The Best Business Majors When AI Takes Over
With two kids in college and another a junior in high school, talk around our house often revolves around careers, majors, and classes. And with my obsession with all things AI, one topic that...
Category: Teaching
Using Generative AI as a Learning Tool (Higher Ed Guide)
The following AI guide was built using ChatGPT’s Deep Research feature. I edited parts to highlight key ideas and give it my voice. **************** Generative AI is rapidly transforming how college students study and...
Developing an Innovative Culture in Higher Ed
While reading the book The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-class Agility, Reliability, & Security in Technology Organizations, I started considering how some of the principles discussed in the book might apply to higher...
Reflections on 2023
I’m all about setting goals. And as the new year loams, revisiting my goals are important. Equally important, however, is reflecting the past year’s accomplishments. It provides me with perspective of what I can...
Using ChatGPT to build a course
How fast can I build a course using the new ChatGPT? A couple weeks ago, I attended a session on using AI for course development. It got me to wondering just how fast I...
Look out for AI generated essays
A couple days ago, I was shocked to read a story by philosophy professor Darren Hick out of Furman University. He shared publicly on Facebook a story about a student using AI generated essays...
Teaching the right way – with principles
How can principles help you build lesson plans? By helping your focus on what matters most. In this post, I outline how I used them to teach web services.
How to Make the Best Damn Course in our College
Good is not good enough. Using key pedagogical principles, great things can happen in my course. Here’s how I plan to do it.
Why a Stakeholder Approach Matters
Recently, I spoke to students at the University of Wollongong in Dubai about why I use a stakeholder approach in my textbook. I gave the talk a lot of thought because I wanted to capture...
What the best college teachers do – a review
If you had to describe the best college teachers – across disciplines, across universities, and across class size – what characteristics would you include? How do the prepare for class? How do the assess...