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The following events feature faculty affiliated with the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Technology and Society Initiative

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Recent events

Eighth Annual NABE Tech Economics Conference & Industry Job Fair: Tec24: Economics in the Age of Algorithms, Experiments, and AI

Julia Levine, Michael Luca, Ozge Sahin, Colleen Stuart

EmTech 2024

Michael Luca

TSI Roundtable: Technology and Cities

December 3, 2024

Recent technological advances offer cities new opportunities to enhance services, improve quality of life, and strengthen communities. Universities play a role in advancing these efforts by conducting policy relevant research, bridging research and practice, and collaborating with local governments to develop a toolkit for leveraging for the social good. The JHU Carey Technology and Society Initiative has been active in this area, partnering with companies and governments.

On December 3, the Tech and Society Initiative hosted a roundtable discussion exploring the intersection of analytics, technology, and cities. Following opening remarks by Lindsey Parker, chief of staff to DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, the conversation explored paths to leverage technology to improve city life.

TSI Roundtable: Assessing Privacy Regulations

November 19, 2024
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001 As the scope and scale of data collection continue to increase, policymakers around the globe are exploring ways to balance companies’ desire to leverage consumer data with the desire of customers to understand and influence whether and how their data is being used. On November 19, the Tech and Society Initiative hosted a roundtable discussion on privacy regulations. Following opening remarks by Devesh Raval, the Deputy Director for Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and Nellie Lew, the Assistant Director for Consumer Protection, FTC on the current landscape, there was a roundtable discussion on the tradeoffs involved in different approaches to corporate and government approaches to privacy policy.

On October 8, the Tech and Society Initiative hosted a roundtable discussion on platform regulation. Following presentations by Kush Amlani, Global Competition & Regulatory Counsel at Mozilla, and Gemma Petrie, Principal Researcher at Mozilla, there was a roundtable discussion exploring potential strategies to assess and inform platform regulation.

TSI Roundtable: The Evolving Platform Regulation Landscape

October 8, 2024
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Major platforms continue to shape our digital experiences as a growing share of the economy moves online. In this evolving landscape, it is critical for business leaders and policymakers to assess the societal impact of platforms. This offers opportunities for platforms to create more human-centered products. Thoughtful regulation can also play a crucial role in fostering a vibrant tech ecosystem that prioritizes consumer protection, competition, and innovation.

On October 8, the Tech and Society Initiative hosted a roundtable discussion on platform regulation. Following presentations by Kush Amlani, Global Competition & Regulatory Counsel at Mozilla, and Gemma Petrie, Principal Researcher at Mozilla, there was a roundtable discussion exploring potential strategies to assess and inform platform regulation.

Panel on the Regulation of Privacy in the U.S.

September 17, 2024 | 4 - 5:30 p.m. 
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Companies now collect, analyze, repackage, and sell extraordinary amounts of data on customers. For instance, companies now track and sell data ranging from person-level records of smart phone locations over time to what people search for online. While this offers the promise of data-driven decisions, new products, and targeted advertisements, it also heightens concerns about privacy. 

Business leaders, policymakers, and researchers alike are grappling with how and when to thoughtfully approach issues of data and privacy.

On September 17, Professor Itay Fainmesser (Carey) moderated a discussion with Alessandro Bonatti (MIT), Laura Brandimorte (University of Arizona), Alejandro Rosenberg (Federal Trade Commission), and Daniel Sokol (University of Southern California) on the economics of privacy, including a discussion of recent research on privacy, as well as current and upcoming federal and states' regulations.

Program

Finding and hiring a teaching assistant

Verify your eligibility for a teaching assistant (TA) 

Review "Eligibility requirements to request TA support" on the Employing Students webpage on Inside Carey.

Finding a TA

OPTION A:  Invite one of your top students to be a TA. If they are interested, proceed to the next section to verify eligibility.

OPTION B:  Enlist the help of Carey.TA. In your email, please include the course and term and any prerequisites (e.g., the student must have taken the course, received a specific grade, and/or has relevant work experience).

OPTION C:  Post an advertisement on SMILE, a Johns Hopkins platform for student hiring and experiential learning managed by the university.

1. Select Employers on the SMILE homepage and login with your JHED ID.
2. Select which type of position you would like to post (paid campus internship or student job).
3. Specify the details of the position (description, pay rate, hours per week, work location, open to undergrads/grads/both, etc.).
4. Submit your position (positions will be reviewed and approved within 48 hours).

Initiate the hiring process

Once you have identified a TA, begin the hiring process by completing the online request form. Please allow 2 to 3 weeks for processing. As a reminder, your TA cannot begin work until you receive an email from HR confirming eligibility and providing a hiring confirmation. 

Train your TA

If you hire a first-time TA, or if your TA would benefit from a refresher, email Carey.TA to request that they be enrolled into the TA Resources site in Canvas. This site contains several resources for TA-specific tasks. You are also encouraged to invite your TA(s) to pre-term Canvas training or any offered trainings for faculty.

Training recommendations

1. Based on your needs, discuss the TA’s level of skill. Contact Carey.TA for Just-In-Time Training.
2. Define your expectations.
3. Review the elements of the course and syllabus together to determine what needs to be done and when.

See more information in the section "Working With Your TA."

Be available for questions

Set up a weekly meeting time for review.

Working with your teaching assistant

When you hire a TA, you become an employee supervisor.  The following information will help you develop your communication plan and classroom management strategy to get the most out of your TA. TAs cannot work more than 20 hours per week in total.

General information

Training your TA in Canvas

Your TA might be new to Canvas and therefore need initial training. Teaching & Learning's Canvas team will work with your TA to train them in the LMS.  Once your course is available in the SIS section (prior to the course going live for students), please reach out to Carey.TA to request arrangements for Canvas training.

In your email, please include the name of the course, the name of the TA, the TA's email address, and the TA's role and identify any other technical training they might need for your classroom (e.g., proctoring software, Pearson, iDecisionGames, Microsoft Teams).

If your TA does not need training, please follow these steps to set them up in your course:

1. Navigate to your course menu and locate People.
2. After you have selected People, you will see a +People button on the right side of the screen. 
3. Choose Add User by SIS ID.  At JHU, this is our JHED ID. 
4. Enter the JHED ID (e.g., flast1) in the Email Address (required) field.  You need only  to enter the JHED. 
5. Choose the appropriate role (e.g., TA). 
6. Select Next.
7. Choose Add Users to complete the process.

Communications

Once you have hired your TA, please make time to review with them your expectations regarding the following areas: timesheets and time tracking, feedback, meetings, tutoring, office hours, grading, accessibility, attendance, monitoring Q&A discussions or Zoom chats, and Canvas calendar.

Schedule regular communication meetings throughout the term. Here are some meeting suggestions:

Kick-off meeting

• Exchange contact information exchange and determine response times.
• Identify acceptable methods of contact (e.g., email, text, phone call, Microsoft Teams, Slack, WhatsApp).
• Give an overview of the purpose of class/learning objectives.
• Classroom ethics
  • Grading Approach: Will you use anonymous grading?
  • Academic Integrity: Will Turnitin be reviewed by your TA?  What guidelines do you want your TA to follow?
  • Tutoring Parameters: Can your TA assist with homework assignments?
• Roles in the classroom
  • Prior to the course start, TA(s) can do the following:
    • Review and QA the Canvas site
    • Review for clarity and grammar
    • Using Student View, check the links and make sure all sections are visible
      • Post announcements and set up groups
  • Answer Canvas-related questions
  • Answer content-related questions
  • Assist in the Zoom classroom
  • Learn and assist with other classroom applications
• Grade and provide feedback (Note: TAs cannot grade Assurance of Learning assignments)
• Determine timelines/deadlines (Note: Please see our Classroom Management document)
• Schedule tutoring sessions or office hours (if applicable)
• Review learning tools and technology

Touch-base meetings (weekly)

• Review any issues (e.g., Canvas, technical, student)
• Reconfirm tasks for the next week (e.g., announcement posts, publishing content for student view, monitoring participation, sharing answer keys for grading)
• Review Q&A from students
• Keep notes on changes/improvements/suggestions for the next iteration of the course

Course debrief meeting

• Review and update notes for the next iteration of the course to share with the course lead and/or Teaching & Learning
• Gather feedback from your TA on their experience
• Consider inviting TA back for the next course offering

Resources 

Here are some tools that you can use and share with your TA: 

• Faculty-TA Initial Calibration: a checklist of important topics to review
• Classroom Management Template : a spreadsheet that outlines assignment due dates, expected grading completion, and classroom tasks
• Zoom Class Session Checklist
• Canvas Course Role Permissions Guide
• Canvas FAQ 

Timesheets and approvals for your TA

As the supervisor, you will need to review and approve timesheets for your TA(s) weekly. For a more efficient review process, please ask your employees to record hours worked and task(s) completed on their timesheet. Carey uses two online timekeeping applications for recording and approval of TA working hours: TimesheetX and Harvest. TimesheetX is used for all current student employees at Johns Hopkins University. Harvest is used for TAs who are casual employees. 

General information

The workweek is defined as Monday through Sunday. TAs should submit their hours by Sunday of each work week. As their supervisor, you will review/approve timesheets no later than noon on the following Monday.

There is no sick, vacation, or holiday pay for student or casual TAs.

Pay is issued on or about the 15th and 30th of the month.

TAs cannot work more than 20 hours per week in total. As a reminder, your TA might be working for more than one supervisor.

Resources

Payroll Schedule 2025

TimesheetX (you might have to login with your JHED to access)

Harvest