October 18, 2024AI and the Truthiness of Searchby Amanda SturgillI like to have an engaging activity for my first-years on the first day of class, and this year, I did a sticky note discussion. Students have a series of prompts, write their responses on sticky notes, and we put…
October 8, 2024Building Trust in Mentoring Relationshipsby Sabrina L. Thurman, Azul Bellot, and Tiffanie GrantMutual trust is widely recognized as a significant component of effective mentoring relationships because emotional and psychological safety allows both mentors and mentees to use their energy for learning and productivity rather than self-protection. Unfortunately, limited research exists on building…
October 7, 2024Perspectives on Using Generative AI in College Assignments by Jessie L. Moore and Nolan SchultheisMaking College “Worth It” – Season 2, Episode 2 This episode explores what AI integration in college assignments can do for student learning. With guests Aaron Trocki, a math professor at Elon university, and Alyssa Collins, who is studying to…
October 4, 2024AI and the Increased Value of Expertiseby Amanda SturgillThis post was written with ideation assistance from Google Gemini 1.5 Pro, using the following prompt: “Please act as a writing consultant. A client has come in and wants to write a 500-word blog post about the effect that AI…
September 24, 2024Analyzing an Artificial Intelligence-Supported Assessment and Student Feedback by Aaron TrockiIn my prior blog post, I summarized lessons learned from piloting an artificial intelligence-supported assessment (AI-SA) and gathering student feedback. This work was framed by Clark and Talbert’s feedback loop model where I used feedback I gathered from students during…
September 19, 2024Book Review: Teaching with AIby Amanda SturgillBowen, José Antonio, and C. Edward Watson. 2024. Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. Bowen and Watson’s work has the mixed blessing of being a first attempt to…
September 17, 2024Mentoring Constellations in Global Contextsby Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler, Jessie L. Moore, and Tim PeeplesRecent scholarship emphasizes the essential role of mentoring to support student engagement in undergraduate research (UR) and global learning and highlights the potential of blending these high-impact practices (HIPs) for enhanced learning and relationship-building (Allocco et al. 2022; Whitehead et…
September 16, 2024Intersection of Civil Discourse and the First Amendment by Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 3, Episode 1 Host Matt Wittstein joins this month’s guest, Israel Balderas, to discuss civil discourse in what is a tense political climate on many college campuses. Israel wants to ensure his Media Law and…
September 12, 2024Strategies for Onboarding New Undergraduate Research Student Menteesby Sabrina ThurmanWe are approaching the time of year many mentors begin thinking about onboarding new undergraduate (and graduate) student mentees in their research programs. This exciting time marks the beginning of what will hopefully become a meaningful and productive relationship (if…
September 5, 2024Academic Play: The Power of Mentoringby Caroline J. KetchamIf Einstein says play is the highest form of research, I like to think undergraduate research is one of the purist forms of academic play. I thoroughly enjoy the sandboxes, obstacle courses, and playgrounds I have gotten to engage in…