March 11, 2025Assessing Student Feedback Literacy by Aaron TrockiIn the last blog post, I discussed my initial plans for feedback this semester. A few insights have helped me to plan effective feedback strategies. The feedback loop (Clark and Talbert 2023) structures students’ engagement with feedback they receive to…
February 11, 2025Planning for Effective Feedback and Promoting Feedback Literacy by Aaron TrockiAs I continue to explore literature on models of assessment and feedback, the importance of feedback and feedback literacy has emerged as an ongoing theme. At the time of this writing, my colleagues and I are preparing for the spring…
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…
November 29, 2024Exploring Student Choice in Artificial Intelligence-Supported Assessments for Learning (Part 1) by Aaron TrockiIn this series of blog posts, I began by exploring models of assessment and feedback and offering some perspectives on benefits and drawbacks from various models. The practice perspective as described by Boud et al. (2018) proved valuable in my…
October 25, 2024Analyzing an Artificial Intelligence-Supported Assessment and Summarizing Key Takeaways by Aaron TrockiIn 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…
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…
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…
August 1, 2024Applying Lessons Learned about Student Use of Generative AI in Academicsby Aaron TrockiIn 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…
May 14, 2024Student-Reported Benefits and Tensions about Generative AI in Academics: Part 2by Aaron TrockiIn part one of this two-part blog post, I shared some findings from a focus group interview conducted at the end of last semester. In the first part of the focus group interview, students provided their reactions to the Artificial…
April 23, 2024Student-Reported Benefits and Tensions about Generative AI in Academics: Part 1by Aaron TrockiMy ongoing exploration of how generative AI might be used in assessment practices has revealed some benefits to teaching and learning, some drawbacks, and some tensions. Sharing this exploration through these blog posts and having numerous discussions about higher education…