Workshop session structure: local data, small-group testing, collective discussion

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Description

Each of the six sessions followed a common three-part structure: facilitators presented local data or department-sourced materials, faculty tested and reflected on the materials in small groups, and the whole group discussed them together. The article states: "We started by sharing local data, whether around AI policies and use or activities gathered from different courses, and then had faculty test and reflect on the materials in small groups, followed by collective discussion." This structure embodies the framework's principles of leading with student use and facilitating collective inquiry rather than disseminating best practices.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Local data and department-sourced materials must be available to anchor each session

Constraints

• Framed as collective, local inquiry rather than a general faculty training workshop

Target Learners

• University physics faculty in a departmental learning community

Learning Goals

• Developing shared departmental approaches to AI use in courses

Claims

• Ai Era Institutional Change Framework [+M]
• End-of-series reflection found faculty most valued collective airing of the shared problem, with stance shifts and some adoption of oral assessments [+W]

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Key Sources

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

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title	Workshop session structure: local data, small-group testing, collective discussion
description	Each of the six sessions followed a common three-part structure: facilitators presented local data or department-sourced materials, faculty tested and reflected on the materials in small groups, and the whole group di...
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generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-10-11
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