Welcome to the teachers’ lounge, an occasional newsletter to keep you posted about happenings in the data journalism teachers’ club.
This issue: some upcoming events 📆 (online and in-person!) and reflecting on syllabus design🤔.
Panel Title: Teaching with ChatGPT: Beyond the Cheating Paradigm
Location: Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (New York City)
Date & Time: Thursday, September 26th, 2:30 PM
Signup Link (registration required): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-and-the-newsroom-navigating-whats-next-tickets-1008567551697?aff=oddtdtcreator
In this session, journalism educators will discuss various approaches to navigating classrooms where students may use ChatGPT. You'll hear from professors who integrate the tool to facilitate learning and those who restrict its use to encourage deeper engagement. Whether you're using ChatGPT or restricting its use, come share your experiences with us!
Date & Time: Friday, October 18, Noon - 2 PM
Location: Online 🌐
Signup link: https://noteforms.com/forms/join-the-book-club-sz34t4
Everyone seems to be talking about AI these days, and many professors are worried about students using ChatGPT to write their assignments. But AI generated text detectors have significant reliability concerns, leaving some educators scratching their heads about what to do.
Join us for an online book club discussion of Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty by James M. Lang. Recommended by Harvard pedagogy experts, this book dives into the research behind what factors lead to student cheating and offers practical, research-backed strategies to design our classes intentionally in ways that create the conditions to more organically promote intrinsic motivation.
Even if you can’t finish the entire book, you're welcome to join! If you’re short on time, we recommend reading the **Introduction and Chapters 2, 5, and 6—**or just come, and we’ll catch you up.
Panel Title: Data Journalism Teachers’ Club: A New Community for Data Journalism Educators
Location: Northeastern University, Boston