[staff-physics-and-astronomy-HL-UHD-UD] [VWP-l] AI and education workshop and teachers meeting

[Broedersz, C.P. (Chase)]

Dear colleagues,

I want to announce two important events for the Physics and Astronomy BSc program.


  1.  AI and education workshop on April 30 9:30-12:30 in A1.18 at Science Park. Rapid developments in AI require us to rethink how we teach and assess Physics and Astronomy. This workshop will be provided by Vincent Tijms from TLC and brings together current best practices on navigating the role of generative AI in education. We will explore a two-lane approach: on the one hand, safeguarding assessment against undesirable use of GenAI, and on the other, leveraging it constructively to support and even deepen student learning. Importantly, the workshop will also create space for exchanging perspectives: what elements of our teaching do we want to preserve as we adapt?

     I strongly encourage all our teaching staff to join. If you haven’t signed      up for the workshop in response to my earlier emails,  you are still      very welcome. But please do let me know so I can be sure our room is      large enough.

  1.
Teachers meeting on May 12 14:00-15:00 in F1.02.
We will discuss how facilitate active and engaging learning practices, especially in our tutorials. I’m hearing from many colleagues that it is becoming increasingly challenging to get students to attend and actively engage in lectures and tutorials. Students themselves indicate that they prefer more activating teaching formats over traditional ones, as these offer clear added value and a strong advantage compared to studying the material independently at home.
In addition, we will give a short update on the Visible Learning Trajectory project for the Physics and Astronomy BSc program, which will launch in September ‘26.

Best wishes,
Chase
-------------------------------------
Prof. dr. Chase Broedersz
University Research Chair Professor
Theoretical Physics of Life
Program Director Physics and Astronomy BSc JD
VU Amsterdam - Research building 4B-145
Group website<http://broederszgroup.com/> <http://broederszgroup.com/>


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://listserver.vu.nl/pipermail/senior-staff-physics-and-astronomy/attachments/20260410/9a744190/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
_______________________________________________
Vwp.nat.few mailing list
Vwp.nat.few at listserver.vu.nl
https://listserver.vu.nl/mailman/listinfo/vwp.nat.few