Synchronicity is the fastest, surest way to teach process because I can see things unfold in real time, with little to no filter. And yet, in my online courses, it’s a strategy that is mostly off-limits.
Tag: Artificial Intelligence
Using Generative AI to Promote Active Learning
For psychology professor Stephen Blessing AI use in the classroom seemed a given. Having worked with AI in education since the 90s, his goal remains the same: to ensure AI made students more active with their learning, not less. Read how you can use the latest tool in your educator toolbox.
Using AI as a Thinking Partner in PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS
Associate Teaching Professor of Economics Alpna Bhatia prefers to use AI unconventionally: to slow her students down. In our latest Norton Learning Blog post, Alpna guides you through best practices for making AI work for you and supplies two exercises from The Best of the Ultimate Guide to Teaching Economics.
How Personalizing Assessments Can Elevate Learning
When we design assignments that require a student’s unique lived experience, specific local context, and distinct cognitive process, we do more than just "AI-proof" our assessments—we create deeper, more meaningful learning experiences.
Your Syllabus in the Age of AI: A Practical Guide for Instructors
If you have spent time wondering how to write an AI policy for your syllabus, you are not alone. Generative AI has moved faster than most course design cycles, and many of us are being asked to make high-stakes decisions about tools that are rapidly changing and that our students are already actively using. In this fast-changing environment, the syllabus matters more than ever.
AI as a Thinking Partner, Not a Crutch: Designing Assignments That Actually Make Students Struggle (in a Good Way)
A few months ago, I asked a room full of faculty a simple question: If AI can complete the assignment, what exactly are students learning by completing it? The room got quiet. Not because the answer was obvious, but because many of us are wrestling with the same tension.
Who Matters? Expanding the Moral Circle with Jeff Sebo
Does AI deserve the same rights as human beings? Author Jeff Sebo discusses how our future relationship with AI can be understood through a deeper look into ethical and moral theory, human exceptionalism, and our relationship with animals. Learn how his students handle these topics with remarkable generosity and open-mindedness.
From Plato’s “Literacy Crisis” to Generative AI: What Writing Studies Can Teach Us Right Now
AI refusal and boundary-setting have value because they clarify what we refuse to lose. At the same time, we can also treat this “technology” as a resource, one that can be leveraged to consolidate humanistic learning and values rather than replace them.
Fewer Rules, Better Students: High-Discretion Teaching
The move from high- to low-discretion not only standardizes education, but also standardizes achievement in education in a truly unfortunate way. Instructors in high-discretion fields should embrace that feature, exercising high discretion with respect to assignments, curriculum, and grading standards.
Behind the Scenes: Norton’s Approach to AI in Higher Ed
At Norton, we've been fielding a lot of questions and seeing a lot of buzz about GenAI in higher education. So, we're pulling back the curtain on Norton's approach to meeting the challenges and opportunities of AI through this interview.