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Looking for resources about how to adapt your teaching in response to this new technology? Check out this guidance from The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning

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If you've been following the news, you've probably heard about ChatGPT, a language model that is able to draw upon artificial intelligence to compose snippets of essays, computer code, and other work that may be hard to tell apart from authentic student...

Examining Science Education in ChatGPT: An Exploratory Study of Generative Artificial Intelligence

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The advent of generative artificial intelligence (AI) offers transformative potential in the field of education. The study explores three main areas: (1) How did ChatGPT answer questions related to science education? (2) What are some ways educators could...

Generative artificial intelligence and engineering education

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The recent popularity of generative AI (GAI) applications such as ChatGPT portend a new era of research, teaching, and learning across domains, including in engineering (Bubeck et al., 2023; Kasneci et al., 2023; Lo, 2023; Qadir, 2023). In this guest...

Reimagining STEM Learning Objectives in Response to Generative AI

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Vijay Janapa Reddi, Associate Professor (SEAS) and director of the Edge Computing Lab, is an applied machine learning computer architect.

Motivating students to transition from learning-for-testing to learning-for-learning

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In his Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics course (a core class for physics concentrators) Matthew Schwartz, Professor of Physics, tries to move his students away from a binge-learning exam-based model, common in science classes, to one of sustained...

Using a student cohort to test and innovate new training materials

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Tyler Giannini and Susan Farbstein, Clinical Professors of Law, pull back the curtain on pedagogy for students in the seminar Advanced Skills Training in Strategic Human Rights Advocacy by making them part of a learning community and giving them ownership...

Research: Impact of Industry Guest Speakers on Business Students' Perceptions of Employability Skills Development

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A study suggests that external speakers can also help bridge the gap between higher education and industry for students by reinforcing the importance of developing key employability skills.

Research: Supporting Student Self-Regulated Learning in Problem- and Project-Based Learning

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A synthesis of studies of problem- or project-based learning (PBL) concludes that such experiences are successful only if students are able to self-regulate their own learning. The authors make project design and instructional practice recommendations to...

Outcomes (Canvas)

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Canvas, Harvard’s learning management system, enables instructors to identify outcomes to track mastery in a course, and add outcome aligned rubrics to discussions, assignments, and quizzes.

Setting up effective feedback loops: The role of assessment in course transformation

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Logan McCarty, Director of Physical Sciences Education, and Louis Deslauriers, Director of Science Teaching and Learning, adopted an active pedagogy for a large introductory physics course and saw significant gains in student learning and attitudes...