The Learning and Teaching Nexus
at the New York University School of Professional Studies (SPS) works at the intersection of institutional schooling, workplace and professional advancement, and self-directed learning to explore educational possibilities in the Post-Information Age.
Assignments with AI: Critiquing an AI Podcast
In this sample Global Sport assignment, students read different articles about the same topic, then listen to a Gemini Notebook generated podcast about the articles. Students meet in groups to deepen their understanding by discussing their articles and critiquing what the AI generated podcast got right and wrong. AI Tool Gemini Notebook - Audio Overview Summary The purpose of this exercise is to do a deep reading of an article, then analyze and critique the output of an AI tool using the...
Assignments with AI: Build an AI Financial Planner
In this sample assignment, students practice creating Google Gem to act as a financial planner and then analyze its output. Through this process, students practice building gems, developing procedures and documents for good financial planning and critically analyzing AI outputs. AI Tool Google Gemini / Gems Summary Students will create a Gem to act as a financial planner, then upload data and documents to test its capability and utility and analyze the Gem’s output using their own financial...
The Human Side of Learning with AI
What kinds of learning experiences become more important when students can generate explanations, summaries, and examples in seconds? AI can make learning feel efficient, but efficiency is not the same as understanding. When students work mostly through prompts and generated responses, they may miss the nuance and energy that comes from learning with other people. For me, the solution lies in creating intentional space for analog interaction, where students can explain ideas to one another,...