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Geoff Johnson@geoffthejohnson.bsky.social |
I remain appalled that higher ed has largely embraced AI, or at best not taken much of a stance. The public university where I teach held a huge IT conference (with industry peeps) in the last academic year where essentially every panel was devoted to how to use AI in our classes. I did not... 🗃️
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A colleague was shocked that I’m an “AI virgin” and then explained spending a whole day trying to get it to create a graphic. I just can’t imagine what I’d use it for.
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Janet Rosenbaum (she/her)
@janet.bsky.social
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I attended a similar conference at another university, and same deal: not a single negative word, and all speakers apparently felt like they had to jump on board and explain why using AI in classes was definitely a good idea and nothing could go wrong.
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Rachel Esselle
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My husband teaches high school English and the KeyNote speaker in August was all "AI in the classroom". Matthew was enraged. The District gave students permission to use AI on essays. BUT on the final essay exam, there is no internet. So, Matt will get judged on if they pass / fail. Makes no sense
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iquanyin
@iquanyin.bsky.social
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i think it can be a good tool but holy hell are they pushing it! like some door-to-door salesman who just won’t leave.
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Geoff Johnson
@geoffthejohnson.bsky.social
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find any panel where the premise was, "hey--why in the hell would we use this crap? Do we, particularly those of us who teach in the humanities, want this at all?" I teach reading and writing skills for pre-matric students and US history. Generative AI is a curse not a gift for most of what... 🗃️
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