R3 2.12 July 18, 2024 Vacation Edition: Upcoming Talk and Chapter on AI; Popular Post Roundup

I’m away from the Substack until August, but until then - here are some items of interest.

I’ve chosen this month to spend some time away from R3, and will be posting again in August, in time for the beginning of the traditional academic calendar in the U.S.. I’ve got my youngest child at home for only a few short weeks before she heads off to Maine Maritime Academy, thousands of miles away. I’m also deep into a new book project (more news on that in the fall!), working on a new program for first-year student success at my home institution, and putting the finishing touches on a few new talks I’m giving in the months to come.

One in particular might be of interest to R3 readers who hail from psychological sciences or related disciplines: Learning, Working, and Living with AI: A Positive Perspective from Psychology. I’m honored to be giving it as the Committee on Associate and Baccalaureate Education (CABE) Invited Address, happening on August 9 at the 2024 annual meeting of the American Psychological Association.

Here’s the short program description:

This talk explores psychology’s role in shaping the future of learning, working, and living with AI. For each, we will consider how existing research sheds light on AI, and on positive applications of the technology. Practical advice is also offered for instructors and others seeking productive uses for AI.

I’m excited to be working out ideas and reviewing the latest research as I get that talk ready. I’m also looking forward to a chapter I have coming out in a new anthology, Generative AI in Higher Education: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, edited by Kätlin Pulk and Riina Koris. That piece looks at AI from the perspective of faculty professional development, with an emphasis on what to do and what not to do when helping faculty adapt to AI in teaching – with the latter category being what I call “ugly advice.”

I’ll be sharing more about that soon-to-be released work, along with the usual roundups of research and resources, in August and beyond. Until then, you may want to check out some of the most-read R3 posts, which I’ve collected below.

I’m grateful for your continued support and for the steady growth of the R3 community over this past year. Keep spreading the word and doing all you do for students and for higher education, and I’ll see you in August!

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