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A close-up of a smartphone, lying atop a computer keyboard, with icons for generative AI apps ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Claude and Perplexity visible on the screen.
Opinion

We Can’t Ban AI, but We Can Friction Fix It

Faculty can do a lot to make it harder, and less enticing, for students to use generative AI, Catherine Savini writes.

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Opinion

A Multiday In-Class Essay for the ChatGPT Era

John Robison explains how, using Lockdown Browser, he tried to replicate key elements of the traditional take-home humanities essay in a new assignment.

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Opinion

From TA to Lecturer

Marcus Lau suggests three questions to ask for a successful transition into a first lecturer role.

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Opinion

Harnessing the Haters

Do your students think you’re a neo-Marxist feminist indoctrinator? Elisha Lim suggests some assignments intended to pull politically disaffected students back in.

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Opinion

It’s Not Them: It’s You

Rather than fixating on students’ supposed deficiencies, professors should recommit to core principles for learning, Erin Morris Miller writes.

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Opinion

Beyond the Research-Teaching Divide: Practical Steps for Educators

Sam Illingworth suggests five low-lift strategies for integrating research into teaching.

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Opinion

5 Easy Ways Professors Skeptical About Group Work Can Use It

Getting students to actively engage in class discussions is a common challenge, but group exercises can help both new and experienced instructors accomplish just that.

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Opinion

Ungrading for Hope

Tony Perman shares four key benefits and how, at best, ungrading helps create a classroom community that can take a semester’s journey in tandem.