[Air-L] Requesting AI and Social Robotics Syllabi

[Jason Archer]

Communication and media research is expanding to include artificial
intelligence and robotics, and this broadening of the study of
communication also has extended to the classroom. Scholars who are
integrating AI and/or Social Robotics into their courses are invited to
participate in the Human-Machine Communication Syllabus Project by Andrea
L. Guzman, Northern Illinois University, and Jason Archer, Michigan
Technological University.

The purpose of the project is two-fold: First, we aim to study how scholars
are conceptualizing artificial intelligence, social robotics, and/or
related technologies and incorporating them as subjects of study and tools
for learning within higher education. Second, we want to offer scholars the
opportunity to voluntarily share and access these syllabi to support
education in this emerging area.

For the study, we are seeking syllabi for courses that focus primarily on
AI, social robotics, related technologies, and their applications as well
as courses in which at least some of the content covered is dedicated to
some aspect of these areas.

To support teaching and learning, we are also creating a public repository
of the syllabi submitted for this project. We are asking submitters whether
they would like their syllabi to be included in a publicly accessible
online location to assist others in the development of related courses.
Inclusion of an individual’s syllabus in the public repository is
completely voluntary and does not affect their ability to participate in
the research project. The researchers will destroy all syllabi not included
in the repository after the completion of the research project. The
repository will be made publicly available at a future date when all
syllabi have been received and reviewed.

The deadline to submit your syllabi to the project is March 7th, 2025.
Please follow all directions on how to submit to the project that can be
found below and at https://andrealguzman.net/hmcsyllabusproject.

You can also contact the researchers directly: Andrea L. Guzman,
alguzman at niu.edu, Jason E. Archer, jearcher at mtu.edu.

Thank you.

Andrea & Jason

Participation Instructions

Required: All syllabi submitted to the project must include the following.
If the syllabi do not already include some of the information, then please
add this information at the top.

   1.

   University name
   2.

   Course title
   3.

   Department/School in which the course is offered
   4.

   Indicate whether the course is for undergraduate (associate,
   bachelor’s), graduate (master’s, PhD), or both
   5.

   Date: The term in which the course is being or was last taught (i.e.
   Spring 2024).
   6.

   Course description
   7.

   Course objectives/outcomes
   8.

   Reading list identifying all readings AND/OR course schedule including
   all readings
   9.

   Be written in English or translated into English by the author

There is no limit to the number of syllabi an individual can submit. For
recurring courses, submit ONLY the most recent version of the syllabus.

Participants do NOT have to format the syllabi a certain way or remove
extraneous information from the syllabi; although, they may want to remove
personal or sensitive information if submitting to the public repository.

Voluntary Inclusion in Public Repository

The format of the public repository will be dependent upon the number of
syllabi received. Possible distribution options include a folder in Google
Drive or a dedicated page on an existing website.

All syllabi to be included in the repository will be posted “as is” and
will be available to the public (i.e. anyone on the internet). Participants
voluntarily submitting to the repository are responsible for removing any
information they do NOT want shared publicly such as their name, contact
information, office/student-meeting hours, links to online learning
systems, policies, etc.

The syllabi of participants who do not want to contribute to the repository
will be stored separately and only be available to the researchers. Syllabi
will be deleted once the project is completed.

Syllabi submission:

To participate, please e-mail your syllabi to hmcsyllabusproject at gmail.com.
In your e-mail, please indicate whether you want your syllabi shared
publicly via the online repository. The deadline to participate in the
project is March 7th, 2025.
-- 
Jason E. Archer
Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Technologies
Director, Communication, Culture, and Media
Department of Humanities <https://www.mtu.edu/humanities/>
Executive Committee | Research Lead: Human Machine Culture
Institute of Policy, Ethics and Culture
<https://www.mtu.edu/ipec/people/executive-committee/>
Michigan Technological University
Pronouns: he/him
Website: jasonearcher.com