The FACILITATOR

Our Fall long series on spotlighting & combatting the main student motivations for cheating in the AI Age in our classes continues with VALUES.

The data points to a gap between Professor and students' perception of the harm in cheating in college classes. So we need to intentionally weave in building a shared common ground of academic integrity into our courses. This can be done with shared code making, integrity nudges and emphasis on learning (vs points points points).

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Our Fall long series on spotlighting & combatting the main student motivations for cheating in the AI Age in our classes continues with Expectations. While often times we want to leave it at a self-contained Week 1 exercise on what is our cheating expectations, that can leave lots of room for legitimate misunderstanding on where the line with AI is. Likewise when the rubber meets the road and students get into the meat of the course, Week 1 is a long gone distant landmark in the rear view. So we look at how to keep our expectations and dialog with students on what IS legit AI use front and center throughout the course. 

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Out Fall long series on spotlighting & combatting the main student motivations for cheating in our classes starts its tour with Student Self-Efficacy aka CAN I EVEN DO THIS?! If a project or assignment places students into the deep end and they don't have support or a way to even begin to approach the work, that can lead to cheating. This looks at how to support growth and student confidence AND doing good for teaching along the way. 

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Out Fall long series on spotlighting & combatting the main student motivations for cheating in our classes starts its tour with Cost-Benefit Analysis. Despite our brimstone warnings, students will take our assignments on a case by case basis generally and can consider the costs of cheating vs the benefits. We look at the what of this, as well as why and how we can defuse this by raising the costs AND doing good for teaching along the way. 

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The pod is back for a new semester of teaching tips! We kick off the new term with an overview intro to a Fall long series on what are the main motivations for cheating in our classes. We will then be digging into each motivation in turn for what practical steps can be done to defuse each one. But first, the rogue's gallery of the Cheating Checklist 9.... 

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Select highlights of a Q&A on Teaching with A.I. with Dr. C. Edward Watson. Dr. Watson is Vice President for Digital Innovation with the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and formerly Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Georgia. Dr. Watson is nationally recognized for expertise in general education best practice and reform, evidence-based teaching and learning practices, as a futurist for higher education. He is also an expert in artificial intelligence in higher education, faculty development, open education resources, ePortfolios, and digital equity. Our NCSC Faculty Book Club has been working through the recently released 2nd Edition of Dr Watson & Jose Antonio Bowen's celebrated Teaching with A.I.: A practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning.

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Highlights of Feb 17 Teachers' LunCHAT where Anna Plank & Jordynn Liggett of NCSC Registered Nursing program shared and took peer questions on what has worked for them leveraging Zoom mini recordings to support student success and engagement.

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In our increasingly artificiality infused world, how can we hack tools for increasing our presence and connection to our students? Shella & Mike discuss a framework and specific tools and techniques for hacking those tools for very human needs and ends to support success & retention! 

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Shella & Mike are back for a new year of teaching tips! We kick off the new year with a powerful cheating buster of adding flexibility in due dates for assignments, with a variety of HOWs to implement this in your classes at 3 different levels of complexity.

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Shella & Mike are makin a list! Of Teaching resources for reading or listening or watching over break to help enhance your classes!

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