Josh Eyler

This is a basic and crucial point for any discussion of LLMs’ use in teaching research or writing. Whether it can ape us, fool us, or get facts right or wrong is, in the end, irrelevant. The LLM is not the thinker we are trying to encourage; the LLM is not the writer that we are trying to improve.

A banner that reads "I'm Presenting! CLASS 2026: Conference on Learning and Student Success" Tuscon, AZ, April 15-18.

So excited to be presenting with @josheyler.bsky.social, @liznorell.bsky.social, and @thetattooedprof.bsky.social on "The Case against Using GenAI in Education: Meeting the Moment with Care and Courage" at AAC&U's CLASS conference! April 17, 11am. It's going to be so much fun!

This is going to be a lot of fun, and I'm thrilled to be able to work with amazing colleagues and thinkers like Cate, Kevin, and Liz!

Agree!

Accreditors Can Fix Grades (opinion) Accreditors are uniquely positioned to address grade inflation and issues of transcript quality.

Counterpoint: grades don't need to be fixed; they need to be completely & entirely changed.

Some 🚨 here, which might otherwise read like another "Grade Inflation Run for Your Lives!" essay, are the citing of Trump's Compact alongside "A Nation at Risk."

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

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At some point, I'm going to write an essay on AI and Freire's *Pedagogy of the Oppressed*, and I will hold nothing back.

Agreed. AI use is definitely an equity issue, but not the way proponents want us to believe.

What if people picked up a book by Thích Nhất Hạnh instead of misusing “mindful“

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The Case for Centers for Teaching and Learning (opinion) The work of CTLs is central to higher education.

Kudos to Mary Wright for this excellent piece on the value of centers for teaching and learning. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

I know @liznorell.bsky.social will have some thoughts about this situation.

That's terrible.

This list sounds like the cast of characters of my nightmares.

This might be silly and trite, but I've always followed the advice to write the book you want to read. Don't think about an imaginary audience that may or may not exist. This can hamper the strength of your prose and your argument because you can be tempted to dial back. Write for yourself.

This is stellar advice. Absolutely!

Teaching and learning is the heart of one of the cultural cycles I find the most beautiful, the collective moving forward. If you can somehow keep teaching even though incredibly overwhelming times I think you can transcend your circumstances just that little bit.

Mic. Drop. 🎤

If you're looking for the source of academia's leaky pipeline--it's not women's lack of commitment, it's the misogyny of men like this.

True!

That list will never be dull, that's for sure.

Gotta keep up with the changing times, I guess.

@icpetrie.bsky.social and @thetattooedprof.bsky.social, I really need your commentary on the most recent email to our organization's listserv.

I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!

Same here!

Being human at work isn’t unprofessional How an email from my dean and a forced office move inspired a days-long crying jag and the discovery that I’m autistic.

What a fantastic, vulnerable, important piece by @liznorell.bsky.social. I cant recommend this enough. For autistic folks, sure, but also for anyone who works with human beings. open.substack.com/pub/engagedl...

The "innovative learning AI chat bot" seems evil to me. Yes, yes, I'm looking for guidance on writing learning outcomes, but I think I should use my DOZENS OF YEARS OF EDUCATION to do that.

Being human at work isn’t unprofessional How an email from my dean and a forced office move inspired a days-long crying jag and the discovery that I’m autistic.

I'm so ... relieved? excited? nervous? (yes^3) ... to share this piece with the world. I've been wanting to do so for years, but I needed (a lot of) time to find some peace around these events first. #ActuallyAutistic #HigherEd engagedlearningcollective.substack.com/p/being-huma...

Thanks for the source. I'm just very wary of painting any understanding of our students with a broad brush. Remember that there are lots of students at the University of Mississippi, and many would push back on the narrative in this NY Magazine piece.

I'm just very wary of painting any understanding of our students with a broad brush. Remember that there are lots of students at the University of Mississippi, and many would push back on the narrative in that NY Magazine piece.

Where are you getting this information about our students?