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Scholarly Values, AI, and Teaching
UC Irvine’s campuswide theme for this academic year is The Scholarly Values. As an institution we have highlighted four of our scholarly values as being the Anteater Virtues. At this event, our panelists and the audience will engage in a conversation of how the latest advances in AI impact the teaching and learning of students in the context of the Anteater Virtues of curiosity, tenacity, humility, and integrity. We will look at the intersection of curiosity and creativity and how AI can both enhance human creativity and the pitfalls this creates. Considering humility (openness to new ideas) and tenacity (strength of convictions), we will discuss the role of AI in impacting how we process information, especially things we either strongly agree or disagree with. Finally, a constant point of discussion in the teaching and learning space is the impact of AI on academic integrity. How are we experiencing that here at UC Irvine?
The formal part of the event will be divided into three sections (curiosity and creativity; tenacity and humility; and integrity) in which the panel discusses the issues and then the audience will discuss with each other and then engage the panel. This will be followed by a reception full of food, drink, and fun conversation.
Presenters
• Duncan Pritchard, Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy
• Melissa Mazmanian, Professor Informatics, Department of Informatics
• Jonathan Alexander, Chancellor’s Professor of English and Informatics, School of Humanities
• Angela C Jenks, Associate Professor of Teaching, Department of Anthropology
Moderated by Michael Dennin
Co-sponsored by UC Irvine Year of Scholarly Values, OVPTL, and OIT
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Pritchard receives award for work on Anteater Virtues Project
We are delighted to announce that Duncan Pritchard was recently awarded the Paul H. Silverman Award for Outstanding Work in Ethics, for his work on the Anteater Virtues Project. Congratulations, Duncan!