What are Learning Analytics, Anyway? As we are all increasingly aware, everything we click on leaves a data trail behind it that someone else can sniff out and use to come to all kinds of conclusions about me. Logging in to a loyalty card to check your points balance likely leaves a breadcrumb that allows…
The ChatGPT handwringing of late has bothered me, not least because it is cloaked in a kind of shock, like the domain of higher education has suddenly been sullied by this profane technology. But babes, it was always already here. Many faculty are learning about the impacts of artificial intelligence on their own practice as…
It’s common discourse in teaching and learning circles to hear the comment that we can’t let technology drive our pedagogy. But is it true? If I walk into a classroom and the chairs are fixed rather than movable, it changes how I approach the lesson plan; if there’s no whiteboard or no surface to write…