Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Its clear that the ways we communicate, make decisions and solve problems are changing as we embrace this new technology. Institutions should acknowledge these concerns as they create AI policies and educate users on ethical AI practices. AI has the potential to transform every aspect of our lives and it is already doing so.

Education 157

Education Ethics Knowledge Fairness 157

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

This aligns with the broader movement to ensure ethical development and use of AI while promoting human-centered learning experiences. However, the emphasis on human teachers could limit the exploration of AI tools that might support ethical education practices.

Ethics 111

Ethics Instructors Intelligence Critical Thinking 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

This aligns with the broader movement to ensure ethical development and use of AI while promoting human-centered learning experiences. However, the emphasis on human teachers could limit the exploration of AI tools that might support ethical education practices.

Ethics 111

Ethics Instructors Intelligence Critical Thinking 111

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2019

She adds that the Independent Educational Consultants Association has clear ethical guidelines that she and her colleagues follow. Education Department under President Obama, said in a statement: “If these allegations are true, they violate the essential premise of a fair and transparent college admissions process.

Counselling 141

Counselling Ethics Fairness Coaching 141

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The Assignment: Exploring Leadership Through Superheroes In this assignment, students are asked to compare five leadership styles—autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire (sometimes called free-rein style), transactional, and transformational—with the leadership qualities of at least three superheroes.

Assignments 115

Assignments Teaching Ethics Fairness 115

Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2020

It was founded by the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael who really felt that education, ethical leadership and leading a meaningful life were intertwined, and had education and healthcare as very much a part of their mission. It seems to me that it's hard to have the kind of communication, analysis and engagement if it's online.

Art 187

Art Evaluation Coaching Ethics 187

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The Assignment: Exploring Leadership Through Superheroes In this assignment, students are asked to compare five leadership styles—autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire (sometimes called free-rein style), transactional, and transformational—with the leadership qualities of at least three superheroes.

Assignments 105

Assignments Teaching Ethics Fairness 105

Faculty Focus

JUNE 16, 2024

The UDL requires that a learning environment includes multiple methods of engagement, multiple methods of representation to encompass a variety of learning styles, and multiple types of expression and communication tools (CAST, 2018). These concepts apply to both the curriculum or content and the environment.

Learning 111

Learning Universal Design Course Design Fairness 111

Faculty Focus

JUNE 16, 2024

The UDL requires that a learning environment includes multiple methods of engagement, multiple methods of representation to encompass a variety of learning styles, and multiple types of expression and communication tools (CAST, 2018). These concepts apply to both the curriculum or content and the environment.

Learning 111

Learning Universal Design Course Design Fairness 111

Faculty Focus

JULY 7, 2024

The UDL requires that a learning environment includes multiple methods of engagement, multiple methods of representation to encompass a variety of learning styles, and multiple types of expression and communication tools (CAST, 2018). These concepts apply to both the curriculum or content and the environment.

Learning 111

Learning Universal Design Fairness Course Design 111

Faculty Focus

MARCH 26, 2024

How to address ethical concerns with technology Ever since technology was invented, students could use it and head to the Darth Vader side or Luke Skywalker side. With endless possibilities that AI can offer, we must carefully consider ethical issues that arise. We must move forward with prudence. This is an important skill!

Plagiarism 134

Plagiarism Ethics Intelligence Education 134

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Sandra Burri Gram-Hansen, an assistant professor of communication and psychology at Aalborg University in Denmark, says whenever she wants to kick-start a class discussion on persuasive design, she starts with examples of how that retailer guides its customers. We should understand the ethical frameworks around those technologies.

Ethics 154

Ethics Study Essay Fairness 154

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Cultivating this mindset is vital for students as it offers them a broader perspective and a sense of fairness, empowering them to confront challenges with resilience and optimism. As students mature, the values and ethics instilled by teachers will also mature, aiding in their overall development.

Instructors 119

Instructors Students Motivation Intelligence 119

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Feature Bots Chatbots Primary function Automate tasks Communicate and provide information User interaction No direct user interaction Direct user interaction through natural language Typical use cases Customer service, marketing, social media Customer service, education, e-commerce Figure 1.

Academic Integrity 135

Academic Integrity Education Plagiarism Students 135

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Cultivating this mindset is vital for students as it offers them a broader perspective and a sense of fairness, empowering them to confront challenges with resilience and optimism. As students mature, the values and ethics instilled by teachers will also mature, aiding in their overall development.

Instructors 115

Instructors Students Motivation Intelligence 115

Faculty Focus

JULY 7, 2024

The UDL requires that a learning environment includes multiple methods of engagement, multiple methods of representation to encompass a variety of learning styles, and multiple types of expression and communication tools (CAST, 2018). These concepts apply to both the curriculum or content and the environment.

Learning 92

Learning Universal Design Fairness Course Design 92

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

As part of the recent rush to comment on ChatGPT, this article is not weighing in on the ongoing ethical debates, nor is it offering a comprehensive how-to guide, but rather simply sharing one professor’s initial use of the AI tool and how it successfully accomplished the learning objectives and expectations for one course assignment.

Assignments 124

Assignments History Art Ethics 124

Cult of Pedagogy

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

When I am in spaces where people talk about solutions to some of our biggest problems — poverty, crime, addiction, environmental decline — one theme that comes up often is community. And so the power is really in reflecting on that and just sitting with it before we continue with the traditional ways of communicating with families.”

Schools 118

Schools Communication Languages Language 118

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Feature Bots Chatbots Primary function Automate tasks Communicate and provide information User interaction No direct user interaction Direct user interaction through natural language Typical use cases Customer service, marketing, social media Customer service, education, e-commerce Figure 1.

Academic Integrity 111

Academic Integrity Education Plagiarism Students 111

Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 26, 2017

Yes, we want to help students learn polite and appropriate communication. If the moral / ethical / legal / administrative angle isn’t persuasive enough, consider also whether we wish to pay six-figure settlements to our students for infringing upon their legal rights. The 20 Oregon students who were suspended for retweeting.

Ethics 162

Ethics Coaching Fairness Participation 162

Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 21, 2025

Do you feel like this is fair? Should citizens be required to volunteer in their community? What are examples of non-verbal communication that we use in American culture? What is the biggest ethical issue facing American society today? Is there a connection between an individuals self-esteem and their place in society?

Questions 52

Questions Grades Social Studies Middle School 52

Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

Do we speak of the tests in terms that communicate they are a routine part of school or are we unconsciously telling students they’re the most important thing that will happen to them that year? More resources on this approach are available here (brief) and here (extended explanation with examples based on NYS tests).

Testing 106

Testing Multiple Choice Questions Languages Language 106

EAB

JULY 18, 2023

We recently discussed some ethical considerations and limitations of ChatGPT on our Office Hours podcast ( listen here ). Getting your meeting agendas, team emails, and announcements just right often takes a fair amount of editing. We plan to cover this topic in future blog posts.

Writing 52

Writing Ethics Fairness Intelligence 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2021

There’s a new kind of urgency for school leaders to meet the intellectual, the social, the emotional and the ethical needs of their teachers right now—so they will stay put,” says co-author Doris Santoro, a professor of education at Bowdoin College and author of the teacher-centered book “ Demoralized.”

Teachers 209

Teachers Local Government Ethics Fairness 209

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

So she relies on support from William Barry, the philosophy instructor who records her delivering brief lectures for his undergraduate class on the ethics of emerging technology. Barry says positive words such as ‘helpful’ and ‘good listening’ and ‘I am acting with ethics’ when he tells me I act with quality,” she says. “If

Teachers 155

Teachers Education Instructors Intelligence 155

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 17, 2015

In affluent communities, standardized testing takes a lesser toll. Find ways to communicate complex information in simple ways. In wealthy neighborhoods in New York, there are strong parent movements to opt out their kids from the exams. The wealthy parents aren’t scared, but the poor people are. The kids easily score fairly well.

Education 91

Education Exams Testing Fairness 91