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A Small College Hopes to Claim Artificial Intelligence for the Liberal Arts

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Colby College is carving out space in the liberal arts canon for artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence has homes at other U.S. But leaders at Colby say its new AI institute is a first for a small liberal arts college. Well-educated people have to understand AI, what these tools are and how to use them.”

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Meet The Newest Liberal Art: Coding

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When coding shows up in the curriculum of a liberal arts program, its primary purpose is usually pretty obvious: help students get hired. Instead, coding is integrated to explore where it fits in “the broader idea of the liberal arts in the traditional Greek sense,” Anderson explains. In other words, coding isn’t just tacked on.

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Powerful Learning With Artificial Intelligence For Educators

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The Need for AI Literacy in Education The rapidly evolving space of artificial intelligence (AI) requires school and district leaders to make sense of how emerging technology applications, including those that use generative AI (Gen AI), are being integrated into schools and districts across the United States.

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The Power of I Used to Think…Now I Think

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This promotes emotional intelligence and self-awareness. Artistic Interpretation: In an art class, the teacher could ask students to reflect on how their perception of a particular art style or genre has changed after studying different artists and techniques.

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Dear Liberal Arts Major: STEM Companies Need Your Skills to Grow

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More companies in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—or STEM—fields are hiring workers with liberal arts backgrounds, according to a recent report. It’s so important that we have people who are thinking about the ethical implications of the technology we’re building today.” That was the case with Robert Dawson.

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Teaching Students to Make Good Choices in an Algorithm-Driven World

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In January, Colby College announced the formation of the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence , calling it the “first cross-disciplinary institute for artificial intelligence at a liberal arts college.” There is a reason no other liberal arts college has engaged in an undertaking of this nature.

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How Intelligent Tutoring Systems Make Deep Learning Possible

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From among hundreds of nominations, the award team gave the Learning Science Research prize to Arthur Graesser , Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Institute of Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis. That’s where intelligent tutoring systems come into play. What drove you to develop these systems?