Ep 51- Hacking Tools for Enhancing Instructor Presence

Our NCSC Fall book club has been reading Dr Kevin Merry's excellent Better Assessment in Higher Education (2025). Dr Merry was kind enough to join our book club from England to do a live Q&A session. This is the 2nd part (of 2) of the condensed highlights of the discussion. Resources Mentioned in the Episode: Better Assessment in Higher Education book  CAST UDL Guidelines 3.0 AI Acknowledgement statement template (word) Constructivism Teaching Blooms Taxonomy of Learning Peer Review tips & Resources Cold calling technique Medal & a Mission Feedback Student Engagement Tips

Our NCSC Fall book club has been reading Dr Kevin Merry's excellent Better Assessment in Higher Education (2025). Dr Merry was kind enough to join our book club from England to do a live Q&A session. The condensed highlights of the discussion will be put into two episodes. Resources Mentioned in the Episode: Better Assessment in Higher Education book  CAST UDL Guidelines 3.0

Our Fall long series on spotlighting & combatting the main student motivations for cheating in the AI Age in our classes continues with VALUES. The data points to a gap between Professor and students' perception of the harm in cheating in college classes. So we need to intentionally weave in building a shared common ground of academic integrity into our courses. This can be done with shared code making, integrity nudges and emphasis on learning (vs points points points). Resources Mentioned in the Episode: The Cheating Checklist [PDF] The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI - Bertram Gallant & Rettinger (2025) The International Ctr for Academic Integrity (ICAI) 6 Fundamental values of Academic Integrity Class/ team Shared Code of Ethics Word template (UC San Diego) Supporting Academic Integrity w/ Emphasizing Learning over grading

Our Fall long series on spotlighting & combatting the main student motivations for cheating in the AI Age in our classes continues with Expectations. While often times we want to leave it at a self-contained Week 1 exercise on what is our cheating expectations, that can leave lots of room for legitimate misunderstanding on where the line with AI is. Likewise when the rubber meets the road and students get into the meat of the course, Week 1 is a long gone distant landmark in the rear view. So we look at how to keep our expectations and dialog with students on what IS legit AI use front and center throughout the course.  Resources Mentioned in the Episode: The Cheating Checklist [PDF] The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI - Bertram Gallant & Rettinger (2025) The AI Assessment Scale (Perkins, Roe, Furze and MacVaugh) AI Assignment Icons (Cornell Ctr. for Teaching Innovation) Ep 5 - Reflections

Out Fall long series on spotlighting & combatting the main student motivations for cheating in our classes starts its tour with Student Self-Efficacy aka CAN I EVEN DO THIS?! If a project or assignment places students into the deep end and they don't have support or a way to even begin to approach the work, that can lead to cheating. This looks at how to support growth and student confidence AND doing good for teaching along the way.  Resources Mentioned in the Episode: The Cheating Checklist [PDF] The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI - Bertram Gallant & Rettinger (2025) Growth Mindset & Enhanced Learning (Stanford Teaching Commons) Gagne's 9 Events of Instruction Sequencing a Course Tips Ep 50- Flex Due Dates Systems "The Care & Feeding of Tokens" Token system example (Grading for Growth blog)

Out Fall long series on spotlighting & combatting the main student motivations for cheating in our classes starts its tour with Cost-Benefit Analysis. Despite our brimstone warnings, students will take our assignments on a case by case basis generally and can consider the costs of cheating vs the benefits. We look at the what of this, as well as why and how we can defuse this by raising the costs AND doing good for teaching along the way.  Resources Mentioned in the Episode: The Cheating Checklist [PDF] Ep 48 - Opposite of Cheating Q&A w/ Dr Bertram Gallant The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI - Bertram Gallant & Rettinger (2025) Teaching with AI - Bowen & Watson (2025)

The pod is back for a new semester of teaching tips! We kick off the new term with an overview intro to a Fall long series on what are the main motivations for cheating in our classes. We will then be digging into each motivation in turn for what practical steps can be done to defuse each one. But first, the rogue's gallery of the Cheating Checklist 9....  Resources Mentioned in the Episode: The Cheating Checklist [PDF] The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI - Bertram Gallant & Rettinger (2025) Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty - Lang (2013) Ep 50 - Flex Due Dates

Select highlights of a Q&A on Teaching with A.I. with Dr. C. Edward Watson. Dr. Watson is Vice President for Digital Innovation with the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and formerly Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Georgia. Dr. Watson is nationally recognized for expertise in general education best practice and reform, evidence-based teaching and learning practices, as a futurist for higher education. He is also an expert in artificial intelligence in higher education, faculty development, open education resources, ePortfolios, and digital equity. Our NCSC Faculty Book Club has been working through the recently released 2nd Edition of Dr Watson & Jose Antonio Bowen's celebrated Teaching with A.I.: A practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning. Resources Mentioned: Teaching with A.I.: A practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning - 2nd Ed. "A.I. Syllabi Policies - A Look at the Collection" - Lance Eaton Weteachwithai.com Educational Psychology: A Cognitive View - David Paul Ausubel Socratic Mind (A.I. Powered Oral Assessment Tool) AACU Conference on A.I. & Higher Ed

Highlights of Feb 17 Teachers' LunCHAT where Anna Plank & Jordynn Liggett of NCSC Registered Nursing program shared and took peer questions on what has worked for them leveraging Zoom mini recordings to support student success and engagement. Episode Resources: Zoom for Mini Chunk Recordings Tips/ How-Tos Ep 29- Mini Lecture Recording Top Tips

In our increasingly artificiality infused world, how can we hack tools for increasing our presence and connection to our students? Shella & Mike discuss a framework and specific tools and techniques for hacking those tools for very human needs and ends to support success & retention!  Resources Mentioned in the Episode: Community of Inquiry Model Canvas Speedgrader Recording Audio comments Start/ Stop/ Continue Feedback on Instruction technique Canvas Quizzes incorrect Answer Feedback Canvas 'Message Students Who...' Gradebook Tool Zoom Whiteboards