Generative AI creates both challenges and opportunities for educators. This half-day virtual seminar is designed to help instructors successfully incorporate generative AI tools and topics into the classroom—and guide students in exploring the tools’ power and limits.

Attendees will learn practical ways to integrate AI into their teaching through exercises and other modalities. Participants will experience one of these exercises as students and discover how to adapt case-based sessions for a generative AI context. The seminar will also cover how to create new AI-focused sessions from scratch.

Facilitator:
The seminar will be facilitated by Mitchell Weiss, Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School and Chair of the school’s first-year curriculum. An award-winning case-method teacher and prolific case writer, Mitchell has extensive experience in building and deploying AI-based sessions for MBA students and executives. He will share real-time perspectives on teaching with AI, drawing from his years of experience.

Seminar at a Glance:

• Date: January 22, 2025
• Time: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)
• Format: Delivered virtually via Zoom
• Cost: $495 per instructor
• Certificates: Certificates of Completion will be awarded (requirements on registration form).
• Registration Requirements: Open only to teaching faculty at degree-granting institutions. Registrations will be canceled for corporate trainers, government employees, and teachers in non-degree-granting programs. We welcome up to 10 faculty members from each participating university.
• Registration Deadline: 11:59 a.m. Eastern Time, Friday, December 20, 2024.

Topics Covered:

• General approaches to incorporating generative AI in the classroom
• Practical, specific exercises to give students hands-on experience with AI
• Tips for enhancing teaching using AI
• Guidelines for students to maximize their learning with AI
• Insights into student perspectives on AI in the classroom

Tentative Schedule (Eastern Time):

• 9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Welcome and Overview: The Why of Generative AI
• 9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Get Hands-On with Generative AI: In-Class Exercise
• 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Break
• 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Exercise Debrief and More Approaches to Using Generative AI in Class
• 11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Break
• 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Putting It All Together: Tools, Guidelines, Guardrails, and Reflection

Minimum System Requirements for Synchronous Sessions:
All class sessions will be conducted synchronously via Zoom. Please check here for supported operating systems, internet browsers, and recommended system specifications for using Zoom.

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Contact Information:
For any questions, email hbspseminars@hbsp.harvard.edu or call 800-545-7685 (for international calls, use +1-617-783-7600).