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The Center for
Teaching & Learning
Newsletter - February 1, 2023
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In This Edition:
Message From the CTL Director
Faculty Focused
How to Improve College Teaching in 2023
The Terrible Tedium of Learning Outcomes
Teaching Students in an AI world
Student-Centered
Impact of Chat GPT on Higher Education
AI Writing Detection: A Losing Battle Worth Fighting
Seeing Past the Dazzle of ChatGPT
10 Higher Education Podcasts to Stream in 2023
Tuned Up
New Centralized Printing
Library Resources
CTL on Blackboard
Scheduled
February 3: Webinar Discussion
February 23: SAFIRE Event
March 2: Webinar Discussion
April 7: Webinar Discussion
CTL Advisory Board
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FROM THE CTL DIRECTOR
Dear Campus Community,
I hope everyone is getting settled into the spring semester even
though it might not feel like spring weather yet.
As a reminder, the CTL advisory committee has selected three
recorded webinars from the Innovative Educators' platform that
we would like to engage the campus community on in the coming
months. You will need to watch the recorded webinar on the
Innovative Educators' platform and then join us for a moderated
discussion on the content and themes of that webinar.
To activate your account, go to www.go2knowledge.com/hood and enter your first name, last
name, and email. It is a web-based URL that can easily link from any LMS, webpage, or email.
If you have trouble creating your account, contact Jeff Welsh at welsh@hood.edu
Here is the spring 2023 line-up. Refreshments will be provided.
February 3 in Whitaker Room 220 (9 am – 10 am) to discuss “Motivating Disengaged
Students: Strategies for Supporting, Reconnecting and Reengaging” with co-facilitators
Drs. Paige Eager and Akia Jackson
March 2 in Whitaker Room 220 (1-2 pm) to discuss “Active Learning: How to Improve
Critical Thinking, Motivation, and Engagement” with co-facilitators Drs. Michelle Gricus
and Jill Tysse
April 7 in Whitaker Room 220 (3-4:00 pm) to discuss “Conducting Difficult Conversations
with Students: How Faculty and Staff can Change a Negative into a Positive” with co-
facilitators Drs. Jessica McManus and Cathy Breneman
Best wishes,
Paige Eager
HOW TO IMPROVE COLLEGE TEACHING IN 2023
"As the historian, Henry Steele Commager observed six
decades ago, American higher education is an amalgam of four
distinct educational traditions. The first, which initially arose in
Italy and elsewhere on the European continent a millennium
ago, offered professional training in law, medicine, and the
church and later in such fields as architecture, business,
engineering, and the sciences. Today, of course, those
professions include: communication, journalism, hotel and
restaurant management, library science, nursing, psychology,
social work, and much more." Click here to continue.
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THE TERRIBLE TEDIUM OF 'LEARNING OUTCOMES'
"Every six years, the accountability police swoop down on my
campus in the form of WASC, the Western Association of
Schools and Colleges. The West Coast accreditation
organization comes to Scripps, as it comes to all colleges in our
region, to do our re-accreditation. The process used to take a
couple of months, generating a flurry of meetings, self-studies,
and reports to demonstrate we’re measuring up. We’d write a
WASC report — “wasp,” we called it, for the way it buzzed around making a pest of itself." Click
here to learn how to make learning outcomes meaningful and manageable.
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TEACHING ACTUAL STUDENT WRITING IN AN AI WORLD
Professor Kevin Jacob Kelley states, "I asked the artificial
intelligence writing tool ChatGPT to respond to a writing
assignment I’ve previously taught in my Introduction to
Literature course: Compare Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus” poem
with Shakespeare’s “To be, or not to be” soliloquy from Hamlet.
The response from ChatGPT was not perfect, but it would have
been good enough to earn a decent grade." Students may be
tempted to use AI to automatically complete assignments
because these machines are free, quick, and relatively good at
mimicking an academic style. Whether artificial intelligence
will advance education or destroy it, faculty members need
effective methods for teaching in a world with easy access to
these powerful machines." Click here for more information.
IMPACT OF CHATGPT ON HIGHER EDUCATION
"Ever since the chatbot ChatGPT burst into public view in late
2022, students, professors, and administrators have been woozy
from a chaotic cocktail of excitement, uncertainty, and fear.
ChatGPT, which stands for "chat generative pre-trained
transformer," can offer 'answers' on everything from complicated
math problems to parenting advice. If you would like to learn
about methods for using ChatGPT in the classroom click here. Also, let me know if you would
like this to be a topic for a future CTL event and/or the Fall Forum in 2023. I am sure we have
experts already on our campus!
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SEEING PAST THE DAZZLE OF CHATGPT
"Some academics are worried and some are excited that AI text
generators such as the newly minted ChatGPT and the latest
version of GPT-3 can produce ever more passable prose. This is
the moment to notice how the isolating, hypnotic process of
getting to know this technology can influence our judgments
about how it should be used." To learn more, click here.
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10 HIGHER ED PODCASTS TO STREAM IN 2023
Podcasts are booming, and Higher Education podcasts are no
exception. The Chronicle of Higher Education rounded up ten
of their favorite podcasts that capture some of the most
pressing issues facing today’s institutions. Each podcast has a
different focus, from enrollment marketing strategies to IT &
tech to student-centricity. Click here for The Chronicle's picks
and a brief synopsis of each show.
NEW CENTRALIZED PRINTING Centralized Printing is now available for Faculty, Staff, and Students for Spring 2023. In December 2022, IT announced it would begin offering Centralized Printing services to the Hood Community in multiple phases. IT has been hard at work on deploying new Multi-functional Devices (MFDs) to strategic locations around campus and configuring the PaperCut software that will manage our Centralized Printing Enterprise. For more information on this new technology enhancement at Hood, please take a look at the following links: IT update on December 13, 2022, regarding Centralized Printing. IT printing general info. Instructions for Hood Secure Printing to Canon MFD printers. If you have any questions regarding Centralized Printing, please contact the IT Help Desk at helpdesk@hood.edu or 301-696-3622.
The CTL now has a dedicated bookshelf space in the Library Commons for CTL resources and
materials! Feel free to check out these books and return them when you are finished.
SAVE THESE DATES:
FEBRUARY 3: RECORDED WEBINAR SESSION
FEBRUARY 23RD: SAFIRE
On February 23rd, Hood will host its inaugural showcase highlighting the breadth of research
and creativity achieved by Hood College faculty and staff. Named the Staff and Faculty
Innovation and Research Exhibition (SAFIRE), this event creates a space for faculty and staff
across disciplines to disseminate ideas, knowledge, theories, research projects, and recent
developments in various academic disciplines.
All disciplines and divisions are encouraged to participate! Submit your proposal by February
10th via this link. New and previously presented content is welcome! This year’s exhibition will
be held in the Beneficial Hodson Library and Learning Commons. For more information, check
out the SAFIRE website or contact Dr. Michelle Gricus (gricus@hood.edu).
MARCH 2: RECORDED WEBINAR DISCUSSION
APRIL 7: RECORDED WEBINAR DISCUSSION
ACADEMIC INNOVATION GRANT
Don’t forget to submit your application for an Academic Innovation Grant by March 24, 2023, to
provost@hood.edu. Also, this year we now have two additional grants available that focus
explicitly on academic innovation and High-Impact Practices (HIPs).
All annual contract (0.5 or greater) Hood College faculty are eligible to apply.
The proposed high-impact practice must be a graded or assessed component of a
specific course.
Proposals should clearly include how the high-impact practice standards will be met for
the selected HIP.
Grant recipients will be required to submit a brief final report (maximum 500 words) in
January 2024 or May 2024, depending on when the project is implemented and evaluated.Faculty may apply for one grant opportunity. For more information about the rubric used to
assess proposals, visit the CTL’s Blackboard site or reach out to Paige Eager.
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CENTER FOR TEACHING & LEARNING ADVISORY BOARD
Paige Eager, Professor of Political Science, Dean of the Faculty, & Director of the CTL
April Boulton, Associate Professor of Biology & Dean of Graduate School
Catherine Breneman, Assistant Professor of Social Work
Michelle Gricus, Assistant Professor of Social Work
Suzanne E. Hiller, Assistant Professor of Education
Akia Jackson, Director of the Writing Center
Elizabeth Mackessy-Lloyd, Assistant Professor of Nursing
Jessica McManus, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Heather Mitchell-Buck, Assistant Professor of English; Coordinator of Digital Learning
Katherine Orloff, Associate Professor of Journalism
Atiya Smith, Assistant Professor of Psychology & Counseling
Marisel Torres-Crespo, Associate Professor of Education; Coordinator of Online
Instruction
Jill Tysse, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Jeff Welsh, Director of Instructional Technology in the IT division
Karishma Gouni, Graduate Assistant for the CTL
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Hood College, Rosemont Aven… CTL@hood.edu
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