Teaching with AI

Judith Dutill talks about communication literacy in the age of AI on episode 523 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode In the college classroom, we don't often emphasize that type of communication as a skill that's worth teaching, talking about, assessing, and we focus instead on more formal types of communication. -Judith Dutill Communication is a very subjective thing, but I think there is a common definition that we could all agree on that effective communication is creating meaning and being understood. -Judith Dutill As we develop in higher education, many of us believe in multiple literacies. -Judith Dutill If your discipline involves speaking and listening, communication is at the center of it. -Judith Dutill Resources National Communication Association Communication Learning Outcomes Watergate Karen Costa Emergent Strategy, by adriene maree brown Take an improv class

Clarissa Sorensen Unruh shares about intersectionality, power, and pedagogy on episode 522 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode It is hard for students to accurately think about what their learning process looked like. -Clarissa Sorensen Unruh Not only is the system rigged for a certain dominant group, but it is purposefully sabotaging some groups. -Clarissa Sorensen Unruh The unfortunate thing about intersectionality is that once you start seeing the power lenses, you can never go back to not seeing the power lenses. -Clarissa Sorensen Unruh Our goal is not to get burnt out. -Clarissa Sorensen Unruh Resources Intersectionality as Critical Social Theory, by Patricia Hill Collins Kimberlé Crenshaw Liberatory and emancipatory pedagogies - critical pedagogy, culturally responsive pedagogies, open pedagogy, and ungrading Nel Noddings Ethics of Care Wool, Hugh Howey* Nikita Gill Dune Black Liturgies Learning in a Time of Abundance, by Dave Cormier

Leon Furze shares the myth of the AI first draft on episode 521 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode We need to provide opportunities for people to find things hard, to persevere, and to see if they come out the other side. -Leon Furze For me, brainstorming, idea generation, drafting, all of that is far more important than the finished product itself. -Leon Furze If we're going to accuse students of cheating and then allow professors or or educators to use the technology for assessments, that's hypocritical, and probably quite condescending. -Leon Furze Resources The Myth of the AI First Draft, by Leon Furze Google NotebookLM Margaret Atwood Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, by David Epstein Connor Grennan describes the power of generalists on LinkedIn video Practical AI Strategies - 20% off course use code tihe2024 Good ideas: When to use GenAI for brainstorming, by Leon Furze

Dave Stachowiak interviews Bonni about Bird Brains on episode 520 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Good curators are valued members of knowledge networks. -Bonni Stachowiak For those of us that teach in a higher education context, there are so many different classroom observation tools that are far more grounded in research. -Bonni Stachowiak Let's celebrate it for the whole 10th year. We are going to be launching an opportunity where we can surface and share our stories and our experiences together. -Bonni Stachowiak Resources Cornell Lab of Ornithology Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab The Genius of Birds, by Jennifer Ackerman Fold the Cheese | Schitt's Creek What Baby George and Handstands Taught Me About Learning | Mike Wesch Enhancing Inclusive Instruction, by Tracie Marcella Addy, Derek Dube, and Khadijah A. Mitchell Protocol for Advancing Inclusive Teaching Efforts (PAITE) Episode 457: Metaphor as Conceptual Anchor with Kerry Mandulak Episode 213: Personal Knowledge Mastery with Harold Jarche Personal Knowledge Mastery, by Harold Jarche The Canary Code, by Ludmila Praslova Outside-In: Entangled Openness as Subversion Influencing Emergent Change, by Maha Bali Wild Geese, written and read by Mary OIiver on On Being Goosechase

Danielle De La Mare shares how to foster self compassion as a professor on episode 519 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode And I worked way, way, way, way, way harder than I should have because I thought that if I didn't work hard, people would see that I wasn't worthy of being their teacher. -Danielle De La Mare Let's just take a second and really feel all the pain that you've been feeling. And put your hands over your heart. -Danielle De La Mare Don't say yes if it's not something that really speaks to you, if it's not really a deeper sort of desire of yours. -Danielle De La Mare What is it like to be me? Do I even know right now? -Danielle De La Mare Resources Self Compassion Breaks Self Compassionate Professor Podcast Facebook Group: Self Compassionate Professors Kristen Neff: What is Self Compassion? Link to a section of a Padlet board

José Bowen shares about Teaching with AI on episode 518 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode The technology changed the standard that we accept. -José Bowen There's a huge equity issue here, but there's also an opportunity to raise standards. -José Bowen There are different things that AI can do to help us with student learning. -José Bowen AI has the capability to increase our ability to have relationships with students by taking away some of the other kinds of tedious things. -José Bowen Integrity is a universal value. -José Bowen Resources Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning, by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson The Case for Slow-Walking Our Use of Generative AI: Four principles to guide your thinking on the role of ChatGPT and other such tools in your teaching, by James M. Lang How to Use GenAI to Prepare for Your Next Job Interview, by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

C. Edward Watson talks about thinking with and about AI on episode 517 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Where will things be 2 and a half years? And how do you prepare students for that world that's rapidly evolving? -Eddie Watson You must use AI as a starting point in the real world. -Eddie Watson Even the best tool on the market says that it gets it wrong one out of 20 times. You know, there's a false positive. It'll accuse a student of cheating who did not cheat with AI. And that's the best in show tool. -Eddie Watson There are so many ethical concerns within this space just around AI detection. -Eddie Watson Resources Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning, by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson turbolearn ai AI Tutor Pro OpenStax Dialect prejudice predicts AI decisions about people’s character, employability, and criminality, by Valentin Hofmann , Pratyusha Ria Kalluri, Dan Jurafsky, Sharese King The Myth of the AI First Draft, by Leon Furze How To Teach with AI and Still Put People First, by Jon Ippolito Whisper Memos Lance Eaton Michelle Miller Anna Mills

Karen Robert + Aga Palalas share about their co-edited book, Presence in the Online World, a Contemplative Perspective and Practice for Educators, on episode 516 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode This practice really focuses on the beautiful part of us, which is compassion. -Aga Palalas What is my intention? Why am I here right now? -Aga Palalas Practices take practice. -Karen Robert Come back to yourself. -Karen Robert Resources Presence in the Online World, a Contemplative Perspective and Practice for Educators, edited by Leslie Jeffrey; Agnieszka (Aga) Palalas; Karen Robert and Yuk-Lin Renita Wong Wild Geese Contemplative Practices in Higher Education* The 10% Happier Podcast, by Dan Harris Insight Timer App Greater Good in Education

Jody Greene discusses faculty’s role in student success on episode 515 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode The special power of literature comes from that capacity to have one foot in the factual or the real and one foot in the imagination or the fictional. -Jody Greene We know that there are so many other important elements to students' success, their well-being, their thriving, their career pathways, their ability to pursue interests and curiosities, their engagement, their activism, and all of these multiple measures. -Jody Greene I think people care about what the institution has told them they need to care about. -Jody Greene I don't think we should have expectations based on people's gender in a classroom. -Jody Greene Resources About Jody Greene Teaching Environmental Justice: Practices to Engage Students and Build Community, edited by Sikina Jinnah, Jessie Dubreuil, Jody Greene, and Samara S. Foster The dualistic mind, by Richard Rohr Gina Garcia Torgny Roxå - ‘shame briefcase’ Listen: Improving Student Success in the Classroom, Inside Higher Ed podcast with Jody Green New Day (live) - Alicia Keys Alicia Keys: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert Try a little kindness Notice ASK: What is the most generous reading I can have right here? “If things were simple, word would have gotten around.” Jacques Derrida

Joe Hoyle shares lessons from more than 50 years of teaching and from his free book: Transformative Education, on episode 514 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode If you want to become a better teacher, find someone who has an interest in teaching like you do. -Joe Hoyle Great teaching is terribly, terribly complicated. -Joe Hoyle Having a good teacher who is kind to you is very, very important. -Joe Hoyle Your success, or your lack of success, is a product of the stories you're telling yourself. So tell yourself different stories. -Joe Hoyle Resources Transformative Education: How Can You Become a Better College Teacher, by Joe Hoyle (a free resource) Victorian Literature for Accounting Majors, by Joe Hoyle and Elisabeth Gruner 50 years later, Joe Hoyle's passion for teaching burns bright, a profile from the University of Richmond Teaching in Higher Ed Episode 164: Setting Students Up for Success from the Start with Joe Hoyle HelloFresh Louise Penny A League of Their Own Clip: The Hard Makes It Great