This first DOLCE of the spring quarter featured a talk on the
hot-button issue of artificial intelligence, especially the generative
AI research and brainstorming tool NotebookLM, a Google product.
A colleague from Religious Studies
has been investigating NotebookLM as a teaching tool. In a talk
titled “Mixed Results: Lessons from Integrating AI into a Medium Sized
Lower Division Humanities Course,” Mairaj Syed reflected
on his integration of AI technologies (notably NotebookLM) into the
structure of his course, RST 1H: Sex, Marriage, and Divorce in Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam. In his talk, Professor Syed described how
he introduced the tool, had his students use the tool to collect and
process course documents, data sources, and concepts, as well as the
tool’s impact on student learning.
Our second speaker, Briel Brown, a 2024-2025 AggieOpen Fellow, gave a talk titled “Cultivating & Facilitating
Collaborative, Sustained Dialogue with OER Course Materials.” Brown’s
talk will touch upon themes that we will revisit at the 2025 Summer
Institute on Teaching and Technology (September 11 and 12) where our
theme will be “30 Years of SITT: Reaching Every Learner.”
Access the Zoom chat.
Select resources shared during the eventFrom our colleague Patricia Turner at CEE:
