When was the last time you gave an extension? When was the last time you were asked for one? Extension requests have always been common inbox arrivals – life happens, and it sometimes happens a little harder or more unexpectedly to students learning how to navigate their lives. During the pandemic, faculty and students were…Continue…Continue Reading Can extensions work for everyone? Study offers a possible solution
Even at Cornell, it’s not every day a Nobel Prize winner comes to campus to talk about teaching. But, last month, arrive one did, in the form of Carl Wieman. …Continue Reading A Visit with Carl Wieman, Part 1: On Active Learning
You land on the moon.
The stars glitter above you; familiar constellations etch themselves across the night sky. But here, now, in this headset, the night sky is outer space, in all its strange magnificence. The night sky, outer space, is all around you.
And… there are dinosaurs in it….Continue Reading A Journey ‘To the Moon’ and Back
As the last months have made clear, Generative AI tools – such as ChatGPT – are here to stay, are certain to get more and more powerful, and will change the way we do many things….Continue Reading On Generative AI and Teaching