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October 25, 2024

Analyzing an Artificial Intelligence-Supported Assessment and Summarizing Key Takeaways

by Aaron Trocki

In this blog post, I share my analysis of the third artificial intelligence-supported assessment (AI-SA) students completed in the spring of 2024. If you have been following these posts, you will recall that this AI-SA was the last one administered…

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October 18, 2024

AI and the Truthiness of Search

by Amanda Sturgill

I 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…

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October 7, 2024

Perspectives on Using Generative AI in College Assignments

by Jessie L. Moore and Nolan Schultheis

Making 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…

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October 4, 2024

AI and the Increased Value of Expertise

by Amanda Sturgill

This 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…

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September 19, 2024

Book Review: Teaching with AI

by Amanda Sturgill

Bowen, 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…

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August 27, 2024

Podcast Episodes with Interesting Ideas about AI and Education

by Amanda Sturgill

One of my favorite ways to double time on professional development is to listen to podcasts while I commute to work. There are quite a few podcasts in the education space at all levels, from kindergarten through graduate school. I’ve…

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August 20, 2024

Using Generative AI to Support Global Learning Could Leave Cultural Lessons Lost in Translation

by Amanda Sturgill

I feel a little silly, but also proud to say that I was able to, at least minimally, keep my language learning streak alive while I took a vacation to Europe last month. Since the throes of COVID, I’ve been…

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August 1, 2024

Applying Lessons Learned about Student Use of Generative AI in Academics

by Aaron Trocki

In previous blog posts, I shared the results of a focus group interview about students’ perceptions of using generative AI in their academics. The focus group interview took place at the end of fall semester 2023 after my students completed an…

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July 15, 2024

Refresh: Preparing Students to Be Literate and Critical AI Users

by Matt Wittstein

Limed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 2, Episode 11 This month, Matt Wittstein checks in with Dr. Jessica Gisclair from Season 2, Episode 1 “Preparing Students to Be Literate and Critical AI Users.” Jessica is an Associate Professor of Strategic Communication…

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July 5, 2024

AI and Academic Integrity

by Amanda Sturgill

Some of the early conversation about generative AI in education was its affordances for cheating. There were scores of social media posts. Institutions held discussions about how much, if any, to invest in AI detection software. And several thinkpieces opined about the…

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