by Joe Olivier | Sep 3, 2025 | Generative AI, How-tos
With the new optional Bots++ feature, you can now add an AI-powered chatbot to your course in Ed Discussion. This bot can be customized to your specific course materials and approach, helping streamline communication and assistance to your students. The bot currently...
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 Michael Hernandez | Jul 7, 2025 | Pedagogy
“If we are going to responsibly and responsively change the course of the Intelligence Revolution, which ethical system or systems are best suited to understanding or evaluating its dynamics…in environments shaped by systems of domination not through coercion but...
by Michael Hernandez | Apr 10, 2025 | Faculty Success Stories, Pedagogy, Uncategorized
While generative AI in higher education often brings to mind assistance (authorized or not) in achieving a final product or saving time at the cost of learning, many instructors are exploring the potential for using generative AI to create resources that support...