An ongoing theme of this season has been weighing the gains and losses - cognitively, environmentally, pedagogically, ontologically - of AI. The conversations have reminded us of the importance of nuance and that we are still in the deciding phases of what this means for humanity.

This was such a fun interview. Cannot wait for folks to get a chance to listen next week. Thanks to @sean.pexelab.org and Matthew for having me as a guest.

The TLC staff review the Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching in the first of three summer ODLI on Air episodes. open.spotify.com/episode/5yii...

Last WCUPA RECAP with Ola Kopacz on "Whitewater Teaching: Designing Authentic Online Learning in the Age of AI"

Next up at WCUPA RECAP is Dan Forbes with "AI, Academic Integrity and Alternative Grading"

I am attending the WCUPA RECAP conference today and will be posting my notes. First up, is "Overcomplicated: A Choice, Design, or Accident?" with Kristin Austin

The last episode of this ODLI on Air season is about how WCU's First Year Experience common content was created and built. Check it out - open.spotify.com/episode/6e2g...

Do the flyers have a win in them against this carolina team?

That montreal win was bonkers

12 to go.

Reflecting on their experiences completing the ACUE Certification in Effective Teaching, professors Nancy Barker, Merry Perry, & Ola Kopacz share what they learned from the year long program in our latest ODLI on Air episode: open.spotify.com/episode/2wP8...

Poetry in Public Health Education - you bet! Dr. Nancy Pearson and Dr. Rebecca Rich describe how they partnered to incorporate found poetry techniques into their English and Public Health courses. open.spotify.com/episode/0Czb...

Next session is Doing the Work: Scaling AI Literacy and Communication as Prerequisites for Student Agency is almost here

I am attending some LOPE Conference virtual sessions today. First up is Will It See What We See? Examining Bias in AI-Assisted Qualitative Research with Dr. Schugar and Dr. Kruger-Ross

This week's episode of ODLI on Air focused on what it is like to be a dean with College of Arts & Humanities Dean Jen Bacon joining us to talk about her career at WCU. open.spotify.com/episode/6FjT...

The family is celebrating America's 250th birthday by creating a podcast about different American topics. Episode 11 is American Sports open.spotify.com/episode/0SBk...

We use a faculty learning community type called a Teaching Circle. It is a 10 hour commitment by faculty to explore a teaching topic of interest in community in a way that leads to a product. We discussed how it works on this ODLI on Air episode open.spotify.com/episode/7ly9...

The latest ODLI on Air podcast episode has me talking with Dyan Neary about her work creating the Preventionist podcast for Serial Productions. open.spotify.com/episode/426m...

Starbucks just sent me an email with the subject “Your birthday is almost here” and it says “redeem your birthday reward on 2/29” and “this offer is only valid on your birthday” Last time I checked, I still have two years to go……

Lets go Team USA hockey!!

Dr. Holik brought the industrial kitchen to his students using ThingLink and VR headsets. He explains how in our latest ODLI on Air episode open.spotify.com/episode/4D0n...

One thing I appreciate about being a sports fan is that it forces one to deal with change on a regular basis. (Yes this is a reaction to Stoutland stepping away from being the Eagles line coach)

Dr. Gatchet shares how he moved to an alternative grading system in his courses after hearing from @roberttalbert.bsky.social at our Celebration of Teaching event last May. open.spotify.com/episode/3dqN...

Really appreciate @profrads.bsky.social thoughts on writing, critical thinking, and AI's place in all of that at WCU. wcu-tlc.org/course-activ...

A little late with sharing this but we talked with one Dr. Ervin on how she builds trust with students in a writing course in this AI era open.spotify.com/episode/1RHO...

Not a great off-season for William & Mary trained NFL head coaches

Sitting in on an ennegram session through 1st Pres of West Chester and going to share my notes / thoughts here.

Crazy to think we are 75 episodes deep into our ODLI on Air Podcast at this point. We had our first guest back to talk about how podcasting has changed in the last three years. open.spotify.com/episode/7CWt...

I found some of the ideas around better recognizing the myriad impacts that influence our thinking in this piece helpful. Also, the idea of "what am I taking care of here and with whom?" a fascinating way of thinking about the teaching and learning in the AI age. substack.com/home/post/p-...

This is a really good write up of AI abilities as it relates to learning from @marcwatkins.bsky.social. It includes some good strategies. marcwatkins.substack.com/p/if-ai-cant...

Chicken or dinosaur?

Enjoyed hearing how Biochem professor Tom Kwiatkowski uses Nanome and Alpha Fold to help prepare his students. Listen to our conversation on the latest ODLI on Air episode - open.spotify.com/episode/6cg5...

Comment in the chat about assessment for online courses - "real-time conversation with a student is the gold standard of assessment now"

@karencosta.bsky.social says "I cannot fix AI, but I can care for my students"

Comment from the audience - model disclosure of AI including saying none used. If you are hesitant to disclose use, that bit of friction should prompt a reflection on why. Good conversation opportunities with that as well.

@karencosta.bsky.social moving discussion away from highly prescriptive discussions (not performing as well) to these more open discussions: What did you know about X before this week? What did you want to know about X? What did you learn about X? What reading (our text) stood out to you and why?

@karencosta.bsky.social third tip is related to Friction. The struggle that helps us learn. AI is the anti to this. Karen trusts her students but does not expect purity. Karen is contemplating requiring Google Doc history next semester to add just enough friction.

@karencosta.bsky.social asks us to check on our own awesomely named consume:create:chill ratio to make sure those things stay in balance. Karen also does a daily morning pages routine where she free writes three pages each morning (with the first two being grumbles) along with touching grass.

@karencosta.bsky.social also reminds us to be intentional of noticing the good student work too. The ones genuinely engaging in the course. Not just the ones that frustrate.

@karencosta.bsky.social approach to handling AI: 1. organize your AI strategy - keep key resources in one place for easy access (Karen uses a Notion page) in order to respond to AI issues with students. This includes outreach language, and language to respond to student submissions.

@karencosta.bsky.social speaking on a webinar today and I am paraphrasing her so I hope I got it right - What if the critical skill of this era is resisting AI?

Listening to @drkevinrmcclure.com present on the Caring University as part of the PASSHE conference post-summit. Kevin lists 1. campus strategy 2. equity & belonging 3. rights & voices 4. caring leadership 5. growth & pay, and 6. humanizing policies as steps HE leaders can take to improve.

Thanks to the YouTube tv spat with abc/espn I am listening to Merrill and mike. It so much more enjoyable than those tv people. Now if only the Eagles would do something productive.

Students shared their experiences with the Academic Success Program at West Chester University in the latest episode of ODLI on Air open.spotify.com/episode/2uGp...

This week I am attending the virtual NOSS: OH 2025 Conference Beyond Compliance: Creating a Culture of Access and Inclusion. Up first today is Lillian Nave- UDL Interventions for Faculty, Staff, and Administrators to Support Student Success

Excited to continue in this role openbadgefactory.com/obv3/credent...

Next up is the PASSHE Summit the keynote from Tracie Addy - Engaging Students as Co-creators in Shaping Higher Education

attending a few PASSHE summit events today. First up: Podcasting for PD: Empowering Educators to Learn and Lead

An interdisciplinary expansion of a research agenda in ways that benefit student learning is the topic of the latest ODLI on Air episode with Dr. Matt Snyder and Dr. Lynn Zubernis. Check it out at open.spotify.com/episode/2IVn...

What is the second year of tenure track like? Take a listen to the latest ODLI on Air episode where two faculty share their perspectives: open.spotify.com/episode/5RFR...