Society, Education, and Technology (SET)

Overview

This project is designed to support the DKU community in adapting to technology through research studies on impacts of emerging technologies, especially AI, on society and education. It takes an interdisciplinary approach to leveraging DKU faculty’s intellectual background and expertise to address questions related to AI and other emerging technologies. The in-house resources and consultancy established through the project will provide support to faculty, students and staff on their use of AI at DKU. 

Timeline

Fall 2024 – Spring 2026

Faculty Fellow:

Daniel Weissglass, dew34@duke.edu  

Staff Leads: 

Haiyan Zhou (CTL), Jingduo Bi (Assessment)

Levels of Faculty Engagement 

• Core Lab Members: Review literature, conduct needs assessment, produce guidance documents, facilitate workshops, contribute to reports. Engagement starts in Fall 2024. A shared research fund is available to support cross-training the development of further expertise and collaborative research projects shared across the lab members. 
• Lab-Sponsored Project Leads: Conduct experiments with AI and other emerging technologies with supportive expertise and funding provided by the SET Lab. CFPs will be available in Spring 2025. Funding will be provided. 
• Project Contributors: Provide feedback and consultations to the project through occasional meetings or email exchanges to help the lab set priorities and agenda for programming. 
• Event Participants: Attend workshops that are organized with CTL and other stakeholders. Those workshops will be available starting from Spring 2025.