Reading Time: 3 minutesCanvas is improving how linking works throughout courses. One of these changes that we’ll be talking about has already been implemented, but the other two have yet to be released. Course link sidebar displays name of current link The first change Canvas has made is already present in your courses. Previously, if you wanted to change a link that you’d already added to the Rich Content Editor, it was faster to just remove the link entirely and create a new link. Now, Canvas has made it simple to replace the link – and it shows the name of whatever you currently have linked in the sidebar. To open…
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Transform Your Teaching: A Conversation with Professor Jeff Simon
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn this episode, Dr. Rob McDole and Jared Pyles talk with Jeff Simon, Associate Professor and Assistant Chair of the Department of Communication at Cedarville University. Check out this episode to hear about student learning, creative assessments, and tech integration. Podcast links Show notes Professor Simon shares how he has adjusted his teaching practice over his 13 years in higher education to match the learning needs of his students. He creates more open-ended assignments focused on concepts and processes so students obtain a set of tools that will aid them to be creative problem solvers. In this process, he assesses students based on their proposed solution so…
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Transform Your Teaching: Adopt, Adapt or A(d)bandon
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn this episode, Rob and Jared discuss options for implementing ChatGPT into instruction. They share some questions educators can ask to help them make their own decision. Check out the episode to hear how they would include ChatGPT. Podcast links Show notes Rob and Jared propose three options for using ChatGPT in instruction: Jared and Rob agree that “Adapt” fits best for how they would use ChatGPT in instruction. For educators considering how they will use ChatGPT, Rob and Jared recommend considering teaching style, needs of students, resources available (accessibility), and their personal comfort level with technology. Contact us at ctlpodcast@cedarville.edu with any questions. We would love to…
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Transform Your Teaching: Education in the Age of AI – Professor Roundtable, Part II
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn 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 4.0…
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Transform Your Teaching: Education in the Age of AI – Professor Roundtable, Part I
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn 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 can…
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Transform Your Teaching: AI and the Digital Divide
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn this episode, Dr. Rob McDole and Jared Pyles discuss the accessibility of ChatGPT, talking about the challenges that people may face accessing the platform. Check out their conversation and hear how physical limitations such as location or funding can affect how users interact with ChatGPT. Podcast links Show notes ChatGPT can present concerns in terms of access because people’s varying circumstances will either help them or prevent them from utilizing it. Some students may have issues accessing the internet based on their location; therefore, they may not have the same access to ChatGPT as their peers. Larger corporations, however, larger corporations and technology companies can…
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ChatGPT’s Philosophy of Education
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe following is a full transcript of questions Rob and Jared asked ChatGPT while recording “What is ChatGPT’s Philosophy of Education?” for Transform Your Teaching. What is your philosophy of education? As an artificial intelligence developed by OpenAI, I don’t have personal beliefs, emotions, or a philosophy. However, I can share a generalized philosophy of education based on the information I’ve been trained on. Education is fundamentally about empowering individuals to reach their full potential. This philosophy is informed by several key principles. These principles can guide education policy and practice, with the aim of creating a more just, inclusive, and intellectually stimulating learning environment. It’s worth…
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Transform Your Teaching: What is ChatGPT’s Philosophy of Education?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn this episode, Dr. Rob McDole and Jared Pyles have a live conversation with ChatGPT. They ask it for its philosophy of education and discuss its responses. Check out their conversation and hear how Jared is going to implement ChatGPT into his summer course. Podcast links Show notes Rob and Jared discovered that ChatGPT (version 3.5) presents a rather constructivist philosophy of education, focusing on being student-centered, developing critical thinking, and creating opportunities for collaboration and cooperation. When pressed for the origins of this philosophy, ChatGPT referenced several prominent theorists, including Piaget and Vygotsky. Overall, Jared and Rob were relatively impressed with the answers but felt…
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Transform Your Teaching: Education in the Age of AI – What is ChatGPT?
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn this episode, Dr. Rob McDole and Jared Pyles explore the origins of AI and how they led to ChatGPT. They discuss how AI’s continued growth has led to innovative tools as well as potential challenges in education. Check out the episode to hear them set the stage for the upcoming series on ChatGPT. Podcast links Show notes This episode sets the stage for our summer series exploring ChatGPT. Our conversation begins with how the web has changed: Web 1.0, the internet’s ”Stone Age,” featured static pages and one-sided conversations. Web 2.0, the ”Renaissance,” brought interactive pages; while Web 3.0 offered machine-readable, interoperable, and decentralized information. …
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Canvas Update: New Quizzes Rich Content Editor and Hiding Quizzes Worth Zero Points in Gradebook
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanvas is updating New Quizzes once again on June 17. With these updates, the Rich Content Editor (RCE) will now be available to both instructors and students, and instructors can choose to hide New Quizzes worth zero points in the gradebook. Rich Content Editor Canvas is finally enabling the Rich Content Editor in New Quizzes! With this change, the content editor you use everywhere else in Canvas will be what you use as you create New Quizzes – and it’s what students will use when they need to type any answers. Having the RCE in New Quizzes means that all features specific to it will be available,…