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Now I hope some of you react with surprise - that you’re having an excellent semester and students are behaving just as you expected and learning what they came to learn. I’m delighted when that’s the case! But I can also say that broadly speaking, any “normal” we might have returned to after the disruption of 2020 remains elusive, and the weight of that disruption weighs differently on each of us. So if you are having an excellent semester, please know that some of your colleagues, or your students in their other classes besides yours, may be having a hard time this semester. And if you are struggling to connect with students, it may be part of broader phenomena that we’re seeing written about in other contexts. 

On Friday October 20th from 1-2 pm, join the Scholar-in-Residence about GenAI. This virtual session is focused on student voice. If you missed the first conversation, focused on faculty and assignment ideas, here is the recording.

You can catch up here!

Getting Started with AI
Also shared on this page, under our Workshop Archive. Slides are listed there too.

With a rapidly changing news cycle surrounding generative AI tools it is crucial for educators to stay informed. Locally, U-M has brought these tools in house with the various U-M GPT offerings. Autumm Caines, one of our instructional designers in the Hub, has been following these technologies for a few years now and brings us an introductory workshop covering the essentials including: AI vocabulary, defining the technology, practical use cases, prompt engineering basics, and an overview of several of the large scale concerns about this technology's impacts.

Hub Affiliates will develop expertise on a teaching and learning topic, of their own choosing, for the benefit of the campus teaching community and receive a $3000 stipend for their work during 2024. Check out the program description for suggested topics or pitch your own.

Our work in the Hub is connective – we want to be the vehicle that helps share your thoughtful teaching strategies with each other. If you know of something that will increase student success, use the Affiliates program to share it with your colleagues. Fill out the very short interest form by October 16th.

The current Hub Affiliates are:

Amy Brainer

Bruce Maxim

Judy Nesmith

You can read more about their Hub Affiliates projects on the Hub blog and maybe reach out to them if your work connects to theirs.

Questions or comments? Jessica Riviere, rivierej@umich.edu

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