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Keith Landa

@keithlanda.bsky.social
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Director of the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center at Purchase College SUNY See also @landa84.bsky.social for my faculty / Mars / astrobiology / geology / personal posts See also @ufs-keith-landa.bsky.social for my higher ed governance posts

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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
More young people are identifying as readers, switching readily among formats. #postdigital does not mean #postliterate. The situation is not as bleak as often portrayed. theconversation.com/what-the-pan...
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What the panic over Gen Z’s reading habits gets wrong
Despite dire warnings of a ‘postliterate’ generation, data suggests Gen Z is still reading – just in ways many traditional studies fail to capture.
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Report from @aacu.org detailing the benefits for #StudentSuccess of #OER Open Ed Resources, a new #HighImpactPractice "What began as an effort to reduce the cost of textbooks has evolved into a broader rethinking of how knowledge is created, shared, and experienced.." www.aacu.org/research/ope...
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Open Educational Resources: A New High-Impact Practice | AAC&U
Based on a two-year study of nearly 700,000 student records, this report makes the case that OER implementation merits recognition as a high-impact…
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Lofty goals for #StudentLearning facilitated by #GenAI: 24/7 access to personalized #tutoring, automated #MasteryLearning, development of #SoftSkills. Article is strangely silent on the role of #faculty though. #AItutor #PersonalizedLearning er.educause.edu/articles/202...
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A More Human University: The Role of AI in Learning
Far from heralding the collapse of higher education, artificial intelligence offers a transformative opportunity to scale meaningful, individualized l
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Examples of where faculty have used #AI #GenAI to build better courses, provide alternate formats for students, have more time to facilitate deeper learning on the part of their students. www.chronicle.com/article/ai-h...
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AI Has Joined the Faculty
More instructors are teaching with it. Is it making their courses better or dragging the profession down?
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
A site that allows you to generate a badge to put on your assignments, indicating ways that students may use #GenAI to plan, research, process/learn, create, and/or revise their work on each assignment. #transparency www.petraai.org/teacher
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PETRA AI: Permissive and Transparent use of GenAI
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
It seems reasonable to think that things will settle down and we will develop new cultural norms in our classrooms, once we've lived with #GenAI a bit more. Separating useful vs. 'uncool' uses of AI. www.chronicle.com/article/when...
chronicle.com
When AI Use Makes You Uncool
Students are setting their own rules, judging one another, and often using the tools in secret.
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Argues that faculty adoption of #AI tools will free them from content delivery to focus on higher order aspects of teaching/learning, and mattering to their students. Ideally, this is what we're trying to support with our @sunyofficial.bsky.social #AItutor project. er.educause.edu/articles/202...
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The Role of Faculty in the University of the Future
In the age of AI, the true future of higher education lies not in replacing faculty but in freeing them to do what only humans can—build meaningful re
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Article: "Artificial Intelligence and Grade Inflation" -> larger grade bumps after #ChatGPT introduction in courses with more writing, homework credit; 500,000 grades analyzed from 2018-2025 #GenAI #GradeInflation AI is substituting for student work, not helping it escholarship.org/uc/item/80x8...
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I'm very much a tech person myself. But this is a critical finding: "Class-related Internet use was not associated with a benefit to classroom performance." Faculty need to be able to tell students when it's time to close their tech. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Strategies faculty can use so that #AI #GenAI supports learning, rather than undercutting it: cognitive mirror, Socratic partner, verification partner. Avoiding #CognitiveOffloading, keeping worthwhile friction in learning. www.uts.edu.au/news/2026/03...
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
With the explosion of research literature, how to make sense of it in order to formulate questions for future research is getting exponentially harder. #AI could be useful to make sense of the literature, but probably not general #LLMs. This tool looks promising www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Synthesizing scientific literature with retrieval-augmented language models - Nature
A specialized, open-source, retrieval-augmented language model is introduced for answering scientific queries and synthesizing literature, the responses of which are shown to be preferred by human eva...
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
A 24/7 conversation partner for #ForeignLanguageLearning seems an excellent use case for #GenAI #LLM apps, especially coupled with speech recognition and text to speech capabilities. With a focus on #intercultural communication, and not just grammar. fltmag.com/pedagogical-...
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Designing with Purpose: Pedagogical Reflections for the Development of AI Speaking Tools - The FLTMAG
By Christiane Reves, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Language Program Director for German, Department of German, New York University, former Assistant Teaching Professor and Lower Division Coordina...
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Focus on high-value experiences that AI queries can't replicate: recorded journals, oral assessments, critiquing AI, and others www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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You Can’t AI-Proof the Classroom, Experts Say. Get Creative Instead.
Artificial intelligence is here to stay. Faculty members explain how to keep students engaged in their own learning and prevent them from relying on AI.
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Some interesting comparisons of #AI #environment impacts. Yes, there are some, but if you are concerned about #energy and #water usage, maybe you should stop streaming video and commuting to work. onlinelearningconsortium.org/olc-insights...
onlinelearningconsortium.org
The Real Environmental Footprint of Generative AI: What 2025 Data Tell Us - Online Learning Consortium
In the October 2025 OLC Snap Survey, participants raised an increasingly common question: What are the ethical implications of Generative AI (GenAI)’s environmental impact? As both a regular user of t...
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
#GenAI excels at processing text. But can it be relied on for #qualitative #research? Here's an #edDev #SOTL study analyzing #survey results exploring trust in the classroom which suggests being cautious about #AI use in research. journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/TL...
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca
Superficially Plausible Outputs from a Black Box: Problematising GenAI Tools for Analysing Qualitative SoTL Data | Teaching and Learning Inquiry
Teaching & Learning Inquiry: The ISSOTL Journal
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
An #open resource on #AI for #higherEd leaders. Short chapters providing framework and resource links. #Governance, #equity, #FacultyDevelopment, #assessment, student perspectives, policy development, implementation of AI tools books.lib.uoguelph.ca/aiplaybook/
books.lib.uoguelph.ca
AI Playbook for Teaching and Learning Leaders: A Community Guide – Simple Book Publishing
Practical guidance for post-secondary leaders in planning and responding to AI in teaching and learning
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
We have to do more than deliver #content. How do we keep the human aspects of education in the age of #AI? er.educause.edu/articles/202...
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The AI Tsunami Is Here: Reinventing Education for the Age of AI
In the age of artificial intelligence, higher education must move beyond content delivery toward interactionalism—a human-centered approach to learnin
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
"If what you teach—or how you teach—can be fully replaced by AI, perhaps it should be." Are we ready for fundamental #change in #HigherEd, or is #AI just another #HypeCycle? I'm heading back to the classroom spring semester, I guess I will see er.educause.edu/articles/202...
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Beyond Tool or Threat: GenAI and the Challenge It Poses to Higher Education
Generative artificial intelligence isn't just a new tool—it's a catalyst forcing the higher education profession to reimagine its purpose, values, and
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
An #open collection of resources for "Teaching with Text Generation Technologies". Highlighted by Annette Vee @anetv.bsky.social during a great keynote she gave for one of the #SUNY @sunyofficial.bsky.social Conversations in the Disciplines conferences. #AI #LLM wac.colostate.edu/repository/c...
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TextGenEd - The WAC Clearinghouse
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Happy to be part of this conversation on #AI #ethics and #governance. thebcw.org/news/busines...
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Dynamic BCW Panel Explores the Ethical Frontier of AI - Business Council of Westchester
The Business Council of Westchester (BCW) hosted a dynamic panel discussion on Monday at Pace University, bringing together a diverse group of experts to explore the critical issue of establishing eth...
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Looking forward to participating in an #AI #governance panel next Monday at #Pace University: "Governing the Future: The Ethical Frontier of AI Regulations and Policy. Sponsored by the Business Council of Westchester #BCW.
Flyer for the conference
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
A chance for the general public to engage in the conversation on #AI. Some talks with folks well-known in Ai on day 1, workshopping opportunities on day 2. publicaisummit.org
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Public AI Summit
A dynamic, two-day virtual AI Summit for the general public to hear from leading experts about the latest AI developments, gain a clearer understanding of what these changes mean, and learn how we can...
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
WTF! The Late Show is being cancelled outright next May??? www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuqE...
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Stephen Colbert Announces The Cancellation Of “The Late Show”
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
"Let those without sin cast the first stone." I'm not sure I can complain about students using #AI to summarize course #reading when I've done the same to get thru the flood of materials I need to review. We need to ask when is reading key for learning, and when not www.chronicle.com/article/when...
chronicle.com
Advice | When AI Does the Reading for Students
The technology that powers ChatGPT is quickly transforming reading practices. What does that mean for your assignments?
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Maybe we're cycling back to a new oral tradition, and the last few centuries of written literacy as the mark of scholarship will be a blip in human history. Not sure I'm ready to throw in the towel yet though. How can #AI assist #reading and #comprehension? www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
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The Reading Struggle Meets AI
The crisis has worsened, many professors say. Is it time to think differently?
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
There is appropriate and inappropriate use of #AI for both students and faculty. Important to talk about how/when student use supports or undercuts learning; also how faculty use on low level tasks can open up time for more human interaction in our courses. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
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The Professors Are Using ChatGPT, and Some Students Aren’t Happy About It
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Some examples of custom #chatbots for instruction, where faculty are in control of how the tool supports their teaching and learning goals. The interview about #Cogniti about that faculty-led project had some good points. derekbruff.org/2025/04/10/s...
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Structure Matters: Custom Chatbot Edition – Agile Learning
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
What we get from #AI #GenAI #LLMs is only as good as the #prompts we use to interact with them. Here is an extensive review and discussion. #PromptEngineering sanderschulhoff.com/Prompt_Surve...
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The Prompt Report
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
#Stanford emerging technology review 2025: exploration of #AI, #biotech, #crypto, #lasers, #materialsSci, #neurosci, #robotics, #semiconductors, #space, #GreenEnergy and their impacts on econ growth, security, #sustainability, #health, civil society @stanford.edu setr.stanford.edu/sites/defaul...
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Interesting #student perspectives on how #AI can be used to support rather than bypass learning. Study guides, alternative presentations, quizzing, etc. www.chronicle.com/special-proj...
chronicle.com
These Students Use AI a Lot — but Not to Cheat
For some students, the technology can effectively replace collaborative learning with classmates and office hours with professors.
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Essay on how to use #AI ( #NotebookLM ) to help student work through difficult texts, moving students up #BloomsTaxonomy beyond just remembering and understanding. Provides useful #prompt examples. michellekassorla.substack.com/p/using-note...
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Using NotebookLM to Boost College Reading Comprehension
This semester, we are using NotebookLM to help our students comprehend and engage with scholarly texts
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
If you teach #writing / #composition or are yourself a writer, you might be interested in this #OpenTextbook "Bad Ideas About Writing". #OER Provocative essays by practitioners & scholars in the field commons.erau.edu/oer-main/3/
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Bad Ideas About Writing
Bad Ideas About Writing counters major myths about writing instruction. Inspired by the provocative science- and social-science-focused book This Idea Must Die and written for a general audience, the ...
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
An ethical framework for encouraging #AcademicIntegrity in the age of #AI, rather than just taking a punitive approach to AI use er.educause.edu/articles/202...
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Generative Artificial Intelligence and Education: A Brief Ethical Reflection on Autonomy
Given the widespread impacts of generative AI, looking at this technology through the lens of autonomy can help equip students for the workplaces of t
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report -Teaching and Learning Edition. #AI figures prominently in this year's report: AI tools for #TeachingLearning, #faculty #ProfessionalDevelopment to use AI, AI #governance. library.educause.edu/-/media/file...
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
No easy answers. #GenAI #AI #AcademicIntegrity #Pedagogy mashable.com/article/prof...
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College professors don't know how to catch students cheating with AI
"It felt like a disease, where you see a couple cases and then all of a sudden there's an outbreak. That's what it felt like."
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
AI is getting scary good www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOtf...
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Harry Potter - Cowboy Wizard (Parody Music Video)
YouTube video by Saga Lore AI
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Teaching & Learning podcast from SUNY Schenectady - "a space for courageous, honest, open, and unscripted conversations about teaching and learning; about the things that excite us; and about the things that challenge us." Now in their 4th season. sunysccc.edu/About-Us/Div...
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Many Voices, One Call Podcast | SUNY Schenectady
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
This is what false positives mean in the context of #AI detectors - innocent students' lives in turmoil. It's doubtful there is going to be a technological solution to student 'cheating' with #GenAI, we need to use pedagogical approaches. #AuthenticAssessment www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/s...
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A New Headache for Honest Students: Proving They Didn’t Use A.I.
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Sometimes the work of #learning is supposed to be hard, that's the point. I use #GenAI and other #AI tools to support my work, so I'm not against it. We need to work w/ students to use it in ways that supports their meeting course #LearningOutcomes. hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
hechingerreport.org
University students offload critical thinking, other hard work to AI
Two studies indicate students are using chatbots to undermine what they learn
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Randall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
"You read books, eh?" A 1949 red scare Herblock cartoon about pressures on teachers that hits hard once again.
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
First in a series of episodes on the #environment costs of #AI - power, water, e-waste. #sustainabilty #GenAI podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
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Your Chatbot vs. the Planet
Podcast Episode · Generative AI 101 · 05/06/2025 · 8m
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Digital Education Council Global #AI Faculty Survey 2025: faculty current uses & attitudes, future plans, concerns, need for institutional guidelines. 1681 responses from 28 countries. mcusercontent.com/1ad9cb252c81...
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
We need to help our students use #AI responsibly if they are going to be prepared for the world beyond our classrooms. We should also give ourselves space to use AI responsibly in our teaching. www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-my-...
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AI is my frenemy
How to deal with the guilt that accompanies improved efficiency when using AI in the classroom I have a confession to make: I did something in a recent class that has made me feel very guilty. I justi...
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Course on #AI for students, built by students. What is it? How to use it responsibly. Exploration of different use cases. AI in different disciplines. canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/51655
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AI in Education
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
One of the more misleading article titles I seen for a while. The instructor provided her course materials (notes, slide decks, etc); the #AI platform ( #Kudu ) just assembled it into an interactive textbook that students can chat with. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
chronicle.com
The Course Is About Literature. Its Textbook Was Generated by AI.
News of the UCLA course has spurred worry and criticism, but its professor is unfazed. “I feel more empowered by this process,” she says.
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Have concerns that your students are offloading their assignments to #GenAI instead of doing the work? Use AI for inspiration on how to redo your assessments in an AI world, and get feedback on your course. The prompt alone is worth the read. docs.google.com/document/u/0...
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USING GENAI TO RECONSIDER ASSESSMENTS: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
USING GENAI TO RECONSIDER ASSESSMENTS: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE Choose a tool to use. Some options include: Open AI’s ChatGPT 4o - https://chat.openai.com/ Anthropic’s Claude - https://claude.ai/chat Mic...
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Extensive (and I mean it) guide to writing your #syllabus. Take your campus policies on syllabus requirements, and put some perspectives on them. www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
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How to Create a Syllabus
There’s never a bad time to re-examine and rethink how to write your syllabus. This guide walks you through everything you need to know, with specific tips and strategies, to craft an effective syllab...
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Research study on the #UFlorida AI across the curriculum program. #AILiteracy. One of the first to include #AI as required curriculum. Model infuses AI in courses in all departments. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Developing a model for AI Across the curriculum: Transforming the higher education landscape via innovation in AI literacy
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a ubiquitous concept and tool already found across society and an integral part of everyday life. As such, basic under…
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
From #UAlabama Birmingham. Good list of reasons not to use #AIDetectors. Focus on #pedagogy. List of references and other school's policies. uab.app.box.com/s/gqzxncb51b...
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Policy on the Use of Gen-AI Detection Tools.pdf | Powered by Box
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Keith Landa @keithlanda.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
From late last year, but a good review of actual studies on #AIDetection, including links. Humans are poor detectors. Remain skeptical about tools. Be careful with English language learners #ELL. Training is needed. docs.google.com/presentation...
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(Copy) 19 - AI Detection: A Literature Review
AI Detection: A Literature Review Course Design Series Tuesday, December 3, 2024
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