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We find ourselves at a peculiar crossroads. AI offers us the most powerful efficiency tool in history—one that is already reshaping the world our students will inherit. Many of us feel we have a responsibility to help them understand and navigate these tools. And yet, here lies the tension: teaching and learning resist efficiency. Real learning demands attention, struggle, and time. No algorithm can shortcut the neural pathways forged when a student wrestles with a difficult concept.
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So how do we meet this moment? We do what academics do best: we experiment. We engage thoughtfully and critically. We invite students into honest conversations about when AI helps and when it hinders. We test new assessment strategies. We stay alert to unexpected opportunities. Above all, we stay curious.
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That’s our approach in the Faculty Hub. We’re exploring—together—what education looks like when we hold two truths at once. Our students need to understand these powerful new tools, and they still need to master the slow, inefficient, and irreplaceable art of learning itself.
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Coming Up in the Faculty Hub
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Ryan, Saif, and I worked with the Robins School of Business this summer on a weekly series on developing AI literacy. We are building on the success of that series and hosting a Faculty Learning Community this semester to help you grow your own AI literacy. We’ll meet on Friday mornings in Dhall beginning Friday, September 5, from 9 to 10 a.m. over free breakfast 🥐☕— We hope you can join us! 👉 Register here.
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Can’t make Friday mornings but still want breakfast and a side of conversation around AI topics? Join us for Morning Blend this September in the South Reading Room of Dhall (8:45–9:15 a.m.). Grab your coffee ☕ and chat AI with us. Sign up here.
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📖 Sept 3 – The Writing Process
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🪜 Sept 10 – Scaffolding Assignments
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🎨 Sept 17 – Creative Projects
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🎤 Sept 24 – Oral Assignments
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Discover how to search inside digitized maps with MapReader. Participants will create datasets from the visual and textual content of maps while exploring computer vision in the humanities. No programming experience required! Hosted by the Faculty Hub and CLAAI, this event will be in person (with lunch 🍴) and livestreamed on Zoom. Register here.
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We are happy to share the Faculty Hub’s 2024-2025 Year in Review (our sixth one)! Please have a look to learn more about the story of the Hub’s continued growth. Through our consultations and support for inclusive pedagogy, digital pedagogy, and writing, we are reaching more faculty members than ever before. Thank you for being a part of this story.
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Save the date for the Prompting, Learning, and Artificial Intelligence (PLAI) Summit on Friday, September 19. Washington and Lee University (an ACS partner) will host the summit, a full-day event on how AI can extend human capability while preserving what makes us human. The program features keynote talks, panels, and interactive sessions with educators, technologists, and alumni. Our own Center for the Liberal Arts and AI (CLAAI) director, Lauren Tilton, will be presenting, alongside speakers such as Dr. C. Edward Watson, Professors Jeff Schatten and Joshua Fairfield, and a panel of W&L alumni. Lunch is included, with opportunities throughout the day to engage critically with generative AI.
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We are always looking for new and exciting projects and collaborations. Feel free to contact us.
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