Last week, Antonia Levy & I got share our work-in-progress approach to #GenAI, #OER, & #UDL at the NERCOMP (Northeast Regional Computing Program) conference--check out the session materials & our initial thoughts!
https://aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/blending-ai-oer-and-udl
here's round 2 with Stacey M. Johnson in reflecting about our earlier selves as educators...feel free to join in the conversation!
https://www.byanyothernerd.com/2024/10/dialogs-on-teaching-2-transformational.html
> In every discipline there are some concepts or skills that seem to be particularly difficult to teach. Meyer and Land (2006) called them “threshold concepts” because they have to be gotten over to proceed.
McKeachie's Teaching Tips on most common error, mental dazzle, and performance versus mastery, and threshold concepts In the 2014 International Edition page 58 starts chapter 6: How to make lectures more effective and the section: Research on the effectiveness of lectures A large number of studies have compared the effectiveness of lectures with other teaching methods. The results almost invariably show that active learning methods are superior to straight lectures in student retention of information after the end of a course; in transfer of knowledge to new situations; in development of problem solving, thinking or attitude change; and in motivation for further learning (Goldstein, 2007; McKeachie et al., 1990; Prince, 2004; Smith et al., 2005; Yoder and Hochevar, 2005). Similarly, text sources offer advantages over lecture. Students can read faster than lecturers can lecture, and they can go back when they don't understand, skip material that is irrelevant, and review immediately...
A great chat with Kevin Corcoran about a new repository for #faculty for #GenAI activities at the UCF
#HigherEd #FacDev #OpenAccess #EdTech #ChatGPT #AIEdu #AIED
https://aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/exploring-the-traiil-with-kevin-corcoran @edutooters
Last week, I had a blast with the #Faculty at Bryant University in a 2-day marathon of faculty consultations. Check out some of the highlights of advice I provided: https://aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/doing-faculty-consultations
#HigherEd #Teaching #AIED #AIEDU #EdTech #ChatGPT #FacDev #AITeaching
I just got my copy of Faculty Development on a Shoestring! I can’t wait to dive in!
I'm so thankful for the opportunity I had to return to the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast and chat with @bonni208 about microlectures! You can check out the episode below!
#HigherEd #FacDev #EdDev #Academia #OnlineLearning
https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/how-to-create-engaging-microlectures/
I got to geek out about all things organization during a webinar where I shared over 20 tips for workshop preparation, facilitation, resource management, & more. Fun times!
Exploring the usefulness of improving prompts with #GenerativeAI...here's the latest:
#ChatGPT #AIEducation #EdTech #Teaching #Learning #Academia #FacDev
Lance Eaton, PhD
bs2
Doug Holton
Dr. Tolulope (Tolu) Noah
