Graduate Teaching Fellows Program Ending (Too Soon)
After 20 years, the Graduate Teaching Fellows program at the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching is coming to an end this year. The GTF …
Catching Up on the Intentional Teaching Podcast
Last November I launched the Intentional Teaching podcast featuring interviews with a variety of educators aimed at helping listeners develop foundational teaching …
The Perils of Lecture Class
Since I don’t have enough going on (apparently), I recently started another newsletter. It’s called Intentional Learning, and it’s focused on strategies …
Chatbot as Audience: A Conversation with Chad
After weeks of reading about other college educators having conversations with ChatGPT, the new artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot from OpenAI that uses …
Hitting the Wall
Cross-posted from my Intentional Learning newsletter on LinkedIn, a newsletter about learning for students. My junior year of college, I had the amazing opportunity …
The Mystery of Office Hours
Cross-posted from my Intentional Learning newsletter on LinkedIn, a newsletter about learning for students. A few years ago, before the COVID-19 pandemic, I interviewed …
A Bigger, Badder Clippy: Enhancing Student Learning with AI Writing Tools
On December 15th, educator and futurist Bryan Alexander hosted an edition of his Future Trends Forum focused on ChatGPT and other AI …
Study Smarter, Not Harder
Cross-posted from my Intentional Learning newsletter on LinkedIn, a newsletter about learning for students. Early in my career as a math educator, …
Three Things to Know about AI Tools and Teaching
Everywhere I look online these days, I see educators talking about the challenges that artificial intelligence (AI) poses to teaching and learning. …
Strategies for First-Year Course Selections
This morning, I was listening to the new Tea for Teaching podcast about The Secret Syllabus, a new book by Jay Phelan and …