It seems a week does not go by without reading or hearing about Humanities departments and majors shrinking or being phased out entirely at colleges and universities. Does the decline in those academic programs mean that the humanities are dying, in crisis, or already dead as some have postulated? [read more...]
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Teachers: Are you using ChatGPT ethically?
2023-03-20In a previous article, I suggested how teachers could discourage students from using AI tools, such as ChatGPT, to do their schoolwork for them. Many educators think that the use of such tools constitutes cheating because students are not doing their work. But before coming down too hard on students [read more...]
Grade or Ungrade?
2023-02-09Grade or Ungrade?
For various reasons, institutions or teachers might choose to shift from traditional grading to ungrading methods. Some of those reasons are that they think ungrading is more equitable, less biased, and rightly focused on learning rather than grades. Perhaps three of the most [read more...]