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Bringing Generative AI to the Harvard Classroom

Bringing Generative AI to the Harvard Classroom

January 29, 2024

During the fall of 2023, teams from the Bok Center visited 18 departments and programs across Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences to offer a 60-minute workshop on generative AI and its applications for teaching and learning. Tailored to the disciplinary contexts of both faculty and Teaching Fellows/Teaching Assistants, the workshops featured interactive demonstrations showcasing how instructors could take advantage of generative AI to improve their teaching methods and how students could be guided to utilize AI for enhanced learning experiences. We’ve shown Statistics...

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2024 Apr 17

Dudley Herschbach Teacher/Scientist Lecture 2023-24

4:00pm to 5:00pm

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12 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, Pfizer Lecture Hall

Invited speaker: Tracy Johnson, Keith and Cecilia Terasaki Presidential Endowed Chair Professor, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Dean, Life Sciences, UCLA College

More to come soon!

 

2023 Aug 16

Online Office Hours for FAS Faculty, Students, and Staff

Repeats every week every Wednesday until Wed Dec 13 2023 .
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Online, see Zoom link in the description

Drop in to have the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning and Academic Technology for FAS answer any of your questions about Canvas, Zoom, or technology in teaching.

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2023 Jul 13

Colleague Conversation: Utopia/Dystopia: Helping Students Put A.I. in Context

2:00pm to 3:30pm

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Via Zoom; see registration link below

Are you excited to engage students in thinking about where artificial intelligence fits in the longer history of societal debates about disruptive technologies and/or the boundary between humans and machines? Join this colleague conversation to think about the role that we can play in helping students discern the extent to which our present hopes and fears about a future determined by A.I. are warranted—and to what extent they may be recycling preexisting tropes and anxieties.

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2023 Jul 12

Colleague Conversation: Preparing Students to be Citizens in the Age of AI

11:00am to 12:30pm

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Via Zoom; see registration link below

Are you interested in preparing your students to engage in informed debate and policymaking about the appropriate place of artificial intelligence in society? Concerned about a future flooded by deepfakes and algorithmic biases? Join this colleague conversation to brainstorm assignments and experiences that allow students to deepen their understanding of the inner workings of popular A.I. platforms and make nuanced arguments about the ethical challenges they pose.

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2023 Jul 11

Colleague Conversation: Why Learning Matters—More than Ever—in the Age of A.I.

2:00pm to 3:30pm

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Via Zoom; see registration link below

The emergence of generative A.I. is forcing us to reconsider the values that are truly important in a Harvard education. Join this colleague conversation to explore strategies for preserving the integrity of your learning objectives and assignments and emphasizing foundational learning in the age of artificial intelligence. At the same time, artificial intelligence may offer possibilities to design new assignments and experiences that enhance your students’ learning. We will explore strategies to use artificial intelligence in ways that respect and align with our shared norms and goals...

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2023 Jun 27

Artificial Intelligence and a Harvard Education: A Panel Discussion

3:30pm to 4:30pm

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Via Zoom; see registration link below

Hosted by Dean Rakesh Khurana

The emergence of generative A.I. has the potential to change how we learn, how we teach, and how we work. How can we design our courses to help students learn about and be prepared to engage with a future that includes A.I., without compromising our core mission of helping them to develop an independent mind and original voice, the ability to reason, and intellectual humility? A panel of experts including Latanya Sweeney, ...

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New Bok Center Publication on the Learning Lab

New Bok Center Publication on the Learning Lab

April 4, 2023

We are pleased to share that we contributed a chapter to a new book, In their own words: What scholars and teachers want you to know about why and how to apply the science of learning in your academic setting. This ebook, which is published online by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, explores scholarship on the science of learning and its applications to higher education. In the chapter, “The Learning Lab: An Experiment in Student-Centered  Teaching and Learning,” written by...

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2023 Apr 11

Harvard Horizons Symposium 2023

5:00pm to 7:15pm

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Sanders Theater, 45 Quincy St, Cambridge

The Bok Center is proud to support the Harvard Horizons program, which highlights the exciting scholarship of GSAS PhD students across disciplines. This year, nine PhD candidates have been chosen to receive in-depth, personalized mentoring and coaching designed to enhance their presentation skills. The program culminates in a symposium of brief,...

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2023 Jan 12

[CANCELLED] Walk with Bok

Repeats every week every Thursday until Fri May 05 2023 .
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Alleyway entrance to Harvest Restaurant, 44 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

NB: This morning's walk is cancelled due to inclement weather

Looking for a way to get your day off to a good start and connect with colleagues about your teaching victories and questions? Join a rotating crew of Bok Center staff for a weekly morning walk, every Thursday morning from 9:00–9:30 (weather permitting). We’ll meet in the alley at the entrance to the Harvest Restaurant and walk 1–2 bridges along the river before returning to campus. Bring the stories you’re dying to...

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