Teaching

We're one week away from Turnitin's AI text detection tool going live on April 4th. It is being rolled out to all customers with no ability to opt out or even test the functionality first. Instructors will be exposed to this unproven functionality before we can even react.— Ian Linkletter (@Linkletter) March 27, 2023

The latest Student Voice survey reveals perceived barriers to academic success and the top actions students think professors should take. Mixing up teaching styles and being more flexible rank high.

“In #SchoolofChocolate, Amaury Guichon, the chocolate genius, is a great example of a good teacher. Unlike other cooking shows, he doesn't shame, he encourages, he helps, he wants to see students succeed. Every participant in the show gets better. (rec for @tihighered 😉)”

Resources from the University of Hartford Session at the Teaching and Learning Collaborative

“@becksup A few of mine: Sanford's Challenge & Support, Grow's SSDL, @LauraIRendon's Validation, LXD, COI, #HumanizingOL #HigherEd #FacDev #AcademicTwitter”

Question Jam is an ed-tech tool. It’s a free digital game designed to boost student learning through curiosity. Add curiosity, energy, and engagement to any higher education class.

Students need flexibility, yes, but HyFlex is not the answer, Alanna Gillis writes.

It's supposed to be a "Graphical Syllabus," but every time I say it in my head it's a "Graphical Abstract."If science articles can have graphical abstracts, why not a science course? #GraphicalSyllabus #AcademicTwitter pic.twitter.com/sGz1tPz2MR— Jayme Dyer, PhD (@YouTooBio) January 10, 2023

Information on open educational resources, including Creative Commons, institutional repository, databases, journals, eBooks, and textbooks.

The hybrid approach kept classroom learning accessible during the pandemic. Do the pros outweigh the cons in “normal” times?

I’m really excited to share this new resource from the Office of Digital Learning. We’ve created a public resource so that anyone can now sample a handful of online courses that ODL has…

Wait, what am I being accused of now?

“Creating an "assignment menu" for my Winter class, inspired by @jaivirdi's class on disability technologies and @bonni208's "choose-your-own-adventure" approach to teaching. It's only the first day, but so far students seem excited about it! #pedagogy”

Excerpt: On being invited to write something informative or evocative. I really couldn't resist the temptation to be a little provocative and return to a theme that I have touched on before (Rust, 2007), and is a particular bête noir of mine. Although I have to admit that, given I have no reason to believe that what I wrote previously has had any discernable impact, there is a slight sense of futility even as...

The syllabus offers a first impression of a professor and signals what that instructor believes about students and their ability to succeed, writes Samantha Levine.

Some unsolicited suggestions for the ungrading community to start 2023.

Insight Briefs; Micro-credentials; Dr. Luke Dowden; Dr. Eryn Berger

Part 1 of a two-part series on my current use of specs grading.

ListenThe real threat of students cheating with programs like ChatGPT is not that they'll get away with it. Rather, the threat is that, in getting [...]

I just hope folks who are accusing students of using ChatGPT for assignments are cool with students raising the question about whether the professor’s syllabus, emails, and assignment comments were too. Always I come back to @leaton01’s speculation on when “the tables are turned” pic.twitter.com/QZRf2Svl7F— Sarah Silverman (@sarahesilverman) February 1, 2023

Please note: I'm in the process of building out this section of the site. It will eventually include links to a variety of teaching resources from my more than 15 years in higher education. My night class syllabus for spring 2023: My Twitter thread about the first meeting of this class on Jan. 11 kind …

Liz Norell's American Politics syllabus

New theory*: those who write off online teaching / learning as inherently inferior have probably not yet had a really good online learning experience. Implication: they may be less qualified to comment on the issue than others.* actually an old theory— Tim Fawns (@timbocop) January 11, 2023

The pandemic laid bare course policies and practices that disadvantage some students. Now, some say that professors should cool it with awarding participation points.