Teaching in Higher Ed

The Science of Learning Meets AI

Teaching in Higher Ed

Show Notes

Lew Ludwig + Todd Zakrajsek uncover themes from The Science of Learning Meets AI on episode 619 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

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Quotes from the episode

We could actually create an educational system. Not so that it deals with the problems we have with AI, but so that those problems are no longer relevant.

-Todd Zakrajsek

If you don’t have students attention, they can’t learn because if you don’t attend to something, you can’t learn it.

-Todd Zakrajsek

Keep in mind that you’re the expert. This is your assignment. You know what you’re doing, you know the content, so then you can judge what AI gives you, what works, and what still may need some work.

-Lew Ludwig

What this gets down to is backward design; we start with the learning goals. We should figure out how to assess them, and then decide if AI fits in that or not.

-Lew Ludwig

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Resources

The Science of Learning Meets AI: A Practical Faculty Guide to Purposeful Integration, Student Engagement, and Ethical Practice, by Lewis D. Ludwig & Todd D. Zakrajsek

Lilly Conferences: Evidence-Based Teaching & Learning

Mary-Ann Winkelmes

Transparency in Learning & Teaching (TILT) Higher Education

Backward Design

The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI, by Tricia Bertram Gallant and David A. Rettinger

Caraway Cookware

Joy Comes Back, by Donna Ashworth, read by Harry Baker

TripIt

The Other Side of the Door, by Jeff Moss

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