Past Events
Fall 2024: Beginning of KOLT Academic Skills Workshops

The KOLT Academic Skills Workshops aim to equip you with effective academic strategies to succeed in higher education.

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10
October 2024, Thursday
Location: Zoom
Calls for Fall 2024 & Spring 2025 KOLT Teaching Improvement Grants

Every semester, KOLT provides Teaching Improvement Grants to the faculty members who would like to experiment with various subjects.

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23
September 2024, Monday
KOLT FACULTY WEBINAR: “Educators’ AI Competencies for a Human-centred Use of AI”

In this talk, Mutlu Çukurova will present the UNESCO’s AI Competency Framework for Teachers (AI CFT), a guide developed in response to the significant implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on education.

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13
June 2024, Thursday
Location: Zoom Time: 13:00
KOLT FACULTY WEBINAR: “AI in Education: Finding the Right Balance of Dependency, Scaffolding, and Competency”

AI in Education is more than tools like ChatGPT. This talk presents a multi-dimensional view of AI’s role in learning and education, emphasizing the intricate interplay between AI and the cognitive processes of learning.

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26
April 2024, Friday
Location: Zoom Time: 13:00 Duration: 1.5 Hours
Creating Your Own AI-Chatbot for Your Courses: Examples from the KU Faculty Members

Faculty members Tuba Mutluer, Ph.D. from KUSOM and Mahdi Hashemian, Ph.D. from CASE will be sharing their processes and experiences regarding the customized AI chatbots they developed for their own courses.

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05
April 2024, Friday
Location: Zoom Time: 13:00
Task Design in HE Courses

This hands-on workshop aims to facilitate faculty members in developing a task outline suitable for incorporation into their courses

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07
March 2024, Thursday
Location: KOLT Office Time: 12:00 Duration: 1.5 Hours
How to Use AI Tools in HE Courses

This workshop guides faculty in utilizing generative AI tools for efficient lesson planning and research. You’ll discover practical and ethical ways to harness AI, enhancing educational creativity while maintaining academic integrity.

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01
March 2024, Friday
Location: Zoom Time: 13:00
KOLT Faculty Newsletter – Spring 2024

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29
February 2024, Thursday
Prompt Engineering for AI Tools

This workshop equips faculty with the skills to design precise prompts, enhancing AI utilization in research and teaching.

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23
February 2024, Friday
Location: Zoom Time: 13:00
KOLT Conversation Circles: Reopening Doors to Students for Spring 2024

KOLT Language Circles provide an ideal opportunity for students to practice daily, idiomatic English or other languages in a relaxed, friendly environment.

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19
February 2024, Monday
Location: KOLT Office
Last Days for STEM Bootcamp Registration

KOLT offers STEM Bootcamp to increase skills in first-year mathematics course! This program aims to address students’ misconceptions and gaps in their high school math knowledge and skills through a two-week accelerated small-group study session.

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16
February 2024, Friday
KOLT Tutoring Center: Welcoming Students Back for Spring Semester

The KOLT Tutoring Center offers free, individual tutoring services on a drop-in basis to all Koç University students. We operate with a first-come, first-served policy.

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12
February 2024, Monday
Location: KOLT Office