ON Cultivating Student Engagement in Higher Ed
This podcast features higher ed faculty and course designers using creative approaches to enhance students’ learning experiences and turn engagement “ON”
ON Cultivating Student Engagement in Higher Ed
S7E1: Credentials, Community, and Critical Thinking: What Higher Ed Must Become in the Age of AI, P1
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In this episode, my guests explored AI’s impact and the question of whether students have learned or are merely performing learning, complicating assessment, motivation, and course design beyond the limits of detection tools. My Guests discussed redesigning curriculum around purpose, process, and metacognition; ensuring assignments answer “why this matters”; and giving students choice to connect work to personal goals. They emphasize leadership–faculty collaboration, building instructor presence and relationships to strengthen trust, and using group-based work with reflection as one approach. The conversation argues for AI literacy among faculty, selective AI integration aligned to objectives, and strong pedagogy over “silver bullet” solutions.
Guests for this episode:
- Tim Mousel, M.S., Professor of Kinesiology | AI Faculty Fellow | Lone Star College
- Anna Haney-Withrow, Dir., Institute of Innovative and Emerging Technologies | Florida SouthWestern State College
- Jill Patch, Instructional Designer III, QM Coordinator | Florida SouthWestern State College
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