Harvard AI Communities of Practice

Find a Harvard community for teaching, administrative work, or technical discussion about AI. Use the joining links below; access depends on the community and your affiliation.

Teaching and Learning

Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning

Stay current on AI in higher education tools, research, and case studies relevant to Harvard instructors through the Bok Center’s Slack channels.

#bok-teaching-with-ai
Private, faculty only
Ideas, questions, and examples about using AI in teaching
#bok-teaching-with-ai
Private, faculty only
Ideas, questions, and examples about AI-resilient teaching
#bok-ai-show-and-tell
What people have made, tried, taught, or found, from rough experiments to step-by-step guides
#bok-ai-whats-new
New models, app features, papers, and news, each with a line on why it matters
#bok-ai-help
Questions about using AI tools; no question too basic

Harvard Initiative for Teaching & Learning

HILT GenAI in Teaching and Learning

For: Harvard affiliates sharing resources, successes, and challenges in using GenAI for teaching

Platform: Microsoft Teams

HILT Learning Data and Analytics

For: People interested in learning analytics, course evaluations, and data policy, including some AI-adjacent sessions. HILT welcomes all backgrounds.

Platform: Slack

DCE Bot Club

For: DCE faculty exploring and piloting AI course assistants and chatbots

Format: DCE teaching community

Staff and Technical Communities

HUIT AI Community of Practice

For: Staff and IT practitioners interested in Harvard's formal AI Community of Practice

Platform: Slack, HUIT-CoP workspace, #ai-cop

HUIT #ai

For: Discussion of AI and machine learning, including links, news, and tools.

Platform: Slack, HUIT workspace. This is a separate community from HUIT-CoP #ai-cop.

Administrative Technology Services AI Community

For: AI learning and experimentation in Administrative Technology Services (ATS), including an AI projects and tools list

Platform: Slack, HUIT workspace, #ats-ai-community

Library Technology AI and Machine Learning

For: Specialist discussion of artificial intelligence and machine learning in library technology

Platform: Slack, HUIT workspace, #lts-ai-ml