A business major must tell a teammate their work is jeopardizing a project. A nursing student listens as a patient hesitates, clearly withholding something important. A new professional struggles to push back against an unfair workload. These moments arise in different fields, yet they share
We have all been there: sitting alone with a microphone, narrating slide after slide, wondering whether our students feel a connection to the person behind the screen. In online pedagogy, research tells us that social factors such as instructor presence are a key driver of
There’s a lot of discussion in higher education about “AI literacy” and the need to teach it but less clarity about what AI literacy really is. Once we understand what AI literacy is, we will see how and why we need to teach it.
Traditional instructor-led videos, such as introductory videos and module overviews with assignment details, can offer students valuable guidance. But these are often prerecorded for repurposing and may not align with the students’ immediate needs or any portion of the course when they need the most
Many of us worry that generative AI will do students’ thinking for them. But what if the process of generating AI content—in this case, an image—actually forces a deeper level of critical analysis? To facilitate critical thinking skills about AI, we designed an assignment that
Feedback is one of the most important influences on learning, and providing it is one of an instructor’s most important duties. But it’s no secret that many, if not most, faculty consider providing students with feedback to be drudgery. AI provides a way to offload
While AI is being used to make self-tests, study aids, and a wide range of other learning materials, tutoring systems have arguably the most potential to improve student understanding and performance. Programmed to mimic human tutors, these systems engage in a Socratic dialogue with the
Educators are always looking for ways to make learning more engaging and accessible. Thinglink is an interactive media platform that allows instructors to turn visual content into clickable interactive experiences. By adding “hot spots,” instructors can embed text, audio, video, or links to web resources.
AI has opened a world of new opportunities for student learning. I have discussed how instructors can easily add interactions to their learning material, tutors to their classroom, and digital laboratory simulations that allow students to test how a process changes with different inputs. But
During a recent interview for a longitudinal study on undergraduate writing and learning that I am conducting at my school, one student described a course he was currently taking with a professor he admired deeply. He spoke warmly about the instructor’s passion, clarity, and care
