August 19, 2025Blue Books and In-Class Writing Are Not a Panacea by Amanda Sturgill In comments sections and replies in both educator spaces and mass media articles, it’s common to see exhortations to simply return to an earlier time where students demonstrated knowledge in class. I myself recall needing to remember to stop by…
August 12, 2025When it Comes to AI in Education, Timing May Matter by Amanda Sturgill I’ve participated in several professional education opportunities this summer related to AI as a tool for higher education, and one of my biggest takeaways is that there is little agreement among faculty. Even in a tiny academic unit of fewer…
August 8, 2025GenAI and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learningby Jessie L. MooreEach summer, the Center for Engaged Learning facilitates week-long meetings for three distinct international, multi-institutional, and multidisciplinary research seminars that foster collaborative scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) on focused engaged learning topics. During this summer’s research seminar meetings, generative…
August 4, 2025Alumni Perceptions of Generative AIby Jessie L. Moore and Nolan SchultheisMaking College “Worth It” – Season 2, Episode 10 In this episode, Nolan and Jessie talk with Travis Maynard, Tim Peeples, and Paula Rosinski about their recent research on alumni perceptions of generative AI. Drs. Maynard, Peeples, and Rosinski share…
July 8, 2025AI and Learning About Cultures by Amanda Sturgill Several of the high-impact practices in higher education require learners to practice stepping out of their cultural comfort zone. For instance, a co-op or internship can require adapting to the culture of a workplace. Undergraduate research means learning to…
June 24, 2025Should AI be Involved in Assessing Student Work? by Amanda SturgillI was at a campus workshop this week, and we discussed this recent article about a student requesting a tuition refund after discovering a piece of course content was generated by ChatGPT (Hill 2025). I thought the use of the…
May 6, 2025How Might Generative AI Impact DEI in University Classes by Amanda SturgillI sometimes describe the content that generative AI creates as pumpkin spice latte content, to get a giggle from my students. I think the analogy holds up: It’s tasty. It’s filling. And it is absolutely not anything that will surprise…
April 21, 2025AI as Friend or Foe in Computer Scienceby Matt WittsteinPart 2, Faculty perspectives | Limed: Teaching with a Twist – Season 3, Episode 8 Last month, we talked with student guests about artificial intelligence use in their computer science education. This month, we continue the conversation with Robert Duvall (Duke…
April 7, 2025AI and Engaged Learning in Higher Educationby Jessie L. Moore and Nolan SchultheisMaking College “Worth It” – Season 2, Episode 7 In this episode, Amanda Sturgill shares insights from her ongoing exploration of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and engaged learning in higher education. Dr. Sturgill is the 2024-2026 Center for Engaged Learning…
March 25, 2025Unlocking the Link Between Generative AI Confidence and Critical Thinking Skillsby Amanda SturgillEducators aren’t the only ones thinking about the relationship between generative AI and critical thinking. A recent study by Lee et al. (2025) from Carnegie Mellon University and others from Microsoft Research surveyed 319 knowledge workers about their experiences using…