Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

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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Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

In the above context, I saw my pandemic classroom as a laboratory to prototype and test new pedagogical moves, and where unexpected issues are expected to come to light. Ideally, faculty development programs could promote and illustrate that reflection during the action can be learned.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The pandemic is changing the way tests and quizzes are conducted at colleges across the country, with the rapid adoption of new tools that proponents say catch cheating, but in ways that many students say amount to an unacceptable invasion of their privacy. In that model, colleges are typically charged on a per-test basis.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

The student knew the material, but she just wasn’t a good test-taker. Her score on that exam was so low, in fact, that she realized she had no chance to get an A in the course, no matter how well she might do on future tests and assignments. After that, this professor vowed never to use traditional grades on tests again.

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

Then we also have continued our webinars series with our Center for Faculty Development and Innovation. So one of the challenges we've really been dealing with is test security because of course everyone wants to go right to ProctorU and have that live proctoring experience. And the activity is just a content check.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

What follows is a case study that can be adapted by a wide range of academic programs, such as faculty development centers, university learning centers, and writing centers. Testing the water: AI boot camps As a low-stakes, first step, programs can offer AI-familiarizing experiences during summer or winter breaks.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

What follows is a case study that can be adapted by a wide range of academic programs, such as faculty development centers, university learning centers, and writing centers. Testing the water: AI boot camps As a low-stakes, first step, programs can offer AI-familiarizing experiences during summer or winter breaks.

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Learning Ethics Writing Critical Thinking 111