Category: Education and Learning

The website Will Robots Take My Job (https://willrobotstakemyjob.com/) used to assess occupations as vulnerable to automation by ranking them as "Robots are watching". With ChatGPT4 the robots are here. I'm sure many of you have tinkered with it, but have you really put it to the test? Have you asked it questions that you get… Continue reading The robots aren’t just watching, they are here.

I googled “mental health support for instructors so they can support students” and all the hits provided information on how instructors can support their students’ mental health. Many articles I read mentioned supporting the mental health of any student, not just their own. Of course, few will argue this point and it is what all… Continue reading First step in caring for students’ mental health: Care for your own.

I was kind of proud of the advice I gave an instructor, let’s call him Rutledge, today. The advice, he said, pulled him out of a shallow rut (where he shouldn't have been on his birthday), A student, let’s call him Ted, in his class insists on using profanity with every comment, and every comment… Continue reading Give students a voice to resolve classroom disruptions

Why is being a Learning Designer (or Educational Developer, or any other of the dozen or so synonymous titles) tricky business? Go have a conversation with one and find out. They would love to speak with you, especially if you are post-secondary faculty.

When teaching a course, do you find that students are using their own preferred platforms to communicate rather than the ones you provide them in the course, such as discussion forums and Collaborate Ultra? I wrote an email in response to an instructor on this topic. Some things to keep in mind when deciding how… Continue reading How to grade students for participation when they use their own tools to communicate?