Category: Teaching
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Dialogue Resources for Faculty
Can an AI tool help students disagree better? Excerpts from the article below. Shared by Dan Stone in a Faculty Seminar, Tuesday, Feb 3- “Self-censorship in the classroom at Bowdoin and Sway: a tool for facilitating dialogue across differences.” “… Here’s how Sway works. An instructor selects a prompt, usually a controversial statement. (Simon Cullen,…
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Awakening Together: Building Community Around AI in the Liberal Arts
Tuesday, February 3, 2026 | 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Zoom WebinarHow are liberal arts colleges approaching AI? Join a webinar featuring a talk from Lance Eaton followed by a panel discussion with Eric Chown (Bowdoin), David Watts (Colby), and Susan Purrington (Connecticut College). These leaders will share insights from their collaborative work supporting AI initiatives…
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Collaborative Note-Taking
Less Tech, better discussions Chronicle of Higher Education Teaching Newsletter Elizabeth Drummond, an associate professor of history at Loyola Marymount University, was discouraged by how students’ use of laptops and tablets in class was dampening conversation. Not only were students distracted by their own screens, they were distracting their classmates. So Drummond borrowed an idea…
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You Can’t AI-Proof the Classroom, Experts Say. Get Creative Instead.
Artificial intelligence is here to stay. Faculty members explain how to keep students engaged in their own learning and prevent them from relying on AI. By Emma Whitford December 16, 2025 Full article available on Inside Higher Ed. Excerpts below. Experts agree that instructors must remind their students that learning requires practice. … Initial conversations around…
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Visit a Museum this Semester
Peary-Macmillan Arctic Museum Our next exhibit: Mamaqtuq! It is Delicious!: Traditional Foods of the North is scheduled to open April 2. This will be a fascinating exhibit on the changing ways Inuit have hunted and fed themselves in response to climate change, pollution, colonialism, and other factors. If you’re planning a visit before April, our permanent exhibition on the second floor, At Home in…