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As my head slowly comes out of summer mode and I look toward the fall, it’s time to review and refine my syllabi. Our friend, Kevin Gannon, has updated his Chronicle piece, “How to create a syllabus,” with a handy table of contents link and a section on artificial intelligence. Gannon talks about the importance of workshopping—collaboratively reviewing and refining – your course syllabus with input from peers or experts. We would be happy to hold a syllabus workshop in the Center. If interested, please let us know by following this link. Speaking of AI policy, in “Teaching with AI,” Bowen and Watson share a six-step template that I highly recommend. I wrote about using this template in my MAA column on AI, “There and Back Again,” where I follow two guiding principles: first, more students are likely to use generative AI, and second, graduates who cannot think, write, and work with AI will face significant disadvantages in the workforce. Gannon notes you can find further AI guidance in this crowdsourced document where academics are sharing syllabus language: “Classroom Policies for AI Generative Tools,” curated by Lance Eaton, a doctoral student in higher education at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. If you are looking for more AI/syllabus resources, don’t forget our June post, where we shared two decision tree-type resources on AI use, as well as some suggestions on assessment in the age of AI. |