Stanford instructors tap AI for deeper learning

The Stanford Report says that the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) has been hosting a "Teaching with AI Community Share-out" series, in which instructors present and discuss specific ways they have applied AI in their courses[1].According to the Stanford Report, over the past two academic years, 23 instructors have presented at the share-out events[1]. The Stanford Report says the series belongs to AI Meets Education at Stanford (AIMES), an effort by the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education[1].Kenji Ikemoto of CTL told the Stanford Report that "The intent of this event series is not to judge the projects or spotlight the speakers."[1]The Stanford Report says that assistant professor Ariel Stilerman's BungoBot functions as a Socratic tutor for classical Japanese[1]. The Stanford Report adds that instead of handing over translations, the bot responds with targeted questions[1].The Stanford Report says education professor Shima Salehi discussed an AI tutoring tool she and colleagues developed to support chemistry coursework[1]. According to the Stanford Report, some students said the tutor "sounds like Dr. Schwartz coaching us."[1]HyperAI reports that clinical associate professor Amit Kaushal built a real-time lecture-question system that groups, ranks and summarizes student questions[2].HyperAI describes the projects as reflecting a cautious Stanford approach[2], with faculty remaining "central to accuracy, pedagogy and judgment."[2]