SAS Office of Undergraduate Education
Metacognition—our unique human ability to think about our own thinking—can help us gauge if, when, and how to use GenAI to support learning. The more we understand metacognition, the better we can support learners in developing metacognitive skills and strategies that empower them to navigate the current technological landscape productively and with integrity. This interactive session provides an exploration of what metacognition is, its relevance in the age of GenAI, and easy-to-implement strategies that support metacognition in any discipline.
Explicitly including metacognitive strategies into a course doesn’t have to take much time or even replace course content; participants can consider various ways to intentionally infuse these strategies into pre-existing coursework.
A Symposium to Prepare Students for Life After Rutgers
This day-long symposium will bring together SAS faculty, local employers, and students to bridge gaps in understanding about the impact of AI on their respective goals and practices and to help faculty develop practical approaches to supporting SAS graduate preparation that honor discipline-based priorities. Faculty from all disciplines and perspectives on AI are welcome.
Join us Friday, November 6th at 10:00 – 11:00 am on Zoom for a conversation with Carlie Andrews, Senior Director of the Office of Disability Services, about how to manage student accommodation requests and increase accessibility in our classrooms. As many of us have redesigned our assignments in light of generative AI, we face new accessibility concerns that require conversations with students about confidential and potentially sensitive topics. Carlie will review with us some common accommodation needs, such as requests to record lectures, note-taking assistance, and exam accommodations like reduced-distraction testing and breaks without penalty, and ways to implement them equitably while maintaining confidentiality.
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Together, we will also discuss strategies for discussing accommodations with your students that respect the student’s right to equitable assessments while reinforcing instructor boundaries and academic integrity. We welcome all to join us for this informal dialogue and bring both your questions and solutions to share with the group. Don’t forget to bring your tea!
Tea & Teaching is an informal conversation around all things teaching hosted by Jenevieve DeLosSantos, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Academic Standards.
What does an effective instructional explanation look like in your discipline? How do your explanations guide students rather than just “telling them” the answers? This session introduces an evidence-based framework outlining the steps and features for facilitating productive teacher-student instructional dialogue in STEM but will invite all to consider what effective instructional dialogues look like in other disciplines.
Our ability to guide students' construction of knowledge through instructional explanations is especially important in the age of GenAI, because when learners don’t “get it” in our classes, they may turn to GenAI for explanations, which may lead to inaccuracies, passive learning, and dependency (if not used productively). Session participants will have a chance to explore and consider both possibilities and pitfalls of students accessing GenAI for instructional explanations.
