Join us for the second event in the AI fall workshop with Dr. Kit Pribble (Wake Forest University).

Generative AI is now a constant backdrop in education, marketed as indispensable for teaching and learning. The challenge is distinguishing practical applications from hype and ensuring that our choices reflect our pedagogical priorities. This webinar presents a practical, values-based framework to help Russian language instructors decide when to use generative AI and when to avoid it. We will outline core ethical concerns (bias, labor and environmental costs, privacy), identify common points of misalignment with language-teaching goals (lack of semantic grounding, oversimplification of language use), and share classroom tools such as an AI-use decision flowchart and a collaborative “AI audit” activity. Rather than encouraging blanket adoption, the webinar highlights how a critical framework often points toward avoiding AI, and affirms that not using it can be the most effective choice.

If you are a graduate student (non-member) requesting a registration fee waiver, email the committee co-chairs to get your registration code at eroby@friendsbalt.org or ikogel@bu.edu.