Harvard Business Publishing Education posted an article on four simply ways you can integrate generative artificial intelligence into your classroom. Below is an excerpt of this January 17, 2024, article, which you can read in its entirety here. Many educators have taken early, eager steps forward with generative AI over the last year, weighing the technology’s
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The Northwestern University Library offers an open educational resource on Universal Design for Learning–the gold standard for creating inclusive learning environments. View the Universal Design for Learning OER here.
Northwestern University’s Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching developed a helpful guide that details ten strategies for instructors who may be called on at any moment to support students during turbulent times. Read more about this Searle Center resource here.
Northwestern University’s Office of the Provost has assembled a Generative AI Advisory Committee, which published the following information and resources. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools have become increasingly accessible and will impact teaching and learning in numerous ways. AI technologies such as ChatGPT offer new ways to engage students in critical thinking, writing and analysis.
Download a printable version of this guidance here. The following tips, insights, and recommendations stem from Northwestern policy and a series of Northwestern faculty webinars offered August 28-31, 2023. These webinars, co-presented by representatives from Northwestern IT Teaching and Learning Technologies as well as the Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching, generally trend toward
The Generative AI Advisory Committee, facilitated through the Office of the Provost at Northwestern University, is charged with monitoring developments in generative artificial intelligence applications as they relate to academic policy and practices. The committee advises the Provost on academic issues related to generative artificial intelligence including academic integrity and instructional practices. Committee members review
In this guide The Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching at Northwestern University defines generative artificial intelligence, how you and students can use generative AI tools effectively, and a set of questions to investigate as you consider embracing generative AI use in your course. Heuristic for Designing Learning Experiences with Generative AI
Throughout course planning and implementation, Chris Neary works with you to center class objectives, assessments, and class activities around critical pedagogy. As we learn to define this for your course, we adopt intentional uses of technology to support student learning. Below is a summary of a recently released e-book called Practices in Digital Pedagogy: Evaluating
How do you feel about creating uncertainty in your classroom? It can be an unnatural, unsettling premise for you as a content expert and for our MSHE graduate students. Read more about some tips of embracing uncertainty in your teaching in an article published March 27, 2023, by Jeremy T. Murphy and Meira Levinson of
Instructors, regardless of their course modality, have begun producing what institutions call “liquid syllabi”–accessible, mobile-friendly websites modules that include traditional syllabus ingredients along with humanizing elements that ensure students feel supported. This has become an emerging trend for many institutions as instructors prepare their students for the first class session. Read this and more in