During AI Month at Penn, CETLI will host events that offer strategies for refreshing the way we engage our students around effective AI use. These events promise to be inspiring opportunities to connect with the teaching community across the university and reflect on how to engage with AI in the classroom today.
On Tuesday, April 21 at 3:30pm, CETLI invites the Penn community to attend the panel, AI-Informed Activities and Assignments. Six faculty from across the university will share their experiences integrating AI into their teaching. The panelists include Faizan Alawi (Dental School), Elizabeth Emery (Nursing), Bhuv Jain (SAS), James Petersson (SAS), Sarah Pierce (Law), and Nat Trask (Engineering). During the panel, speakers will share how their innovations with AI shape students’ in- and out-of-class activities. The event will conclude with an informal reception, where panelists will be available to answer questions and discuss their strategies. Faculty, students, and staff are welcome to attend.
The panel will be a continuation of two Faculty-to-Faculty lunchtime discussions that will explore dynamic ways to support student learning both with and without the use of AI. In the session, Teaching Students AI Literacy on Tuesday, April 7 at 12:00pm, professors Karen Detlefsen of Philosophy and Chris Callison-Burch of Computer and Information Science will share strategies and assignments to ensure students develop thoughtful approaches to using AI. The following week, on Tuesday, April 14 at 12:00pm, professors Ruth Elliott of Biology and Emily Hammer of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures will share how they’ve used Oral Check-ins & Milestones to both deter unproductive AI use and bolster students’ ability to talk about their work and reflect on their learning.
“We all feel how deeply AI has disrupted teaching and learning,” says CETLI’s Executive Director, Bruce Lenthall. “These events are opportunities to come together to consider what AI may make possible for teaching as well as to consider how we confront the challenges it poses. That’s something I hear our instructors looking for every day.”