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New AI Tools Are Promoted As Study Aids for Students. Are They Doing More Harm Than Good?

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These days students can have tools like Google’s NotebookLM turn their lecture notes into a podcast , where sunny-sounding AI bots banter and riff on key points. ask the authors, Zach Justus, director of faculty development at California State University, Chico, and Nik Janos, a professor of sociology there.

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The 3 Biggest Remote Teaching Concerns We Need to Solve Now

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Accessibility The fast move from print-based to digital materials and from in person learning events to digital learning events can create additional barriers for disabled students. Ultimately, disabled students, who are already a vulnerable population, are going to struggle even more with the shift to remote learning.

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How Colleges Can Improve Accessibility In Remote Courses

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Colleges have long had offices designed to support students who have learning disabilities and to encourage broader accessibility in the classroom and beyond. Then we also have continued our webinars series with our Center for Faculty Development and Innovation. Del Tufo: Reading is probably the most prevalent one that I see.

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Pushback Is Growing Against Automated Proctoring Services. But So Is Their Use

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That sentiment was taken further this week in a Twitter thread by Jesse Stommel, a senior lecturer in communications and digital studies at the University of Mary Washington and co-founder of the Digital Pedagogy Lab. “If 2) how many faculty or staff have been furloughed or fired? Hire better teachers instead.”

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Colleges Planned to Move to Online for Snow Days. Now Some Are Closed Indefinitely.

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Many large classes are already in the habit of posting lectures to the class website after every session, as is done at many colleges so students can rewatch later. In practice, though, she expects that most will record lecture videos in their homes or campus offices. Is That Online Teaching? We’ve won awards for our online teaching.

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Designing College Curricula for Student Success

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Support is sometimes available from veteran professors, faculty development offices and workshops or training to assist professors in the challenging work of course and curriculum development and implementation. Fink developed a worksheet to establish what he refers to as procedures for educative assessment. LoPresto, M.

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Designing College Curricula for Student Success

Faculty Focus

Support is sometimes available from veteran professors, faculty development offices and workshops or training to assist professors in the challenging work of course and curriculum development and implementation. Fink developed a worksheet to establish what he refers to as procedures for educative assessment. LoPresto, M.