By Matthew LaFevor, Geography. One of the ways I like to begin my classes is by asking students a very broad question: What’s going on in the world today?
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How might students develop academic identities? Undergraduate Research in 100-Level Courses
By Nathan Loewen, Department of Religious Studies. The challenge Decisions to attend the University of Alabama are based numerous reasons. A perusal of the University’s homepage suggests some of those
Faculty Prep Days at the Center for Instructional Technology
Join The Center for Instructional Technology to get your Fall courses polished and ready to go. CIT is hosting two days of workshops and one-on-one technical and pedagogical assistance to
Carry on Teaching with UA’s Artificial Intelligence Teaching Enhancement Initiative
How might your teaching be amplified by generative artificial intelligence? Katherine Chiou (Anthropology) and Lawrence Cappello (History) lead the Artificial Intelligence Teaching Enhancement Initiative, which answers this question. The initiative
Guidelines for Faculty in Dealing with the Use of Generative AI Tools
Discussions about the uses and misuses of generative artificial intelligence entered the broader public discourse of the United States in November 2022. The University of Alabama offers a considered response
Teaching Students How to Do College: making the syllabus available
The syllabus is a useful tool for teaching and learning. If you search for ‘syllabus’ on the Teaching Hub (see the ‘magnifying glass’ in the upper-right corner?), you can find
The Rise of ChatGPT Can Make Student Writing Better
by Amy Dayton and Amber Buck, English On campuses across the US, faculty, administrators, and students alike are talking about ChatGPT. If you haven’t heard, ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence
Teaching how to do college: do grades help students learn? Part 2 of 2.
by Lisa Beck, Psychology Another option, especially after having the above “let’s get curious” conversation with students part 1 of my post, may be to creatively remove the grading fixation
Teaching how to do college: do grades help students learn? Part 1 of 2.
by Lisa Beck, Psychology. Do grades help students learn? As a professor, I find myself frequently asking my students some variation of “what is your intention with their work… …
Notes from an Introductory Immersion into ChatGPT
by Jeffrey Melton, Department of American Studies Here is a basic fact for anyone interested in student learning: artificial intelligence is and will be involved. How teachers and students respond