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SUMMARY:IDEAS Group to Host November Seminar on Teaching in the Age of AI
DESCRIPTION:The Instructional Design\, Engagement and Support (IDEAS) grou
 p at UMass Amherst will host the online seminar “Teaching in the Age of A
 I: What Matters Most for Learning?” on Thursday\, Nov. 12\, from 3–4:30 p
 .m. The seminar will stream live on YouTube.\n\nAI can provide answers in
  seconds\, generate ideas on demand and offer guidance across a wide rang
 e of academic and personal challenges. However\, research suggests that A
 I can reinforce assumptions\, present uncertain information with confiden
 ce and shape how people understand problems\, evaluate evidence and make 
 decisions.\n\nThe seminar will begin with a case study examining reports 
 of AI-related psychiatric harm and the questions they raise about how int
 eractions with AI may influence beliefs\, behavior and mental health. Dra
 wing on perspectives from journalism\, technology and higher education\, 
 the panel will explore the broader implications for human judgment\, crit
 ical thinking\, teaching and learning.\n\nKey discussion topics will incl
 ude:\n\nHow can instructors help students critically evaluate not only th
 e accuracy of AI-generated information\, but also the assumptions and per
 spectives embedded in its responses?How can instructors distinguish betwe
 en AI that supports learning and AI that replaces the thinking students n
 eed to develop themselves?\n\nSpeakers include: Patricia Clarke\, technol
 ogy editor at The Observer and a Pulitzer Center AI Accountability Fellow
 \; Miho Kubagawa\, head of strategic initiatives at The Rithm Project\; C
 aroli\n\nhttp://next-to-u.app/events/691407f8-a2c1-46df-a964-35b94fb32ac5
URL:http://next-to-u.app/events/691407f8-a2c1-46df-a964-35b94fb32ac5
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