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...
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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...
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...
The Problem with Education in America
Two interactions this week helped me to see the current problem in education. In the first, a friend complained about the high cost of college and how it isn’t worth it any more. In...
Value Added in Teaching
As I was working on my lesson plans this morning, I asked myself “how best can I add value to the classroom experience?” You see, students have the capability to read books and watch lecture...
Helping Businesses Succeed Online
For the past three years, our MIS students have been working with local businesses and organizations succeed with their online presence. In a web development class I teach, students learn how to develop their...
Research in Universities – The Good and Bad
This is a re-post of an article I wrote over three years ago on another blog. It was relevant then and still is today. I’ve heard a number of folks condemn research at universities. ...
How to Develop Engaging Online Classes
A couple of months ago, I was asked how I engage online students to make an online class experience as rich and fruitful as a face-to-face class. It’s difficult, to say the least. Over...
Motivation in Education
A few nights ago, my friend Jamin Carson, a professor of education at ECU, lamented to me that some of his teachers-in-training were so obsessed with motivating their students that they failed to help...