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Academic AI and Audience: Thoughts for Research 

Would you use AI to create materials for a tenure portfolio? How about a reference letter for a student’s graduate school application? For a conference? If so, what would you do with it? As faculty consider the risks and benefits of AI use, one area to think about is the…

"However, it's not clear that some faculty themselves have sufficient AI literacy to effectively lead students." -Amanda Sturgill

AI Literacy and Higher Education Instructors 

Is it time to teach kindergarteners prompt engineering, yet? This New York Times article is about grade school education, but I thought the subhead was telling: “Artificial intelligence companies are urging teachers to prepare students for an ‘A.I. -driven future.’ What that means varies from…

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Exploring GenAI’s Potential as a SoTL Partner

60-Second SoTL – Episode 76 What might it look like to treat generative AI as a partner in scholarship of teaching and learning? This episode features an open-access article that examines how SoTL scholars can integrate large language models—tools like ChatGPT, Claude,…

"If I must incorporate AI support, and doing so makes my job more routine, I risk losing something I value." -Amanda Sturgill

Might AI Assistance Take the Joy Out of Learning? 

There are different origins and interpretations of what liberal education means, but a favorite of mine is the idea that a liberal education liberates. You gain the ability to think critically and to know how to learn, which liberates you to learn other things, enabling you to act in line with your values. Generative AI (GenAI) tools have…

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Generative AI and Non-Majority Students: Risks and Benefits 

Generative AI offers both potential and limitations for minoritized and disabled students. Recent publications show a clear tension: these tools can expand—making access and participation a reality for some learners who might have been excluded.  At the same time, generative tools have the potential to strengthen the very…

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Student Engagement with GenAI Brainstorming

60-Second SoTL – Episode 71 How can generative AI support student brainstorming without replacing thinking, voice, or agency? This episode highlights an open-access article about a GenAI-enabled brainstorming app used in an interdisciplinary writing course: Chia, Joanne, and Angela Frattarola. 2025….

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Re-thinking SoTL for the Age of GenAI

60-Second SoTL – Episode 64 How might the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning evolve when humans and generative AI are deeply entangled? This episode highlights an open-access article that offers five propositions, each paired with GenAI prompts, to help SoTL scholars…

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Incorporating Artificial Intelligence into Engineering

Making College “Worth It” – Season 3, Episode 3 In this episode, we explore the technical, ethical, and social complexities of using AI in engineering. We speak with Dr. Blake Hament, Assistant Professor of Engineering at Elon University, who shares an example of developing a voice-enabled…