AI is not an asteroid coming for higher education. It is a catalyst that can finally empower us to solve our oldest, most intractable problem: the inability to scale deep, engaged, and truly personalized learning.
It's a blessing in disguise, at least to the T&L world.
See Ezra Klein's argument against using ChatGPT for writing even the first draft. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-write/id1700171470?i=1000710273359
Fun = sense of accomplishment following a challenge.
who you know” matters immensely
Human Connections and Career (the strength of “weak ties)
“You look under the hood and see how the neural network’s mapped, and you see there’s a region for emotional recognition.”
Can we apply the same type of training to increase real humans' emotional intelligence?
Writing longer syllabi and spelling out every expectation for interaction, policy compliance, technology requirements, and prerequisite knowledge leads to a learning environment where compliance becomes more important than human relationships
The challenge here seems to be about implementing human-centered practices in classrooms situated within a culture or larger system that does not prioritize or support humanity or human relationships. Assignment rubrics are often sold to instructors as a time-saving tool (to avoid students contesting their grades), while we could instead highlight the value of rubrics as a guide to help students focus on the important learning points.