Beth McMurtrie
Reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education
I write about teaching innovation and the future of learning for The Chronicle of Higher Education. Contact me at beth.mcmurtrie(at)https://t.co/fzlffj780k
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2 weeks ago |
chronicle.com | Beth McMurtrie |Eric Kelderman |Evan Goldstein |Len Gutkin
More institutions are saying yes. Persuading professors is only the first barrier they face.
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2 weeks ago |
chronicle.com | Beth McMurtrie
Last fall one of Jacqueline Fajardo’s students came to her office, eager to tell her about an AI tool that was helping him learn general chemistry. Had she heard of Google NotebookLM? He had been using it for half a semester in her honors course. He confidently showed her how he could type in the learning outcomes she posted for each class and the tool would produce explanations and study guides. It even created a podcast based on an academic paper he had uploaded.
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1 month ago |
chronicle.com | Beth McMurtrie
This week, I:Share some ideas about AI literacy. Ask whether current events have entered your classroom. Adjusting to AILast summer, when Julie Bauer Morrison’s son was interning at a Fortune 500 company, he was asked to produce a summary of a long document for his team. After he turned it in, his boss sent him an email: “Did you do this all yourself or did you utilize GPT? CoPilot?” She wanted to make sure he used AI, she wrote, because he had better things to do with his time.
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2 months ago |
chronicle.com | Beth McMurtrie
Daniel Charlton carries a heavy workload. Each semester, he teaches four to six courses because his department is short-staffed. He sits on five committees: two in the College of Education at Montana State University at Billings, where he is an assistant professor, plus another three at the university level. He is also finishing up his dissertation, conducting research, and mentoring future teachers. Grading gets done in the evening and on weekends.
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Jan 23, 2025 |
chronicle.com | Beth McMurtrie
A new survey of college leaders shows deep concerns and some stark divisions about how well they believe their institutions are preparing students and faculty members to use generative AI. Senior administrators are also divided as to whether the impact of the technology on their colleges will be more positive than negative. The vast majority believe it could enhance learning, but virtually all are worried about its impact on academic integrity.
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The Chronicle is tracking executive orders, statements from Trump, and agency actions that affect higher education, plus legal challenges directed at those measures. The tracker focuses on four areas: civil rights, research, policy, and immigration. https://t.co/uaqAPkyfAO
RT @chronicle: A professor despaired over students’ misuse of AI in writing. So she overhauled her approach — and says it has dramatically…
“There are people who are gung ho to move forward and there are people who are terrified," said one of the survey's authors. "That makes it sort of hard to figure out as a broad class of institutions where the future lies.” https://t.co/bmggPMznby