Sponsored by the 麻豆影院 Faculty Assembly and the Office of Academic Affairs, hosted by the Center for Teaching and Learning

Given the explosion of interest in AI both within and outside academia, the 麻豆影院 faculty will be holding a series of colloquia this spring.  Invited faculty will give informal presentations and engage in open discussions of topics related to classroom uses (and abuses) of software such as ChatGPT, but topics are not limited to pedagogy, and we imagine presentations focused on faculty research areas, as well, for example, questions in philosophy, computer science, religious studies, and the arts. 

Fri, Mar 3 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. MT 

• Shivakant Mishra, Professor, College of Engineering and Applied Science, Honor Code Advisory Board faculty - The Impact of AI and Cheating
• Nathan Schneider, Assistant Professor, Media Studies - Governable Spaces for Accountable AI
• Clayton Lewis, Emeritus Professor of Computer Science - Analogical reasoning in GPT-3

Tue, Mar 14 from 3:30 p.m-5:00 p.m. MT

• Eliana Colunga, Associate Professor, Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience, Institute of Cognitive Science - Human Language and the Lure of Chatbot Sentience
• Benjamin Slater Hale, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies and Philosophy - "Danger, Will Manfredjinsinjin!": Generative AI and the Perils of the XK-Red-27 Technique
• Sriram Sankaranarayanan, Associate Professor, Computer Science - Developing an Artificial Understanding of the World Around Us

Wed, Apr 5 from 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. MT

• Peter Foltz, ICS Faculty, Research Professor, Institute of Cognitive Science - Balancing the challenges and opportunities for using Large Language Models for improving Student Learning
• Kai Larsen, Associate Professor, Information Management - The Implications of Generative A.I. (including ChatGPT) for Research into Human Behavior
• Bill Penuel, Professor, Learning Sciences and Human Development - Preparing Future Students for A.I. in Academics
• Julia Staffel, Associate Professor, Philosophy, College of Arts and Science - Teaching with ChatGPT: Against the Nuclear Option

These sessions will be meeting in the Center for Teaching & Learning, room E390. Feel free to attend all or just those that fit your schedule. Alternatively, you may . Please note the Zoom chat will not be monitored.  These events are open to the public and in-person space is limited.  For more information email Kirk Ambrose at kirk.ambrose@colorado.edu. 

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The 麻豆影院 Faculty Assembly held it's first meeting of spring semester on Thursday, February 2, 2023 via Zoom. The following items were on the agenda:

Katherine Eggert, SVP of Academic Planning and Assement gave members an update on the propsal for a campus common curriculum from fall and on next steps. These will include mapping of common curiculum learning outcomes onto existing curricula and First-Year Experience programs. A campus curriculum committee will be formed in the fall to evaluate the mapping and work with colleges, schools and Student Affairs to identify gaps. Common Curriculum presentation slides; Common Curriculum Proposal Acceptance

Rolf Norgaard, chair of the BFA Teaching Faculty Affairs committee (TFAC) announced that the BFA is launching a survey on governance, voting rights, and inclusion for teaching and clinical faculty on campus. The survey will be sent to eligible teaching and clinical faculty for two weeks with a summary of results being presented at an upcoming Assembly meeting. Please send questions to bfa@colorado.edu. 

Melissa Cantrell, Data & Scholarly Communications Librarian updated Assembly members regarding recently announced federal guidelines from the OSTP (Nelson) Memo and the possible impacts for public access to all publicly funded research and data. The BFA is hosting joint listening sessions with CU Libraries and RIO for campus faculty and researchers aimed at providing more information and getting feedback on how campus can support them. These sessions are open to campus. 

AI Developments and Academia - BFA Chair Tiffany Beechy and Janet Casagrand, chair of the Academic Technologies & Services Committee (ATSC) led a preliminary discussion related to recent, high-profile developments in AI.   While there was concern regarding academic integrity, faculty are also very curious about the ramifications of powerful software, for every area of human endeavor.  The faculty discussed near-term objectives such as shoring up the Honor Code but also discussed plans for a series of interdisciplinary symposia on the impacts of AI in faculty's respective fields.  The Center for Teaching & Learning will coordinate with both the BFA and OIT to create these sessions.

The BFA voted on and approved four pending motions that were introduced at the December Assembly meeting for consideration: 

• BFA-M-3-111422 BFA Administrator Appraisal Committee Charge Revisions
• BFA-M-1-110722 BFA Officer Membership & Eligibility
• BFA-M- 2-110722 CU Faculty Council Officer Membership & Eligibility
• BFA-M-4-112822 BFA At-Large Representative Membership & Eligibility

Lastly, BFA Secretary Vicki Grove reminded representatives that BFA Assembly At-Large Representative election procesess would begin in February and that all faculty senate members are eligible to serve. A call for nominations can be expected later this month. Additionally, there are two open seats for 麻豆影院 faculty on the system . These seats are for open to eligible faculty in non-A&S units. Please contact Jennifer Hendricks, chair of the BFA Grievance Advisory Committee at bfa@colorado.edu for more information. 

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