Posts here are listed in reverse chronological order with the most recent on top
On Wednesday September 25th, the Hub hosted these four panelists: Here is the recording: With the panelists’ consent, I asked UM-GPT to summarize the transcript by time code and this is what it generated (with… Read More »Recording available for the Faculty Panel: Reckoning with AI Writing in the Wake of Pandemic Teaching
This post is co-authored between Associate Professor Troy Murphy and Anna Lariviere—Psychology Major, Public Health Minor, and President of the First Generation Student Organization at University of Michigan—Dearborn I don’t remember exactly how I became… Read More »On being a First Generation College Student (. . . and Faculty and Staff)
A model for talking to students about genAI from asynchronous English Literature courses For my second blog post of my Hub Affiliate series “Responding to Generative AI with an Ethics of Care,” I want to… Read More »Conversation as Care: Why Talking to Students About AI is Our Most Essential Task Right Now
Many people in higher education expressed concerns about mental health and burn out right after the pandemic and at times it felt the topic was discussed everywhere. Many months later I am not sure things… Read More »Tips for Faculty: Dealing with Stress
This post’s first draft was crafted by Autumm Caines with significant input taken from an outline by Carla Vecchiola. Subsequent draft revisions were made based on comments and feedback by Jessica Riviere and Belen Garcia… Read More »A Unique T&L PD Experience: Building Bonds and Advancing Research Together in Shared Physical Space
This blog post is a book review of an open text book from OpenStax by Simona Marincean, assistant professor of Chemistry at UM-Dearborn. Open Educational Resources (OER) are publicly accessible materials created purposely to be… Read More »Book Review: OpenStax McMurry Organic Chemistry
Flip, formerly Flipgrid, a video discussion and video sharing app, announced that it has officially ended its access starting July 1, 2024. Due to restricted access and concerns over data security and privacy, the Hub… Read More »The Replacement of Flip (formerly Flipgrid): Enabling both Instructors and Students to Engage in Video-Centric Learning
Dear Readers, We are writing to inform you about a recent incident on the Hub Blog. Unfortunately, our site was hacked, and an inappropriate post was published to our site and was sent out to… Read More »Important Notice: Recent Blog Post Incident
The creative flux that learners generate during class interactions with the material they learn, the instructor, and each other can garner an enthusiastic support when displayed and showcased. This show of talent combined with the… Read More »Creative Projects: Where Students Can Teach US
Like many other educators, I am not alone in feeling that Generative AI has upended my world. As a literature professor who teaches most of my classes in the online asynchronous format, my entire pedagogy… Read More »Yes, we need an AI policy for our courses. But developing one is just the beginning