A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us last week on campus and online for the Learning in the Age of AI session with our colleagues from Taiwan. We know the storm affected many of you, and we appreciate you taking the time to participate. 

For those who are still dealing with the effects of the storm, please see the resources below. If there are specific ways we can help or connect you with support, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us: LIVE@Vanderbilt.edu

Upcoming Learning Innovation Seminar

Amplify and MAJK: Homegrown AI Tools for Supporting Teaching and Learning

Wednesday February 4 | 12p-1p | 1400 18th Ave S Rm A2009

Allen Karns, chief AI technology officer for Vanderbilt University’s Amplify GenAI Innovation Center, will explore Amplify and MAJK, two custom-built AI tools designed to enhance teaching and learning in academic environments. These solutions demonstrate how institutions can leverage artificial intelligence to support educators and students in meaningful, practical ways. Join us Wednesday, to get an insider's look at the creation of Amplify and MAJK, explore their powerful features, and learn how they could support teaching and learning.

We look forward to seeing you Wednesday. Pizza and drinks provided.

Resources from the Promise and Peril of People Analytics Talk

Last week, Professor Sal Falletta examined the tension at the heart of people analytics: its potential to support evidence-based, ethical, and systematic workforce decision-making, alongside the risk of sliding into a datafication agenda that reduces employees to data points and enables invasive monitoring practices, ranging from questionable to clearly problematic, with many ethical gray areas in between.

Drawing on a seven-step people analytics cycle, he outlined practical strategies for embedding ethical considerations at each stage. Review his slides below to consider how these strategies might inform ethical people analytics practices in your own context.

Upcoming LIVE Talks

February 11

Mental Models at the Intersection of Learning and Human-Robot Interaction

Joseph Michaelis, University of Illinois Chicago

February 18

AI in Legal Practice and Learning

Mark Williams, Vanderbilt Law and VAILL

February 25

From Research to Real-World Impact: SANDI’s Journey

Nilanjan Sarkar & Jan Schlueter Vanderbilt & Neurotech Frontiers

Explore the Spring 2026 LIVE Learning Innovation Seminar Series at the link below

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