Sunday Salons (5pm-8pm) include food/drink and revolve around selected readings that range in topic, focus, and viewpoints. In keeping with the general theme of HxA, most of our readings will consider divergent viewpoints on a particular topic.

Date: Sunday, April 26

RSVP to Austin Council at adc@vt.edu for location and parking instructions.

Topic: Teaching with AI

Readings:

-Gasda, M. (4 June, 2025). “How Educators Can Defeat AI.” Compact.

-Palmer, P. J. (1997). The courage to teach: exploring the inner landscape of a teacher’s life. Jossey-Bass. (Chapter 1)

-Rotella, C. (25 November, 2025). “I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My

Classroom, but Not for the Worse.” The New York Times.

Bowen, J. A., & Watson, C. E. (2024). Teaching with AI : a practical guide to a new era of human learning (1st ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. (Chapter 5)

- Lee, D., Arnold, M., Srivastava, A., Plastow, K., Strelan, P., Ploeckl, F., Lekkas, D., & Palmer, E. (2024). The impact of generative AI on higher education learning and teaching: A study of educators’ perspectives. Computers and Education. Artificial Intelligence, 6, Article 100221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2024.100221