more detail and answer questions at stations […]

