Category: Academic Life
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AI in Assignments, Assessments, and Authentic Student Engagement
Reflecting on a semester of teaching my own students, collaborating with PK-12 colleagues in a sustained series of PD experiences, and co-facilitating a higher education faculty learning group (FLC), I offer reflections on the intentional integration of AI in light of the WestEd Digital Fluency group’s “Friction by Design” framework for integrating AI in instruction.
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Two Open Access Publications in 2024
2024 has nearly slipped by, yet it is worth noting two recent open access publications, one in which I served as a co-editor and co-author, and another in which I served as a co-author. Earlier this year, the WAC Clearinghouse released Better Practices: Exploring the Teaching of Writing in Online and Hybrid Spaces, co-edited with…
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AI in College Writing
As the new semester begins, many faculty are again engaged in an ethical debate about the ways in which their students might use AI in their writing assignments, whether with explicit guidance and permission, or otherwise. This past week, I was invited to join educational futurist Bryan Alexander and my colleague and collaborator Daniel Ernst…
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Reflecting on the Many Opportunities to Share in 2023
This past year has allowed me many chances to share updates and ideas related to digital literacy learning, both in my academic writing as well as through regular presentations, workshops, and webinars. Yet, there were also an unusual number of opportunities to speak with journalists, bloggers, podcasts, and others about topics (mostly, of course, AI),…
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Adding to the AI Conversation, Critically and Creatively
For the past few months, AI has dominated the conversation in education circles, and oftentimes with only minimal attention to a critical nor creative perspective on how these tools will affect our students — and us — as readers, writers, and designers. As I’ve interacted with hundreds of educators in webinars, workshops, and conference presentations…
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Survey Invitation: Perceptions of AI Writing Tools in the College Composition Classroom
As AI tools becomes more common and stakeholders in the higher education community are both interested in — and concerned about — their use, we invite instructors to share your insights on the role of AI in writing instruction in this survey.
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Podcast Episode: Conceptually Speaking
With thanks to Trevor Aleo for the opportunity to think through some new ideas related to new literacies and teaching digital literacies, please enjoy this recent episode of “Conceptually Speaking.”
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Pivoting the Conversation on AI in Writing
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in Academic Life, Ahead of the Code, Assessment, Best Practice, Collaboration, Composition, Critical Perspectives, English Education, Literacy, Multiliteracies, New Literacies, News and Notes, NWP, Presentations, Professional Development, Reflections, Teaching, Writing, Writing Assistance TechnologiesAs ChatGPT has heralded the “death of the college essay” and “the end of high school English, we could be well served to lean into the idea that we need to both rethink our writing assignments and to invite our students to “cheat” on them.
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Podcast Interview: Every Day is Earth Day
As we close Earth Day activities, I am grateful to have had the chance to talk with CMLife reporter Teresa Homsi about the intersection of climate change misinformation and media literacy in this April 20 2022 podcast.
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Embracing the “Both/And” of Digital Writing
Embracing a “both/and” stance toward technology, we can push back against the kinds of dichotomies that characterize most language arts instruction. What might you do to move any of your ELA assignments toward a “both/and” stance, embracing the opportunities that you have right now to utilize the technologies available to you and your students?