Information literacy is crucial to any conceivable profession and to personal decisions ranging from health to finances (plus, I would argue, to forging a collective future on our planet). Yet, it’s getting harder to teach students how to discern credible sources. As a millennial, I’ve observed the Internet evolve into a homogenous marketing tool. A… Read more »
As generative AI (GenAI) continues to reshape higher education, you—as an IU instructor—are uniquely positioned to lead your students through a transformative experience. While we can all agree having generative AI thrust unknowingly upon us is a less than ideal situation, whether you’re now exploring AI’s potential to improve student learning outcomes, designing new assessments,… Read more »
Dr. Abigail Rawleigh, who teaches for IUB’s English Department, has been talking with me about her evolving approach to generative AI. I’ve already learned a lot from her, and I thought other educators would appreciate Dr. Rawleigh’s measured, reflective AI pedagogy, so I interviewed her recently. Can you tell me how your approach to AI… Read more »
This post was written by John Robison, Lecturer in Philosophy. A longer version of this post first appeared in the philosophy blog, the Daily Nous. A successful humanities course helps students cultivate critical, personally enriching, and widely applicable skills, and it immerses them in the exploration of perspectives, ideas, and modes of thought that can illuminate, challenge,… Read more »
Now that you are transparent about how you would like students to use generative AI in your class, you’ve moved on to teaching them AI literacy. Along with demonstrating for them how generative AI likes to hallucinate, you’re teaching them the 21st century skill of prompt engineering. But something goes wrong! You diligently use our… Read more »
When I think of the scads of papers I wrote as an undergrad, I recall hunkering down in my dorm room, alone with my laptop and books. Only my Shakespeare professor took a different approach: she had us write (by hand, in blue books) timed essay exams instead of take-home paper assignments. Although these essays,… Read more »