by Michael Hernandez | Aug 1, 2025 | Generative AI, Instructional design, Pedagogy, Uncategorized
“A computing system that permits the asking of only certain kinds of questions, that accepts only certain kinds of ‘data,’ and that cannot even in principle be understood by those who rely on it, such a computing system has effectively closed many...
by Michael Hernandez | Jul 23, 2025 | Instructional design, Pedagogy
Faculty Interviewer: “How attractive, as a student, is it if all of these readings you get in a class you could, yourself, just put them into a podcast and listen to a five or ten minute podcast rather than reading the papers?” Undergraduate Student: “Oh, it’s very...
by Thomas Keith | May 7, 2025 | Accessibility, Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, Digital Accessibility, How-tos, Services, Universal Design for Learning
The typesetting system LaTeX (pronounced “lah-tech”) is widely used in academia, especially (though not exclusively) in STEM fields, to represent content in an organized and visually appealing fashion. One of LaTeX’s great strengths is its ability to format...
by Thomas Keith | Apr 23, 2025 | Accessibility, Digital Accessibility, Events, GAAD, Services, Universal Design for Learning
Thursday, May 15, 2025, is the 14th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). This is a day to reflect on the importance of accessibility and the need to lower barriers for the approximately one billion individuals worldwide living with disabilities. To mark this...
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 Mohammad Ahmed | Mar 18, 2025 | How-tos, Instructional design, Multimedia Development, Pedagogy
Do you have a topic that is so interesting you wished you could do an entire class on it? Or maybe wonder what students really thought about an issue? Maybe you wished you could debate a student in a comfortable low-pressure environment? Podcasting is the answer you...