Jessica Feggestad

We’ve put a lot of work into making Bluesky a healthier social network. This app is designed to give you a choice — in what you want to see, what you don’t want to see, and how you want to interact.

Some tips on how to customize your experience:

The Real Environmental Impact of AI | Earth.Org In this article, we delve into the environmental impact of AI, exploring associated problems including emissions and e-waste.

This essay seemst to tackle the issue, though it is from 2023: earth.org/the-green-di...

If you want to explore #ungrading & alternative #assessment, join our virtual book club on @josheyler.bsky.social's new book Failing Our Future: How Grades Harm Students, and What We Can Do About It. Feb.-May 2025. Meetings via Zoom. Free to all! www.tinyurl.com/FailingOurFuture
#ungrading #grades

Based on a wonderful suggestion from @jaustinedu.bsky.social, I've created a rough Starter Pack for those involved with #ungrading & alternative #assessment.

If I forgot someone (I'm sure I have!), please forgive me & let me know if you want to be added to the list. Thanks!

go.bsky.app/G6hA6Ru

Please add @kschumacher.bsky.social and @paula-waite.bsky.social

If you've found yourself making impassioned arguments like "There's no evidence for learning styles and there are better ways to differentiate" or "Learning is more than just a cognitive process" then you may be Learning Scholar! Want to be added to this starter pack? Contact me! go.bsky.app/CBPm1dV

Do any of you use e-ink tablet notebooks? I take handwritten notes at meetings and my to do list is handwritten. Everything else in my life is digital (calendar, etc.) but I can’t seem to switch from handwritten notes. I’m debating between SuperNote and Remarkable right now.

Educational/faculty development starter pack: go.bsky.app/8xyTsyY and list: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Folks who support or write about #HigherEd #Teaching, #EdTech, #Assessment...
Let me know of anyone else to add.
#EdDev #FacDev

This was a fun way to end the day. Thanks to the brave #POD24 souls who volunteered for our entertainment!

#POD24 2yr/Community/Technical College SIG colleagues, check out my podcast that highlights the amazing work that happens at a technical college!

Text, CETL PIE PODCAST, Peek Into Excellence with CETL, Madison College The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning is superimposed over a photograph of a pie.

Here is the show logo so you can identify “CETL PIE” in your favorite podcast app.

Man and woman smiling, sitting in a podcast recording studio with headphones on.

Episode 23 of the CETL PIE - Peek Into Excellence - podcast dropped today, Connecting Students with African Studies: Insights from Dr. Cherif Correa. Listen to my interview with Cherif on your favorite podcast platform! podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cet...

Last year Wake Forest presented a session on Annual Reports and I’m proud to say our CETL published its inaugural report this fall because of that session. We are also tracking our interactions more effectively via Airtable because of that same session. POD rocks! Thanks Wake Forest!

At Wake Forest, they have three senior staff at their CTL. They track their work w/ individual instructors and their organizational development work. Every year if the one increases, the other decreases, like clockwork. There's a very tangible trade-off between the two in terms of staff time. #POD24

It’s definitely a challenge to read through all the session choices at #POD24 but it’s worth it. 😀

Hey #POD24, Kate Flom Derrick & I have been talking with CTLs about the role “one-off” workshops play in their work. I’ve been particularly interested in the question, given the scuttlebutt about workshops relative to intensive programming. Come engage with our initial findings on Monday at 10:30!

It looks like we're using #POD24 for the POD Network Conference hashtag. If you're on Bluesky or @deck.blue you can click that hashtag to see the latests posts using it. If you'd prefer to pin a feed to your Bluesky feed, I made one for you: bsky.app/profile/did:....

I can't wait for #POD24 in Chicago next week, my first time at POD.

I will be talking up the new OU Press series "Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed," showing off cool books, and not least, spending time with folks working hard to put more light in the world.

Currently en route to Chicago for #POD24! If you’re around on Monday morning, I’d love to see you for our session on pedagogical improv with @josheyler.bsky.social, @derekbruff.bsky.social, and a surprise special guest. I promise we won’t make you do theatrical improv! But…

Unfortunately, I don't have the bandwidth to put together a big shindig like last year (nearly all of which was @thomasjtobin.bsky.social's doing), but if folks at #POD24 want to hang out for a bit, we'll meet at 8:00 on the Monday of the conference at the ARC Bar in the hotel. Spread the word!

What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before Study is based on 20,860 sketches drawn by children over 5 decades

This is good news... www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪🩺🛟 sociology

Same!

Is Your Political Candidate Showing Early Signs of Dementia? Politicians, like everyone else, age. Some will develop Alzheimer's disease or dementia. How worried should we be about potential cognitive declines in aging politicians?

Is your candidate showing signs of cognitive decline?

My new blog post at Psychology Today. I list some potential signs of cognitive decline that you might see in a candidate.

Clearly this is about Trump. But I was asked to not use his name. 1/

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ment...

So, who is going to the POD Network Conference in November? There are so many great sessions to choose from and of course several of the ones I want to attend are in the same time slot.
podnetwork.org/49th-annual-...
#PODNetwork
#POD2024
#FacultyDevelopment
#PODChicago

Professor of Botany - Madison, Wisconsin, United States Job Summary: The Department of Botany along with the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seek applicants for up to two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions...

my dept is looking to hire two professors in plant/fungi/algae evolution & ecology! 🧪 apps due Nov 15 jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess...

I put together a starter pack of faculty and staff members at primarily undergraduate colleges and universities. Please let me know who I missed--happy to add more!

20 small starts for alternative grading Meaningful reform of grading is within everyone's grasp.

Today at Grading For Growth, I give 20 ways to get started with alternative grading on a small scale. Some of these are simple shifts in approach, while some are more concrete. But they are all good for students!

#alternativegrading #highereducation

gradingforgrowth.com...

I’m presenting a session next week to our faculty on the pros/cons a 0-4 grading scale (instead of 0-100%) & how to “hack” our LMS gradebook to support it. I’m curious if anyone in my network has any resources, or insights with the 0-4 scale they would share with me?
#alternativegrading
#grading

For those who use alt-grading in some form, how did you get started: By going all-in with a complete redesign of your grading system, or by making one or more small incremental changes to a traditional approach? Or something else? Bluesky doesn't do polls so LMK in the replies.

My latest CETL PIE - Peek Into Excellence - podcast features Astronomy faculty, Dixie Burns. We discuss her action research project on teaching neurodivergent students. Dixie also talks about her own experience as a faculty member who is neurodivergent. This is one of my favorite episodes to date!