This Week for Faculty: Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI
Consult with the CTL
The CTL is here to assist you as you think about your teaching approach in the age of AI, experiment with AI tools, and brainstorm ways to center student learning. Please reach out to the CTL at CTLfaculty@columbia.edu to schedule a consultation.
Find inspiration and share your experiences
Faculty across Columbia University are experimenting with AI in their courses. See how they are reimagining their course policies, assignments, and activities to refocus on student learning while transparently communicating expectations to their students about the use of generative AI.
Faculty Spotlight: Robert J. Morais, Lecturer in Business, and Kamel Jedidi, Jerome A. Chazen Professor of Global Business at Columbia Business School, recipients of a Provost’s Innovative Course Module Design Grant for their project “Applying AI to Teaching Market Intelligence,” share how they integrated AI into their course and enhanced their students’ learning.
Contribute your examples!
If you are interested in sharing the ways you are leveraging AI in teaching and learning at Columbia and advice for colleagues, please reach out to CTLfaculty@columbia.edu.
Engage in conversations about teaching and learning with AI with colleagues across campus
Faculty Book Discussion Group: Teaching with AI
October 24, 3:00-4:00pm
This discussion group will also meet on November 21.
Related resource: Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI
Fostering AI Literacy in the Classroom
December 10, 12:00-1:15pm
Leveraging AI for Teaching and Learning
December 11, 12:00-1:30pm
Designing Transparent Assignments
December 12, 11:00am-12:00pm
To bring these sessions to your department or school, please contact us at CTLfaculty@columbia.edu.
Experiment with AI for teaching and learning
Explore ways to leverage AI for teaching, course design, and learning activities. View the playlist of video demonstrations, find sample prompts, and resources for prompting AI on the Teaching and Learning in The Age of AI webpage.
Remain the “human in the loop”
Familiarize yourself with the University’s Generative AI Policy, your school’s policy, and the AI Services available to you through Columbia University Information Technology (CUIT).
Connect with colleagues in your department and school to learn about their approaches to determining the appropriate level of AI usage for their course or assignments, communicating their course policy on AI to their students, fostering AI literacy, and maintaining academic integrity.
Mollick and Mollick (2023) remind us to be aware of the risks associated with AI use including: confabulation, bias, and privacy risks. As you experiment with AI tools to determine the role it will play in your classroom, keep in mind that you and your students are the “humans in the loop.” Only share information with the AI that you are comfortable disclosing and evaluate the AI output. When incorporating AI into the classroom, ensure that it aligns with your learning objectives, that AI tools are accessible to all students, and that digital literacy skills are taught. Additionally, make sure that expectations and policies around AI are transparently communicated to students.
Upcoming sessions
Ways to Be More Inclusive in Your Course
October 21, 1:00-2:00pm
This session will also be offered on November 6 and November 26
Related resource: Guide for Inclusive Teaching at Columbia
Science of Learning Research (SOLER) Journal Club
October 24, 2:00-3:00pm
Clinical Teaching Series: Applying Inclusive Teaching Principles
October 28, 3:00-4:00pm
This session will also be offered on December 12
Related resource: Applying Inclusive Teaching Principles to Clinical Education
The CTL is here to help!
Connect via Zoom or phone
Join us for office hours via Zoom (or phone) Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm to have your teaching with instructional technology questions answered, or schedule an appointment any time by contacting ColumbiaCTL@columbia.edu.
Schedule a consultation
Schedule a consultation to discuss any teaching and learning need by emailing ctlfaculty@columbia.edu or email the CTL Learning Designer assigned to your school or department.