
Teaching and Learning as Rumination, or What Cows Can Teach Us about Pedagogy
Over the past year, most campuses have had to confront the impact of ChatGPT on the classroom, particularly on
June 2026


June 22, 2026 | By Jolyn Dahlvig and Robin Grebing
“I want to cultivate the capacity for second thoughts, by which I mean the stance and the competence that makes it feasible to inquire into the obvious. This is what I call learning.”
—Ivan Illich, “Ascesis”

Over the past year, most campuses have had to confront the impact of ChatGPT on the classroom, particularly on

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