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

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Ethics and Surveillance Ironically, Olsen says he created Proctorio because he felt that the remote proctoring services employing humans were too creepy and invasive. 2) how many faculty or staff have been furloughed or fired? In other words, he sees himself as a champion of privacy when it comes to online testing.

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What Homeschooling During COVID-19 Taught Me About My College Teaching

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Additionally, I am responsible for leading our faculty development team and teaching classes of my own. I taught a business ethics course this semester in which I had honed the learning outcomes down into the most essential ones. This less-is-more approach has been cascading into my teaching more in recent years.

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

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Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles. Davidson, 2021; Pritts, 2023) to position AI as a partner in faculty development. Ethical Considerations: Equity and Agency Ethical dilemmas loom large.

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Coronavirus Has Led to a Rush of Online Teaching. Here’s Some Advice for Newly Remote Instructors

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First, the tips: The Simplest Way to Go Online is to Shift to a Video Conference Platform Stachowiak says that just lecturing to a webcam instead of an in-person class isn’t the best way to teach online, but it is the easiest way to switch. Or read the highlights here, edited and condensed for clarity and readability.

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

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Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles. Davidson, 2021; Pritts, 2023) to position AI as a partner in faculty development. Ethical Considerations: Equity and Agency Ethical dilemmas loom large.

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Care for Faculty in Challenging Times: Considerations for Exploring Hope and Healing

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Universities are increasingly concerned about student success during this era of the Great Disengagement, and faculty success (more specifically, providing care to faculty so they can succeed and in turn support the needs of students) should be an equal priority.