Teaching in Higher Ed

Rebecca Fordon unpacks vibe coding and the eight AI teaching tools she built in a single semester on episode 623 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Vibe coding, I think of being able to describe the kind of application or website that you want in just words, a narrative, rather than having to code it, knowing coding language.

-Rebecca Fordon

I think the easiest place to start is in ChatGPT, or Gemini, or Claude Code.

-Rebecca Fordon

Many of my students have not used it for anything related to law school. Until they get into my class, and then they see there actually are some good, legitimate uses.

-Rebecca Fordon

If you want to mess with things on your own, you can really just ask AI: How do I do that? Where should I look?

-Rebecca Fordon

Resources

Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: One Semester, Eight Vibe-Coded Teaching Tools

AI Law Librarians

TokenExplorer

NPR’s Driveway Moments

David Colarusso

Lovable

Replit

Video: Bonni Shows Jon Ippolito’s Connect Random Things Exercise

Jon Ippolito’s Connect Random Things Exercise

SongLink (Odesli.co)

Wolf Worm, by T. Kingfisher

Snipd

Artificial Intelligence and Human Legal Reasoning, by Bednar, Cleveland, Erbsen, and Schwarcz

Jennifer Wallace shares about her book, Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose on episode 622 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Mattering says you belong at the table, but it goes even further, and it says you would be missed if you weren’t here. You are adding value, and we would notice if you weren’t here.

-Jennifer Wallace

We have so much input and so much output being demanded of us today that often we go through life on autopilot.

-Jennifer Wallace

Mattering is not another thing to add to your to-do list. Mattering is a way of looking at your to-do list.

-Jennifer Wallace

When you look at the data on what drives performance, it is engagement. And what drives engagement is mattering.

-Jennifer Wallace

Resources

Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose, by Jennifer Wallace

Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic—and What We Can Do About It, by Jennifer Wallace

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, by Robert D. Putnam

Jennifer Wallace’s Website

Mattering Movement

Gallup-Purdue Index Report

Nancy Schlossberg’s Transition Theory

World Spins Madly On

WeRateDogs – This is Sadie.

Sign up to be a Mattering Ambassador

David Perry shares about his new book, The Public Scholar, on episode 621 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Teaching is the most important form of public engagement that any of us do.

-David Perry

If we are really practiced at teaching, and as we develop our skills as teachers, those are the skills that can also take us into other spaces outside of the classroom.

-David Perry

Academia is structured around all kinds of failure. Once you recognize that, and then bring yourself into another context where you’re going to experience rejection, you already have the skills to cope with it.

-David Perry

I think all writers, and certainly in academia, worry a lot about our worst faith readers. How do we not get ripped apart? You have to write for your best faith reader. You have to really shift your focus.

-David Perry

Resources

The Public Scholar: A Practical Handbook by David M. Perry

Tressie McMillan Cottom

Kevin Gannon — The Tattooed Professor

Irene Maweu

Higher Love

Pluribus

The Drop Kick Murphys

‘Streets of Minneapolis’: 32 protest songs inspired by the Twin Cities’ ICE resistance

The Neighborhood Kids, “Breaking News”

Flower Darby shares about being a joyful online teacher on episode 620 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Higher education doesn’t do a great job of preparing faculty to teach, generally speaking, that’s not new, but especially online teaching.

-Flower Darby

If you’re not a meme person, don’t do that. Something that isn’t authentic to your personality is not going to be effective.

-Flower Darby

Sometimes you don’t need all the latest bells and whistles; you don’t need the latest iPhone. We can be effective with simpler tools.

-Flower Darby

We can’t be joyful if we’re always working.

-Flower Darby

Resources

The Joyful Online Teacher: Finding Our Fizz in Asynchronous Classes by Flower Darby

Michelle Pacansky-Brock

The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion, by Sarah Rose Cavanagh

Dave Ghidiu

Denise Maduli-Williams

TextExpander

Thor: God of Thunder gets a library card

A Starting Point for Seth Godin’s Blog

Feel Good Inc., by Gorillaz

Muddiest Point Handout from Purdue

Revitalizing the Muddiest Point for Formative Assessment and Student Engagement in a Large Class, by Amy Mackos, Kelly Casler, Joni Tornwall, and Tara O’Brien

Poll Everywhere

Lew Ludwig + Todd Zakrajsek uncover themes from The Science of Learning Meets AI on episode 619 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

We could actually create an educational system. Not so that it deals with the problems we have with AI, but so that those problems are no longer relevant.

-Todd Zakrajsek

If you don’t have students attention, they can’t learn because if you don’t attend to something, you can’t learn it.

-Todd Zakrajsek

Keep in mind that you’re the expert. This is your assignment. You know what you’re doing, you know the content, so then you can judge what AI gives you, what works, and what still may need some work.

-Lew Ludwig

What this gets down to is backward design; we start with the learning goals. We should figure out how to assess them, and then decide if AI fits in that or not.

-Lew Ludwig

Resources

The Science of Learning Meets AI: A Practical Faculty Guide to Purposeful Integration, Student Engagement, and Ethical Practice, by Lewis D. Ludwig & Todd D. Zakrajsek

Lilly Conferences: Evidence-Based Teaching & Learning

Mary-Ann Winkelmes

Transparency in Learning & Teaching (TILT) Higher Education

Backward Design

The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI, by Tricia Bertram Gallant and David A. Rettinger

Caraway Cookware

Joy Comes Back, by Donna Ashworth, read by Harry Baker

TripIt

The Other Side of the Door, by Jeff Moss