Teaching in Higher Ed

The AI Grief Cycle, with Christopher Ostro

Teaching in Higher Ed

Show Notes

Christopher Ostro discusses the AI grief cycle on episode 601 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

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Quotes from the episode

The fact is there are things we’re grieving. Our job has profoundly changed in huge ways in a very short period of time.

-Christopher Ostro

Our traditional assessments suddenly are not working effectively like we used to think that they did.

-Christopher Ostro

I want my students to view me as a resource and as someone that they can trust.

-Christopher Ostro

When something makes me uncomfortable, I want to lean in and understand it better.

-Christopher Ostro

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Resources

AI Grief Cycle Talk for CU, by Christoper Ostro

Slides for Chris’ AI Grief Cycle Talk

Mosaic Approach Docs from Christopher Ostro

Swiss Cheese (or Roumy Cheese) Model for Assessment/Assignments

Swiss Cheese Analogy for COVID-19 – Rumi Cheese Analogy for Inclusive Education, by Maha Bali

Daniel Stanford’s LinkedIn Post

Kristen Howerton

Bonni’s Go Somewhere AI Resources and Episodes

Chris’ AI Literacy Assignments

Goblin.Tools

Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet – The End of the World as We Know It

What AI Companions Are Missing, by Adam Grant

Chris’ CU AI Reading Group Reading List

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