January 31, 2025Examining AI Use in the Workplace by Amanda SturgillAs a teacher in higher education, it’s easy to feel pressure to have my graduates job-market ready, and at my university, we have had some engaging discussions about how well we should prepare students to use AI on the job….
January 24, 2025Using Generative AI in Leadership Developmentby Amanda SturgillLeadership is highlighted in higher education because educators believe leadership training matters in the job market. Research backs this up. Moody, Stewart, and Bolt-Lee (2002) found that leadership is one of the top five qualities employers look for and something…
January 20, 2025Asynchronous, HyFlex, and Live, Oh My!by Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a Twist – Season 3, Episode 5 By necessity, ATI Physical Therapy uses elements of online, in-person, synchronous, and asynchronous learning in its residency programs. Jackie Davenport, Clinical Development Program Lead and Residency Director for ATI Physical…
January 17, 2025Exploring Student Choice in Artificial Intelligence-Supported Assessments for Learning (Part 2) by Aaron TrockiIn part one of this two-part blog post, I shared the revision of an artificial intelligence-supported assessment (AI-SA) I had used in spring 2024. The revised version gave students a choice in what technology (ChatGPT or internet search) they could…
January 10, 2025Using Generative AI in First-Year Seminars by Amanda Sturgill Generative AI tools, like ChatGPT, are becoming common in education, and many students arrive at colleges and universities with some experience using them. Often, though, that experience is tinged with concern—worries about academic integrity or fear of doing something “wrong.”…
January 6, 2025Attending to Equity in Work-Integrated Learningby Jessie L. Moore and Nolan SchultheisMaking College “Worth It” – Season 2, Episode 5 In this episode, Anne-Marie Fannon and Soumya Garg from the Work-Learn Institute at the University of Waterloo share new research on the work-integrated learning (WIL) experiences of equity deserving groups. They…
January 3, 2025Why Is It So Different In College?: Individualized Education Plans vs. Accommodations by Kira Campagna and Caroline J. KetchamA common point of confusion in the world of special education, with a shoutout to transitioning from a K-12 system to higher education in the US, are the differences between an individualized education plan (IEP) (often discussed alongside 504 plans), and…
December 20, 2024Supporting Neurodiverse Learners in a Tutoring Environmentby Stephen ByrdHave you ever thought about what makes an effective tutor? Have you ever thought about what makes an effective tutor for children who are neurodiverse or just struggling with new concepts? Do tutors really need any support or training to…
December 16, 2024Engineering Education: Maintaining Rigor, Fostering Empathyby Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a Twist – Season 3, Episode 4 Matt Wittstein hosts Blake Hament from Elon University and Siobhan Oca from Duke University. Both are early career faculty teaching engineering courses and are considering ways to be empathetic while…
December 13, 2024“What Works” When Building Educational Relationships? by Kassidy Puckett and Peter Felten As we noted in our previous post in this two-part analysis (Puckett and Felten 2024), student-faculty and student-student relationships contribute significantly to learning, motivation, identity development, well-being, and graduation rates in higher education (Felten and Lambert 2020). The positive effects…