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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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How You Can Habituate the Circular Model of Reflection: Before-Action, During-Action, After-Action, and Beyond-Action

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Why You Should Engage in the Circular Model of Reflection By some accounts, Schons reflective practice has ushered and advanced that professional practitioners such as scholar-teachers exhibit a form of intelligence, a complex form of professional creativity. Write them down and have it with you as you start the lecture.

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles.

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles.

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Why Students Living on Campus Take Online Courses

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This comes back to 20 years of faculty development where basically we know that, if a professor teaches an online course, they have to go through 80 hours of training to learn to teach online. One thing University of Central Florida has become known for is large lecture classes. In terms of learning, they’re not [missing out].

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Is It Time to Rethink the Traditional Grading System?

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You would go to a university and you would study for four years, and you'd go to lectures and go to your discussion groups. Grades are not a measure of intelligence. This was invented by Linda Nilson, who's a legendary faculty developer and thought leader about teaching and learning. dissertation defenses we have now.

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Using Collaborative Learning to Elevate Students’ Educational Experiences

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The social environment of the group can be enjoyable and exciting for several students compared to independent study or traditional classroom or online lecturing. As a result, the professor can assume a facilitator’s role, guide, and observe rather than lecture and direct learning. Form groups strategically.