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...

Maintaining the the child and parent relationship is hard, but how do you navigate those dynamics when your child attends the same university where you work? Kristen Crossney and her daughter Natalie share their guidelines for this situation on our latest episode open.spotify.com/episode/0TuR...

Jordan Davis channeling a little Bernie Parent today. RIP Parent

We are reading The Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching as a staff this semester and I particularly enjoy the succinctness of this quote in relation to promoting academic integrity. "Policing honesty just doesn't work" Also this book is very good so far. I definitely recommend the 1st 47 pages

Sometimes you start an episode with one thing in mind and you end up with something a little different. That was the case with the ODLI on Air episode Mixing Mindfulness & Self Efficacy with Dr. Norman & Dr. Bennett. Check it out open.spotify.com/episode/20j5...

Should I ask a bunch of pre-service teachers this question during my AI presentation? “If you can search, or have an intelligent agent find, anything, why learn anything? What is truly worth learning?” (p.3) Holmes, W., Bialik, M., & Fadel, C. (2019).

Not a fan of the "doing more with less" phrase. It is not true. You end doing less with less or your taking from something else.

Currently attending OLC's webinar on the Role of CTLs in Supporting the Instructional Use of GenAI with Dr. Carrie Lewis Miller and Dr. Dylan Barth. They are sharing results from a study they conducted.

Just saw Phillies score. I guess there was a little frustration. Did get to see Schwarbers 4th hr tonight.

ODLI on Air is back with a new season as we hear from Heather Schugar and Jackie Hodes about leading an Ed.D. program. That program also happens to be one I went through.... open.spotify.com/episode/6pH0...

Go Birds!

In the woods with the boys

I moderated a panel exploring the breadth of podcast possibilities with 5 WCU faculty. Our discussion included using them as course texts or for assessment, creating podcasts for teaching or scholarship, or preparing students to be podcast professionals. Listen at open.spotify.com/episode/4eSJ...

RECAP conference is 30 today. Just finished presenting the opening panel and now listening to folks from Lafayette College share about video podcast setups.

After months of work Celebration of Teaching is here! Up first David Barry with the Professionalism Multiplier

Season 6 of the ODLI on Air podcast is now wrapped. That is 63 episodes and over 29 hours of content focused on the great work of WCU faculty in the teaching and learning spaces.

Game designer and English professor Laquana Cooke shares how she incorporates games and game design in her teaching on the latest ODLI on Air episode. open.spotify.com/episode/57ct...

On a webinar for PASSHE that is sharing a PEACE acroynom P - Psychological Safety E - Empathy (compassion, support, care) A - Acceptance (appreciation for students bring authentic self) C - Connection (students to everything in course) E - Embrace (students feel valued when they contribute)

Ask AI to do an FAQ for your syllabus is another idea shared today.

Another theme from the two conferences- select response questions are on the way out. If AI can create them and AI can answer them, where is the human part? There will still be some role for them, but as a summative assessment tool. I think it is mostly done.

A theme I have gotten over these last two days - folks are trying AI for rubric creation - but they are not usually coming out in the form they want and they are having to adjust them - thus negating a good portion of the time savings.

Jake shares an interesting use of Gamma - having students take notes in it and then those notes are converted into graphics or a slide show with graphics.