This Week for Faculty: 👀 AI curious? Look into these opportunities
Experiment with AI for teaching and learning
The Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI site features ways to leverage AI for teaching, course design, and learning activities. View the playlist of video demonstrations, find sample prompts, explore resources for prompting AI and more.
Create a student-facing bot within your CourseWorks course
Would you like to create a student-facing AI bot that provides meaningful interactions and helps your students achieve the intended learning objectives of your course? Would you like to know how your students are using AI in your course?
Join a pilot of Cogniti! Cogniti is an AI platform that helps instructors to create AI-based activities inside CourseWorks, the Columbia learning management system.
As part of the pilot, receive support from CTL Learning Designers. They will help you determine which course activities or assignments would benefit from a Cogniti bot, assist as you use Cogniti, and test and refine your bot. This pilot in partnership with Columbia University Information Technology (CUIT).
Interested in participating in the pilot? Contact the CTL at ColumbiaCTL@columbia.edu.
Engage in conversations on teaching and learning with AI
Exploring AI in Teaching and Learning: Communication and Disclosure
Thursday, February 6, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM, online
How do you communicate your AI expectations to your students? Do your students have a framework for disclosing AI usage in your course? How do you disclose your own AI usage to your students when applicable to your teaching?
If these are questions that you are grappling with, then join your colleagues and the CTL for a monthly Exploring AI in Teaching and Learning discussion space where we take up a different theme around AI in the university classroom. This month, we’ll explore transparent communication around and open disclosure of AI usage in teaching and learning.
Unable to join us for this session? Join us for upcoming “Exploring AI in Teaching and Learning” sessions on March 5, “AI and Writing” and April 2, “AI and Reading.” Visit our Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI page to access additional resources and videos.
The Columbia Class of 2035: Will We Need to Reinvent Higher Education?
Tuesday, March 4, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Faculty Room in Low Memorial Library
This workshop is part of the Columbia AI Summit on March 4, 2025.
Facilitated by:
- Matthew Connelly, Professor of History, Vice Dean of AI Initiatives, School of Arts & Sciences
- Amanda Irvin, Executive Director, Center for Teaching and Learning
- Vishal Misra, Professor Computer Science, Vice Dean of Computing and AI, Columbia Engineering
During this interactive session, participate in conversations about how AI may change the teaching and learning landscape in higher education, and learn about findings from research among Columbia students about how AI is changing the classroom experience.
Find inspiration and share your experiences
Faculty across Columbia University are experimenting with AI in their courses and 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.
Check out faculty examples and contribute your own! Please reach out to the CTL at CTLfaculty@columbia.edu to share the ways you are leveraging AI in teaching and learning.
Panel Event
STEM in the Field: Teaching Beyond the Classroom
Wednesday, February 5, 12:00-1:30 pm, Butler Library Room 212
Are you interested in leveraging spaces outside the classroom to enhance the STEM learning experience for your students? Join an engaging panel discussion where STEM faculty will share innovative ways to extend learning beyond traditional classroom settings. Organized and moderated by Dustin Rubenstein, Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology and a Provost’s Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar, the panel will illustrate how hands-on experiences in the field can not only enhance student engagement but also deepen students’ understanding and application of STEM concepts and skills. Participants will leave with key insights and practical strategies to effectively integrate field teaching into their own practice. Lunch will be provided for registered attendees.
The CTL is here to help!
Connect via Zoom or over the 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.
Schedule a consultation
Schedule an in-person or virtual 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.