Engaging students with inquiry-based worksheets open.substack.com/pub/allthing...

"...This was a great opportunity to think and explore an idea that I have been working on for a while. It explores the parallelism between teaching and the development of the web." open.substack.com/pub/allthing...

Our book on Applications of Improvisation in Higher Education is just out! I share here about using Improv in math education, research, and community. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Vibe teaching...

"Bloom’s taxonomy shows creativity as one of the deepest levels for thinking (compared to Evaluate, Analyze, Apply, Understand, and Remember). In this sense, vibe learning can be used to help students access that highest level of thinking..." allthingshighered.substack.com/p/vibe-learn...

Our book is getting published this July! I contributed with a chapter on "The Human Side of Mathematics: Using Improv as a Framework for Developing More Meaningful Mathematical Connections" The book covers applications of Improv in Higher Education. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/improvisin...

Last year, AlphaProof (and AlphaGeometry) made headlines for its achievement of generating solutions to the International Mathematical Olympiad problems and achieving the equivalent to a silver medal... open.substack.com/pub/allthing...

Talking at Banana Slug Day! Our welcome for new frosh and transfer students. @ucscscience.bsky.social

Math research can be for everyone. Through CUREs, I’ve helped undergrads of all levels explore, learn, and grow as researchers—no advanced background needed. #MathCURE #UndergraduateResearch #STEM open.substack.com/pub/allthing...

Just finished my "what's keeping me busy" page for the quarter. I guess Spring is officially on! people.ucsc.edu/~pmorale5/pe...

Setting up the courses for the new quarter. What should I include as AI policy?

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It's always Taylor...

Teaching in higher ed has so many different sides to it. It’s not just about knowing your subject—it’s about staying up-to-date with technology, learning effective communication strategies, using media tools, building a sense of community,... allthingshighered.substack.com/p/the-higher...

I'm creating some images that describe the dynamics in Newton's Method for my calc class. Notice how f(x)=x^2+1 is pretty chaotic...

What do higher education teachers do? open.substack.com/pub/allthing...

Active learning can take many forms, but all require students to actively participate rather than passively absorb content. Typically, this involves structured activities such as group work, guided worksheets, think-pair-share, gallery walks, and jigsaw activities. open.substack.com/pub/allthing...

Active learning is typically defined as a learning experience in which students are actively engaged in their own learning. This can take many forms, from group work and field trips to projects and inquiry-based learning... allthingshighered.substack.com/p/beyond-act...

The term "AI" has become ubiquitous in recent years, permeating everything from household appliances and productivity apps to groundbreaking scientific achievements, including Nobel prizes... allthingshighered.substack.com/p/the-ai-acc...

We equate these goals with content—such as stating that we want students to "learn integration by parts." This phrasing can be imprecise, difficult to assess, and open to multiple interpretations. Each student or teaching team member might understand it differently. open.substack.com/pub/allthing...

Precision with learning goals Defining a shared interpretation of what learning means open.substack.com/pub/allthing...

Machine learning has gained significant popularity in recent years due to its ability to recognize patterns, often drawing inspiration from how humans learn. While there are numerous models and architectures, the core idea is to harness the power of data to ... open.substack.com/pub/allthing...

So I'm learning that what I'm attempting to do is know in the literature as "sentence simplification."

Testing a parser for student evaluations. So far I'm getting good results by focusing on VERB and ROOT pos and dep. Also filtering out everything that is not NOUN, VERB, and ADJ produces good results.

Another project for the quarter is a parser for student evaluations that removes sentiment/personal bias from course experience feedback.

I'm testing a way to make work visible in academia: I'm attaching this to my email signature people.ucsc.edu/~pmorale5/pe...

Well, I already have a few students interested in my lab. The goal will be to use ANN to study teaching and learning. Now the only thing I'm missing is a catchy name.

Any good references for designing online synchronous math courses?

Is April fool's a thing here?

Teaching is more than just exposing and explaining. It is not about how *I* present something, but how *you* experience something.