Sean Michael Morris

The word "ungrading" is an active present participle. It doesn't mean "not grading." Ungrading acknowledges the existence of grades and invites systemic critique, an undoing or thoughtful dismantling. Not best practices, but fluid, contextual practices to push against an insidious culture of grades.

Ungrading, AI, and Feedback as Scholarly Work When we take the time to write feedback, we connect our own thinking to a student’s thinking, thereby opening up the possibility for new knowledge and insight to develop.

"When we take the time to write feedback, we connect our own thinking to a student’s thinking, thereby opening up the possibility for new knowledge and insight to develop." #ai #ungrading www.seanmichaelmorris.com/ungrading-ai...

Good to hear from you! I actually moved home to Denver in 2021. Would be nice to catch up sometime, though.

AI, Humans & the Future of Education: an Interview The most important opportunity AI presents: The opportunity to recognise that we made AI, it didn’t make us. It learned from us, not the other way around. It’s trying to imitate us, to be more like us...

"Probably the biggest challenge that we face with #AI is that AI purports to answer our questions, to solve our curiosities. We have to make sure that how it’s adopted leaves room for continuing to ask questions, explore, to pose and solve problems." www.seanmichaelmorris.com/ai-humans-an...

Looking to 2025: Future of Learning, Community, and AI for Online Academies | LinkedIn What does the future hold for learning, community and AI? Join this exclusive fireside conversation with Sean Michael Morris, VP of Academics at CourseHero, to uncover the key trends in online learn...

From my conversation this morning with Candice Faktor at Disco. "We made #AI, it didn’t make us. It learned from us, not the other way around. It’s trying to imitate us, to be more like us, because what we’ve got going on is pretty remarkable." www.linkedin.com/events/looki...

Undoing the Grade with Dr. Jesse Stommel Dr. Jesse Stommel unpacks his book, Undoing the Grade: Why We Grade, and How to Stop

"There is no magic solution to the issue of equity in education. It has to be constantly under revision because our students are changing, we're changing, and our contexts are changing."

From my recent conversation with @dral.bsky.social. www.continuous-learning-institute.com/blog/undoing...

"there are other ways of seeing & being & imagining in this world" - Love this! Reminds me of Maxine Greene: “Imagination...suggests an opening of spaces, an end to submergence, a consciousness of the right to ask why.” (Releasing the Imagination, 25)

5 Things to Do When You Teach Digitally The digital won’t necessarily add to our knowledge, but it does ask us to reconsider our approach.

Going into the archives, and found this bit: "Digital learning is learning in the wild," from way back in 2014. I think I like this approach when it comes to GenAI. www.seanmichaelmorris.com/5-things-to-...

"if boredom should prevail": A Few Thoughts on Student Engagement On February 23, 2023, I was invited to present at keynote at the Fierce Education conference. Below is the text of that keynote. A very long time ago, I wrote a letter to my students. I was a teacher...

“Education is not meant to make us masters; education is meant to liberate us from the very notion of mastery, seeking instead open inquiry and the imagination.” www.seanmichaelmorris.com/if-boredom-s...