Learning Water Cooler

This year, through my University, I participated in a Provost-endorsed program: AI-Enhanced Pedagogy.  The program included multiple structured events with external AI leaders (like Joseph Yun), presentations and discussions regarding different applications of student...

We’ve known for quite a while that we socialize our children based on gender once we know “what we’re having.”  At the point that the child can actually articulate their desire for “dolls” or “trucks,” it’s typically too late to conduct any sort of “experiment” to...

This post continues an earlier reflection (AI is writing content for AI to read) on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the human experience. Because of where I sit professionally, most conversations I’ve been in surrounding AI over the past few months have...

I recently had the opportunity to evaluate candidates for the Gates Scholarship. The scholarship targets “outstanding, minority, high school seniors from low-income households” and “is awarded to exceptional student leaders, with the intent of helping them realize...

I read a post on LinkedIn recently that said something to the effect of "you won't be replaced by AI, you'll be replaced by someone who knows how to work with AI."  I have been hesitant to enter the conversational fray regarding AI because it's already being handled...

I just attended two educational technology focused conferences back-to-back with notably different audiences.  The first, AECT, was primarily faculty members, PhD students, and instructional designers in academia.  While there were a few corporate and K12...

I am currently involved in a large project exploring a potential new slate of hybrid offerings that would expand our learner population beyond undergraduate and graduate students. One of the areas under consideration would involve targeted short courses for...

A few weeks ago I spent a few days in an intensive engineering education workshop related to making across the curriculum. Except for working multiple fast food jobs in my teens and in college (thank you Dairy Queen, Taco Tico, Subway, and Northwestern cafeteria!),...

A client of mine recently asked me to look through her online course and provide feedback.  I did what I always do in this situation: launched the course and went through it as if I were a student.  I read the text, looked at the images, watched the videos, completed...