by Michael Hernandez | Mar 19, 2025 | Instructional design, Pedagogy
Academic Technology Solutions, the Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning (CCTL), and the UChicago Library have collaborated to provide faculty and instructors with a unified resource with key information and ideas to support them in thinking through the teaching...
by Michael Hernandez | Nov 19, 2024 | Instructional design
Since ChatGPT became widely available in late 2022, educators interested in using Generative AI in service of learning have found potential in GAI’s strengths like quick generation of many ideas for brainstorming and fluent revision of user-generated text, while also...
by Michael Hernandez | Oct 24, 2024 | Instructional design
“Al is like a free puppy; knowing when to say yes and when to skip it will be important.” – José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson, Teaching with AI: a practical guide to a new era of human learning With a new academic year underway and the...
by Michael Hernandez | Jul 31, 2024 | Instructional design, Pedagogy
“Dispositions…arguably are the key to helping learners mobilize their mental powers. Art assists in a natural way. Looking at art invites, rewards, and encourages a thoughtful disposition, because works of art demand thoughtful attention to discover what they have to...
by Michael Hernandez | Jul 12, 2024 | Instructional design, Pedagogy
UChicago’s well-known undergraduate Core Curriculum serves the goal of “cultivat[ing] in students a range of insights, habits of mind, and scholarly experiences.” This series of blog posts highlights ways in which technology can support those valuable habits of mind....