[Another
Spring semester is upon us, and with it my annual Spring semester previews. This
time I’ll focus on one skill I’m excited to be teaching as part of each of
these courses. Please share what you’ve got going on this semester and year as
well!]
I said
most of what I’d want to say about generative AI, in the classroom and
everywhere else, in this year in review post on the subject a few weeks back. But
since my online-only courses have been the place where I’ve encountered the use
of ChatGPT most consistently, I’ll add this: I’m not looking, as I never have
looked and never will look, to be a cop in the classroom. What I am looking to
do, now more than ever, is to have all the conversations, including the toughest
ones. So despite not meeting this class face-to-face, I’m still going to try to
have a conversation with them at the start of the semester on why using AI for
classwork isn’t just a potentially dangerous thing to do for their own futures,
but also will lead to both mediocre work and, y’know, the further destruction
of our planet. The skill of resisting these understandably tempting technological
tools is no easy task in January 2025, but I skill I look forward to helping the
students who are up for the challenge to practice.
Scholarly
update this weekend,
Ben
PS. What’s
on your radar?
