GenAI – Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching

What does the availability of GenAI do to trust between students and teachers? Currently reading Luo (2024)

mglessmer — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 13:49:47 +0000

Cheating is not a new phenomenon by any means, but with the raise of GenAI, it seems to be easier than ever, and teachers seem to be more suspicious than ever. But in contrast to direct plagiarism where a source can easily be identified, the use of GenAI to produce text in assignments can mostly […]

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Guest post by Kirsty Dunnett: “Odd feedback at year’s end and some New Years’ learning: what will peer review in 2025 and beyond look like”

mglessmer — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 08:12:46 +0000

Welcome to a new guest post by my most loyal guest blogger, Kirsty Dunnett, on odd experiences with peer review and generative AI which, in combination, provoke a lot of questions. Enter Kirsty: I sometimes think I have had my share of peer-reviews that really should not have made their way past the editor. Examples […]

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Playing with the GenAI “Claude” as personal instructor in language and technical subjects

Mirjam — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 08:59:02 +0000

I am still trying to figure out ways to use GenAI to enhance instruction, not just as a “faster google” like some students described it to me, but in a way to really support learning. So I have been playing with Claude as a personal instructor for a couple of days. And I like it! […]

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Planning an academic development workshop with GAI Claude

mglessmer — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 06:10:43 +0000

“Hi Claude, I want to plan a 45 minute workshop for university teachers with the title “how do I cultivate joy, passion, and purpose in my teaching, and how do I share it with my students?”. The goal is for the participants to leave the workshop feeling a renewed sense of joy, passion, and purpose […]

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