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Video from the March DOLCE on interactive instructional video with PlayPosit

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

We appreciate the enthusiastic and expert participation of our three faculty presenters and the thoughtful questions from the audience at our most recent DOLCE event last Friday, March 2nd. The teaching and presentation skills of Mark Verbitsky, Debbie Fetter, and Martin Hilbert were on full display. Lest you feel full of regret if you couldn’t join us, we have recorded the entire event for your measured review.

Video from the February’s DOLCE on reflective AI alternatives and metacognition

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

Thanks to everyone who attended our DOLCE on Friday, February 2nd. I loved hearing Russ Carpenter and Patricia Turner present on the fascinating, creative, and effective ways that they teach classes and chart out pedagogical our use of Chat GPT and other AI programs, skillfully mixing innovation, deep thinking, and coverage of necessary academic skills. We are lucky to have such accomplished and thoughtful members of the UC Davis community.

Invitation to participate in ChatGPT research

Dear colleagues,
 
ChatGPT has obviously raised a lot of fears. Some students and faculty both are quite perplexed about how students are or should or should not be using it, and any AI-generated text is considered plagiarism by OSSJA. At the same time, we know that our students will enter professions in which generative AI is being incorporated into all kinds of workflows.
 
If we don’t train them how to use AI ethically—and help them understand why and when they should not use it—it may deepen the digital divide and increase inequity in education.

Video from the January Faculty Forum on teaching with AI in VetMed and other STEM disciplines

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

We appreciate the significant faculty turnout at our Faculty Forum on Friday, January 19th. Thanks to all of you who joined us for the lively discussion with colleagues at UC Davis and other universities. Thanks especially to Denise M. Imai-Leonard from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine who recruited so many excellent panelists!

Video from the November Faculty Forum on Generative AI teaching strategies

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

The neuroscientist and engineer Jeff Hawkins once said that “The key to artificial intelligence has always been the representation.” We appreciate the significant faculty representation at our AI Faculty Forum on Friday, November 17th. We appreciated the lively discussion and your thoughtful comments from the more than 50 attendees!

Upcoming Faculty Forum on Generative AI teaching strategies

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

Stephen Hawking said, “Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks.”

I don’t know if we have yet reached what Hawking predicted as “success,” but I do know that AI informs an increasing number of decisions made in the business world. While academic technology typically lags communications technologies, this year we and our students nevertheless have found ourselves negotiating the opportunities and challenges presented by generative AI.