In this event, we will present the AI assistant Claude, and Claude's new "learning mode" which is available for LSE students and faculty via a partnership betwen LSE and Anthropic. We will compare findings from Anthropic’s report on the student usage of Claude to findings from the GENIAL project. The speakers will talk about the partnership between LSE and Anthropic and a round of Q&A regarding teaching and learning assisted by AI will close the event.
Please note that this event is for LSE students and staff only.
Registration will open on 24 April.
Meet our speakers and chair
Drew Bent is spearheading Anthropic's new higher ed initiative. He previously co-founded the tutoring non-profit Schoolhouse.world with Sal Khan, which he ran from 2020-24 and now sits on the board. Prior to that, he wrote code at Khan Academy, taught high school math, and has been tutoring students for over a decade. Drew has degrees in physics & CS from MIT, and an education master's from Stanford.
Greg Feingold is a Brand Programs Manager at Anthropic. Previously, he worked as Community Program Manager at Perplexity and Global Community Lead at TikTok. Greg holds degrees in business administration and cinematic arts from USC Marshall School of Business.
Marcos Barreto is an Assistant Professor (Education) in the Statistics Department where he teaches courses focusing on databases, big data technologies and AI. Marcos co-founded the GENIAL project, a multidisciplinary hub that looks into how the use of AI by undergraduate and postgraduate students impact, or interfere, with their learning experience at university.
Discussants
Jonathan Cardoso-Silva is an Assistant Professor (Education) in the LSE Data Science Institute where he teaches modern best practices for the collection, storage and manipulation of data for analytics and AI. He co-founded the GENIAL project, a study that looks into how the use of AI by undergraduate students impact, or interfere, with their learning experience at university.
Dorottya Sallai is Associate Professor (Education) of Management, with a PhD in Management. She leads core and optional courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and teaches in executive and summer courses. She received the LSE Student Union’s Outstanding Teaching Award in 2023. She is a core member of the GENIAL project.
Casey Kearney is an Assistant Professor (Education) at the School of Public Policy at LSE where he teaches Data Science for Public Policy. His research focuses on the politics of financial crises and capital inflow management. He has also written on how Multinational Companies can use foreign affiliates to tap into foreign credit markets and improve profitability. He is a core member of the GENIAL project.
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