Assignments Redesigned to Promote Higher-Order Cognitive Skills Through AI Implementation Assignments Redesigned to Limit the Use of GenAI for Certain ILOs NOTE: For more information on defining and clarifying students’ […]
How the Technological Critics of the 20th Century Can Help Us Wisely Navigate Generative AI in Education On Wednesday, September 10, Dr. Josh Brake, Associate Professor of Engineering at Harvey […]
What to include in your syllabus A syllabus can serve several functions beyond outlining the grading procedure and the topics to be covered. Slattery and Carlson (2005) identify 3 different […]
Structured Support Structured support describes a systemic approach to designing assessments and learning activities that guide students through targeted practice with key concepts and skills (e.g., active learning). It also […]
Transparency & Purpose Transparency involves clearly communicating why students are learning course concepts and skills and how you designed the activities and assessments to help them learn. Many academic contexts […]
Community & Belonging Academic belonging refers to students’ sense of being accepted, valued, and encouraged by others in the academic classroom as well as their sense of connection to the […]
A Syllabus Analysis Tool to Advance Evidence-Based Teaching Practices at MIT Overview The syllabus often informs students’ first impressions of a class, the instructor, and their evaluation of whether they […]
Read, Refine, Define & Articulate The sheer daily volume of new information and insights about Generative AI (genAI) makes it imperative for all of us to set aside regular periods […]
ChatGPT-4 and Thermodynamics I took several problems from a graduate-level materials thermodynamics course that I’ve taught and fed them to ChatGPT-4.1 The goal of this exercise was to gain insight […]
Introduction In most STEM subjects, problem sets (psets) are both a central learning tool and a key assessment method. When students grapple with the solution of challenging, well-posed problems, they […]