A six-session faculty learning community on AI was implemented in a physics department, engaging nineteen faculty across biweekly meetings¶

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Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2029: local conditions change quickly

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q1 i? A faculty learning community comprising six biweekly sessions of 60-75 minutes engaged about ten faculty per session and nineteen across the series in collective inquiry on AI use. → Perl-Nussbaum 2026

Evidence¶

Perl-Nussbaum 2026¶

Perl-Nussbaum, D., & Finkelstein, N. D. (2026). A Workshop Series for Effective Use of AI in Uncertain Times: Building a Physics Faculty Learning Community. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.23887 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2609.23887

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Case description of the Spring 2026 workshop series in the University of Colorado Boulder Physics Department. The article reports the format and participation: "six bi-weekly sessions, 60-75 minutes each" with nineteen faculty participating across the series. No outcome evaluation is offered.

"It comprised six bi-weekly sessions, 60-75 minutes each, with about ten faculty attending any given session and nineteen participating across the series."

Discussion¶

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