Nice Take on Post AI Instructional Designer

My wife and I were house sitting and dog sitting the past two weeks, so a break from blogging.  However, today I read an excellent post by Dr. Philippa Hardman entitled “The Post-AI Instructional Designer.”  Several points struck me. Hardman explored the evolving relationship between instructional designers (IDs) and AI, contrasting two models: the Delegation… Read more Nice Take on Post AI Instructional Designer

TCPK and GenAI

Gary Ackerman had a post this week in which he took another look at his understanding of TCPK,  introduced by Mishra and Koehler in 2006.  This framework explored the combinations of technological, pedagogical and content knowledge, with the sweet spot being TCPK – Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge.  I have been blogging about TCPK since 2008,… Read more TCPK and GenAI

Enhancing the GenAI Intent and Orientation Model

A few weeks ago, Educause published an article by Dale Pike, Brooke McGowin, Aaron Bond, Larry Cox II and Daron Williams entitled “Framing Generative AI in Education with the GenAI Intent and Orientation Model.” The article discussed the potential of generative AI (GenAI) in education and introduced the above framework to help understand and implement… Read more Enhancing the GenAI Intent and Orientation Model

Fear of AI

Now that I am retired, it has been interesting to look back at my early 2008 posts.  One post was “Only Thing To Fear” where I discussed the challenge of teaching a Masters class in edtech when all of my students worked in schools that blocked access to many of the websites we were exploring…including… Read more Fear of AI

Where’s the Faculty?

Way back in 1984, Wendy’s introduced an advertisement that in modern terms would be seen as having gone “viral.”  Three elderly ladies are at a fast food counter ordering a Big Bun, and one says: As I read Educause’s article on the IDEAS Framework this past week, a similar reaction hit me.  Where’s the faculty?… Read more Where’s the Faculty?