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CLTL News

The Center for Leadership, Teaching, and Learning is pleased to welcome our newest student worker, Jordan Guzman '27, who hails from the Bronx and is considering a major in computer science. You can .

All three of the students working for the CLTL are educating themselves on generative AI, its various platforms, and their respective capabilities to optimize student engagement and learning. They will formally share their research and suggestions with participants in the spring AI Think Tank and create opportunities for student mentoring and engagement around these matters in the future. 

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锟絋his spring, the CLTL is joining forces with Student Academic Services to develop a consultancy program pairing folks on campus who have undergone training in Universal Design for Learning (UDL) with colleagues who wish to adopt UDL practices in their own course design and practice. Faculty who participate will have the opportunity for an individual consultation (60-90 minutes) with a fellow staff/faculty member trained in Universal Design for Learning. If you think you would benefit from this kind of tailored individual pedagogical support, please email Beck Krefting, who will connect you with a UDL consultant. We will do everything we can to accommodate requests, but there are a limited number of consultancies (first come, first served). This program is funded in part by a grant from the New York State Department of Education.

Announcements

New Faculty Learning Community 

锟絋he New Faculty Learning Community (NFLC) kicked off the spring semester with lunch in the dining hall last week. There will be more moments to connect, learn, and celebrate in the coming weeks. For a schedule of these events, please visit the . 

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锟紸nnouncing the summer 2024 Open Education Publishing Institute 

锟絋he Graduate Center (GC) of the City University of New York has announced it summer 2024 and is calling for participants. The institute is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities grant program and is hosted by GC Digital Initiatives and the GC Teaching and Learning Center.

Spring Programming

Spring Book Club: 'The New College Classroom' 

  • When and where: 11:15-12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, in the Test Kitchen of Murray-Aikins Dining Hall 
  • 锟紻别蝉肠谤颈辫迟颈辞苍: This book by Cathy Davidson, distinguished professor at the CUNY Graduate Center, and Christina Katopodis, postdoctoral research associate and associate director of transformative learning in the humanities, uses the latest research in learning science to discuss easily implemented strategies for active learning across disciplines (Harvard UP, 2022). If faculty and staff are interested in participating in one of the two discussions, please email Beck Krefting to specify your preferred lunch time and receive a copy of the book prior to the event. There is space for up to 12 folks to participate in each discussion 锟� first come, first served. You may only request a copy if you know you can commit to attending. Lunch tickets will be distributed in the Atrium prior to each event. 

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锟紸mplifying Student Engagement with AI: A pedagogical workshop designed to develop best practices for integrating AI-based classroom activities. 

  • 锟絎hen and where: 4-5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, in the Weller Room 
  • 锟紻别蝉肠谤颈辫迟颈辞苍: Seeing too many blank faces in your classroom? Need to liven up student discussions? Come to our AI workshop, where facilitators will introduce various strategies for designing ethical AI-based classroom activities that foster active learning and encourage enthusiastic student participation. Led by Matt Lucas, Harder Chair of Business Administration, and Chelsea Taylor, visiting assistant professor of religious studies, participants will learn how to critically assess human inputs as well as AI outputs across multiple popular platforms and get the opportunity to workshop their own discipline-specific assignments with other Skidmore faculty and LEDS staff. Participants will also be invited to our follow-up meeting on April 19 to discuss student responses to the incorporation of these new AI-based classroom activities. There will snacks!

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