Welcome

NYU’s Office of The Provost hosted a Teaching and Learning with Generative AI Virtual Symposium: Student Perspectives on

Thursday, October 10, 2024
8am–11:20am NYC | 4–7:20pm Abu Dhabi | 8–11:20pm Shanghai

Video Recordings

Video recordings are now available below. *Please note that select sessions were NOT recorded.

Schedule at a Glance

Welcome
8-8:15am NYC | 4–4:15pm Abu Dhabi | 8–8:15pm Shanghai (15 min)

*This session was NOT recorded!

De Angela L. Duff – Associate Vice Provost, NYU, and Industry Professor, NYU Tandon

Student Roundtable (45 min)
8:15-9am NYC | 4:15–5pm Abu Dhabi | 8:15–9pm Shanghai 

*This session was NOT recorded!

• Hallelujah Abe – BA, Economics, NYU Abu Dhabi, ’26
• Sara Jakubowicz – MA, Learning Technology and Experience Design, Games for Learning Concentration, NYU Steinhardt, ’25
• Xiaochen (Nigel) Lu – MS, Computer Science, NYU Tandon, ‘25
• Bianca Mandapat – BA, Social Research and Public Policy, NYU Abu Dhabi, ‘25
• Qi Sun – BS Computer Science and Mathematics, NYU Shanghai, ‘27
• David Wang, BA, Global Liberal Studies, NYU Liberal Studies, ’27

Moderated by De Angela L. Duff – Associate Vice Provost, NYU, and Industry Professor, NYU Tandon

Student Use Of Generative AI (15 min)
9-9:15am NYC | 5–5:15pm Abu Dhabi | 9–9:15pm Shanghai 

*This session was NOT recorded!

Clay Shirky – Vice Provost for AI and Technology in Education

Student Lightning Presentations and Q&A (45 min)
9:15–10am NYC | 5:15-6pm Abu Dhabi | 9:15–10pm Shanghai

*Nada’s presentation was NOT recorded to honor their request!

Nada Alwahedi – BA, Political Science, Business Organizations & Society, NYU Abu Dhabi ‘26

• AI as My Academic and Personal Assistant: From Essays to Emotional Well-being
  I’ll discuss how generative AI has become an invaluable tool in my daily life, enhancing both academic performance and personal growth. From organizing study notes, brainstorming essays, and discussing readings, to supporting my fitness goals, helping manage anxiety with grounding techniques, and serving as a personal journaling tool, AI has transformed the way I learn, plan, and reflect.

Tiansheng Hu – BS, Computer Science, NYU Shanghai ‘27

• My AI Journey: From Panic to Exploration
  I will discuss how I utilized Generative AI in three key areas: my past experience in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM), my coursework, and my current research project. From feelings of panic to a journey of exploration, I aim to highlight the key events that shifted my perspective and demonstrate how I now leverage Generative AI for a more streamlined life.

Zulsyika Nurfaizah – MA, in Learning Technology and Experience Design, NYU Steinhardt ‘25 

• Meaningful Co-Learning with Generative AI
  I will provide an overview of generative AI’s potential as a peer tutor. I will also share my personal experience using GenAI in this role, highlighting prompting tips like the 80/20 rule, explaining concepts like I’m 5, and assigning roles. I will also discuss how using generative AI as a peer tutor is especially relevant when faculty use a flipped classroom method.

Deziree Harmon – BS, Interactive Media & Business, NYU Shanghai ‘25

• Using AI for Capstone Project Development Process
  In this talk, I’ll share how I’m using AI for my capstone, focusing on accessible and inclusive education. I’ll discuss the tools and techniques used to streamline research, the creative process, work with a team, test prototypes, and generate insights that are shaping the future of education technology.

Anisha Arora – MS, Project Management, NYU SPS ‘24

• Getting Corporate-Ready with Generative AI
  In this presentation, I’ll highlight how generative AI supports students in getting corporate-ready. From personalizing resumes and optimizing LinkedIn profiles to building their personal brand, AI offers a wealth of resources. I’ll discuss various tools and techniques that students can leverage to target multiple job profiles, save time, and concentrate on interview preparation, ultimately enhancing their readiness for the corporate world.

Moderated by Hui Soo Chae – Executive Director, Learning and Teaching Nexus, and Clinical Professor, Education and Technology, NYU SPS

Faculty Lightning Presentations and Q&A (45 min)
10-11am NYC | 6-7pm Abu Dhabi | 10–11pm Shanghai

Negar Farakish – Assistant Dean, Division of Programs in Business, and Clinical Associate Professor, NYU SPS, and

Kristine Rodriguez Kerr – Academic Director, MS in Professional Writing, and Clinical Associate Professor, Professional Writing, NYU School of Professional Studies (SPS)

• Shifting Student Expectations Around Faculty Use of AI Tools 
  In this session, we will share students’ reactions to the incorporation of AI video and digital personas created by the faculty. We will also discuss their perceptions of the impact of utilizing these tools into their teaching and student learning.

Sebastian Heath – Director of Graduate Studies and Clinical Associate Professor of Computational Humanities and Roman Archaeology, NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient Word, and 

Patrick Burns – Associate Research Scholar, Digital Projects, ISAW Library, NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient Word

• Graduate Student Engagement with NYU’s High Performance Computing Infrastructure: Anecdotes from a Small Seminar at ISAW
  In Spring semester 2024, the presenters co-taught the graduate seminar “Generating Antiquity” at NYU’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. The course was intended as an introduction and forum for discussion of the impact that gAI is having on the academy, with a focus on historical studies of the Ancient World (AfroEurasia before 1200 CE). All our students chose to implement a project that used NYU’s High Performance Computing infrastructure for working with Large Language Models, suggesting that as they confronted gAI’s limits, they were willing to work – at least on a preliminary basis – on how they can insert their own research interests into the processes that produce gAI outputs. We will briefly review the final projects as part of our talk.

Shuang Wen – Clinical Assistant Professor of History, NYU Shanghai

• Visualizing Historical Texts with AI Tools 
  In this session, I will share the students’ varied responses to my on-going pedagogical experimentation on using AI tools to visualize texts in order to engage them in reading and understanding history.

Hongyi Wen  – Assistant Professor of Computer Science, NYU Shanghai

• Contextualizing Vision-Language Models for Personalized Learning in Intro-level Programming: Student Perspectives on Engagement and Effectiveness 
  In this talk, I will introduce an assistive learning system we developed for Introduction to Computer Programming that integrates class materials, a context-aware vision-language model chatbot, and a coding IDE. I will share findings from a four-week user study with students from the class regarding their perspectives on interacting with the system, the effectiveness of context-aware learning, and their opinions on generative AI responses.

Evgeniya Efremova – Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, Clinical Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning, NYU Shanghai

• What drives students’ use of GenAI and how it shapes their engagement 
  This lightning talk presents key findings from 20 focus interviews with diverse students at NYU Shanghai, exploring their varied engagement with GenAI. It highlights how the interplay of factors such as the perceived relevance of skills and subjects, self-efficacy, skill levels, and attitudes toward grades and cheating shape their patterns of engagement with GenAI tools.

Moderated by Anandi Nagarajan – Assistant Vice Provost for Pedagogy, NYU Office of the Provost

Students Closing Remarks (20 min)
11-11:20am NYC | 7-7:20pm Abu Dhabi | 11–11:20pm Shanghai

• Deziree Harmon – BS, Interactive Media & Business, NYU Shanghai ‘25
• Sara Jakubowicz – MA, Learning Technology and Experience Design, Games for Learning Concentration, NYU Steinhardt, ’25