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Field Journal 007: Notes from the Week in Learning and Teaching

Published about 2 months ago • 3 min read

It has been a week of creativity and intentionality. That, plus a bunch of opportunities to learn and reflect.

Whatever state the Field Journal finds you in this week, may it bring some nourishment. You can access past issues and encourage colleagues to subscribe.

Listened

Episode 624

How to Engage Learners in Online Courses

On the latest episode of Teaching in Higher Ed, Denise Maduli-Williams helped us discover how to engage people in online courses and to do so with all learners in mind:

When we design with accessibility in mind, we support everyone, all students.

​Show Notes: Episode 624​

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Leon Furze

PhD Retrospective

Three Years of GenAI in Education

This long read on Leon Furze's doctoral experience was fascinating. I don't know anyone else who started their dissertation at a more fascinating time to study artificial intelligence and education. Leon writes:

At the beginning of November 2022, I received notification that my application had been successful and my PhD could commence. And so began the process of researching, reading in earnest, considering early research questions and avenues of inquiry. The official start date of my PhD was November 15th.
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Exactly 15 days later, OpenAI launched ChatGPT.

​PhD Retrospective: Three Years of GenAI in Education​

Tried

Plan Your Ideal Week

Block time with intentionality

I've long had a habit of creating an ideal week for each semester of the academic year. It is also an assignment in an upper division elective I teach: Personal Leadership and Productivity. Mike Schmitz created an easy-to-use online ideal week planner that makes this process much easier.

​Ideal Week Planner​

Wondered

What You Created

More birds

Last week, I wondered about what is something you created, recently, that brought you joy... Mine answer involves birds (yet again) and a "new" space.

Bonni

I'm continuing to work on some bird drawings for a course/community that I'm creating. This drawing of a group of birds was me trying to experiment with more angles, including one of the birds with its back to us.

This next bit of joy didn't exactly involve creating something, rather creating space for something. I spent some time in our backyard this weekend, removing the spider webs from our pergola and cleaning off the table and chairs back there.

Today's lunch involved sitting in a mostly web-free zone and taking in the beauty of my surroundings (while drinking a LaCroix out of a mason jar).

This week, I'm wondering:

Who is someone who has shaped how you learn or teach?

Hit reply to share your reflections. I'll use your first name, or if you prefer your response be anonymous, let me know in your reply.

Noted

A Quote

About plotting

I'm continuing to treasure the experience of going through a program offered by the Center for Courage & Renewal. At a recent session, one of the facilitators shared these words from Ruha Benjamin:

...[p]lotting is about questioning the scripts you’ve been handed and scheming with others to do and be otherwise for the collective good of all.

​More about Ruha Benjamin​

THIS WEEK ON TEACHING IN HIGHER ED

Malini Schueller shares about her book, Teaching Solidarity: Critical Race Reading, from the University of California Press.

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