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    Transform Your Teaching: Education in the Age of AI – Professor Roundtable, Part II

    Reading Time: < 1 minute In this episode, Dr. Rob McDole continues his conversation with Jared Pyles, Dr. Chris Miller, and Dr. Dan Sterkenburg about ChatGPT and OpenAI. Check it out to hear the panelists discuss challenges with student usage of ChatGPT, resources the tool can provide, and potential policies that can be implemented into courses to set clear expectations for the students.  Podcast links Show notes The panelists discuss some of the challenges associated with student usage of ChatGPT as well as appropriate uses. Every course has different learning objectives, so instructors should be careful to match ChatGPT usage with their objectives for the course.  They also discuss ChatGPT…

  • Educational Tools,  Podcast,  Teaching & Learning

    Transform Your Teaching: Education in the Age of AI – Professor Roundtable, Part I

    Reading Time: < 1 minute In this episode, Dr. Rob McDole talks with Jared Pyles, Dr. Chris Miller, and Dr. Dan Sterkenburg about ChatGPT and OpenAI. Check out this episode to hear the panelists discuss their own experience with ChatGPT, describe their understanding of its capabilities, and give advice for instructors for interacting with the tool in the future.   Podcast links Show notes Each of the panelists has had varying experiences—both positive and negative—with ChatGPT over the past several months. Some encountered students using ChatGPT to complete their homework, while others had more personal negative experiences with the tool. Regardless of these, Jared Pyles, Dr. Miller, and Dr. Sterkenburg all…

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    Transform Your Teaching: Coffee Drop – Coffee after 2 pm Is Not a Good Idea

    Reading Time: < 1 minute Transform Your Teaching is introducing Coffee Drops—spur-of-the-moment episodes when Jared and Rob feel the need to record. These shorter episodes could be random, scholarly, weird, off-topic, on-topic—who knows? All we know is that they’ll be over coffee and perfect to listen to during your own coffee/tea break. In this inaugural coffee drop, Rob and Jared discuss an article from Dr. Vladimir Bratic on higher education and ChatGPT. Contact us at ctlpodcast@cedarville.edu. You can also visit our blog at cedarville.edu/focusblog for additional resources. Want to never miss a post? Subscribe here!

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    Transform Your Teaching: AI meets AI –Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity

    Reading Time: < 1 minute In this episode, Dr. Rob McDole and Jared Pyles discuss the intersection of artificial intelligence and academic integrity. Check out this episode to hear them confront the issues that educators (and students) will encounter as AI grows and evolves.   Podcast links Show notes While ChatGPT/AI does have many benefits for educators and students, it’s important not to dive headfirst into it. There are several issues that can surface (or have already surfaced) when incorporating it into teaching practices.  First, AI carries the risk of eroding trust between student and educator. Because ChatGPT exists and because plagiarism-catching tools are struggling to keep up, educators may…

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    Transform Your Teaching: A Conversation with Professor Eric Mishne

    Reading Time: < 1 minute In this episode, Dr. Rob McDole and Jared Pyles take a break from their series on ChatGPT and OpenAI to talk with Eric Mishne, Assistant Professor of Communication and Director of Forensics at Cedarville University. Check out this episode to hear about making content more accessible to students and using different methods for instruction. Podcast links Show notes Professor Mishne embraces a flexed learning model in his classroom. Prior to class, his students will read an article, listen to a podcast, or watch a video that “primes the pump” for student engagement in class. Students bring this new knowledge that they obtain outside of the…