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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Nick cost us this game with bonehead decision not to kick the field goal.

Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today's episode shows the power of connecting one's interests with their academic skill set to benefit the larger community. Dr. Laura Pyott discusses her experiential learning survey project that supports the Jewish Relief Agency. open.spotify.com/episode/70mT...

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A Statistics Experiential Learning Project with Dr. Laura Pyott

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The third episode following the same faculty cohort as they move through the tenure track has arrived with Dr. Laura Brown and Dr. Jordin Clark both of the Department of Communication and Media reflecting on their successes and challenges of their first three years. open.spotify.com/episode/4C1J...

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Third Year of Tenure Track with Dr. Laura Brown & Dr. Jordin Clark

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I agree with Ted. Just read the report this morning and it is really well done. Worth a read.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Episode 90, the first in season 9 of ODLI on Air explores a long running study abroad program at the Gishwati Forest in Rwanda with guests Dr. Jordan Schugar, Dr. Rebecca Chancellor and Dr. Aaron Rundus. open.spotify.com/episode/2fep...

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Experiential Learning in Rwanda with Dr.'s Schugar, Chancellor, & Rundus

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Kids wanted to get up and fish in 57 degree weather at 6 am on a Saturday. At least the view is nice….

Front of red kayak in middle of lake with steam rising and forest in background

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

ODLI on Air July summer episode dropped yesterday introducing two of our newest TLC staffers, one of whom will be a new podcast cohost. open.spotify.com/episode/3W9k...

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The Newest Members of the TLC - Laurie Hays and Dr. MB Henry

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Sean Legnini @sean.pexelab.org · 16/06/2026

An ongoing theme of this season has been weighing the gains and losses - cognitively, environmentally, pedagogically, ontologically - of AI. The conversations have reminded us of the importance of nuance and that we are still in the deciding phases of what this means for humanity.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

This was such a fun interview. Cannot wait for folks to get a chance to listen next week. Thanks to @sean.pexelab.org and Matthew for having me as a guest.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The TLC staff review the Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching in the first of three summer ODLI on Air episodes. open.spotify.com/episode/5yii...

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TLC Book Club Review: Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Ola uses these three questions as she thinks about course planning and assessment creation: 1. How easily can AI do this? 2. What human decision(s) does it require? 3. How is the student's view point and lived experience visible in the work?

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Ola points out that some students don't want to use AI so she creates assignments that provide an option not to.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Ola has started using more video - student does a video then Ola does video back to them.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Ola had students look at the quotes from the What 81,000 people want from AI article. They pulled quotes to practice coding practices. Then they had an AI system do the same thing so they could do some comparing between their work and the AI work.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Ola likes to ask "What did you learn about yourself in this process" as part of her post assignment reflection.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Five things Ola has done to account for our AI environment: 1. Personally situated assessments 2. Learning Pods 3. High-Presence Teaching 4. AI literacy training 5. AI-Built Simulations

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Ola says AI can do pattern recognition, prediction, and replication at scale. Humans bring emotions, physiology (fluids), lived experience, embodied knowledge, and intuition.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Last WCUPA RECAP with Ola Kopacz on "Whitewater Teaching: Designing Authentic Online Learning in the Age of AI"

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Dan doesn't say this is a total solution. He is still thinking about how to decomodify writing in that students trade writing for points/grades.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Dan's method shares responsibility with students in a way that empowers them AND helps prepare them to show their skills in professional settings.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Dan says: Teachers bear a responsibility to develop assessments that give learners the space to demonstrate their learning aka prioritize mastery over performance. Students bear a responsibility to make what they have learned clear. They should stay out of "gray" areas.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

For Dan, the option to say "Unable to assess" in an alternative grading structure is super helpful to account for work done with AI, but that is hard to prove.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Dan says, "Mastery isn't simply about getting to the 'right' answer, but knowing how to get them and what to do when one has a wrong answer" - the process of learning a discipline or skill

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

One of Dan's points - alternative grading formats tend to emphasize process over product - a key counter to AI generated work in courses

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

academic integrity processes put responsibility for authenticating artifacts on the instructor, but in Generative AI environments, this is not practical thus Dan moved to alternative grading systems

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Even though the Georgia option sounds good, still needs epistemically supportive environment, low volume of issues, and still an opportunity for students to remain in a "gray area"

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Academic integrity as "teachable moment" where the process can be an opportunity for learning for both student and instructor. Dan shares example of facilitated discussion done at the University of Georgia.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

According to Dan - Academic integrity as "detect & enforce" assumes epistemically supportive environment where detection is reliable and evidence is clear to justify enforcement process. Processes designed to handle relatively low volumes of offenses.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

The master craftsperson is in an epistemically unsupportive environment for evaluating the authenticity of the widget. The apprentice / learner bears some responsibility to make things easier for the instructor to be confident that the "widget" was their own work.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Dan drew stick figures to convey a story of an apprentice taking their first widget to the master craftsperson for evaluation. The apprentice who had to cross through a town of free widgets and widgets by subscription. The master craftsperson now questions if the apprentice made the widget.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Next up at WCUPA RECAP is Dan Forbes with "AI, Academic Integrity and Alternative Grading"

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

One of higher ed's problems is that faculty get mad at students for being students says Kristin.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

If students keep asking you the same question - what do you think that means? It is data on what to correct says Kristin.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Tik tok is a subject matter expert - a faculty member is a means to an end says Kristin.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Today's students see the syllabus as the same as an app user agreement - they dont read it says Kristin.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

College students are not tech savvy - they are phone content consumption savvy.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

If everything is high stakes in a classroom it may create conditions that make students feel that learning is out of reach. The goal is not to make learning easier. The goal is to make learning easier to enter. - Kristin

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Everyone in the classroom is a human - are we modeling our humanity to the students? What examples are faculty setting if they talk about how busy they are, or when we message? Students learn from faculty's example.

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"The longer we stay in systems, the more invisible they become. Sometimes the smallest explanation can become the biggest release." says Kristin

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Where are people getting tricked up unnecessarily (too many platforms - too many announcement - too many barriers)

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

It is in D2l and it is accessible and easy to find are two VERY different things says Kristin

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

ENTER model E - ease the entry N - notice the friction T - translate the invisible E - expect (and model) humanity R - reflect before requiring

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Academic performance is not independent from the other things they are carrying from their life. They are human beings

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"Invisible does not mean intuitive"

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"Inclusion begins the moment we pause to ask What does this feel like to enter for the first time?" says Kristin

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Tom Pantazes @tompantazes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Starbucks provides multiple ordering methods to get you to your coffee - those are like accommodations in the classroom says Kristin.

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