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Bloggers, newsletters, and podcasts from people in the field
Thursday, July 30
My De-Claudifying Memory File to Ditch Claude's "Word Mosaics"
How I at least partially mitigate Claude Fable's ridiculous yoda-speak
mikecaulfield.substack.comFrom Awakening to Building: Liberal Arts “Next Moves” for Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI
A keynote at the Reimagining the Liberal Arts in the Age of AI Conference at the University of Mary Washington
aiedusimplified.substack.com
Wednesday, July 29
Math Class Asks Kids to Become Somebody Else
Somebody weird.
danmeyer.substack.comJuly 26 Monthly round-up
A busy month with my daughter having her Cardiff Masters graduation, our purchase of our first electric vehicle, a trip to Newcastle and finalising my second book publication. I also went to see the Odyssey twice, once with Maren and once “the way Nolan intended” in IMAX. It’s been interesting to see the online…
blog.edtechie.net456. Improve Critical Thinking
Students with strong critical thinking skills can make better decisions that have real consequences on their quality of life. In this episode, Michael Bishop joins us to discuss an approach to developing these skills that appears to have a persistent effect on students’ ability to avoid common cognitive biases.…
teaforteaching.com
Tuesday, July 28
On Partial, Temporary and Invisible Disability
For many years now, I’ve been sensitive about invisible disabilities. First, through friends who have cancer or chronic illnesses but appear fit and healthy, and then people give them dirty looks when they use parking for disabled, for example. And second, since I became diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis which is…
blog.mahabali.me
Monday, July 27
How to Kindly Say No to Requests
Time is perhaps the most precious commodity in existence. No matter who you are, there are only 24 hours in a day—and I sincerely hope that it is not your goal to work excessive and sometimes dangerous hours like Silicon Valley tech workers, junior Wall Street investment bankers, or China’s 996 working culture. Late…
robertkelchen.com“We’re all hungry for a way to do the right thing”
Part 2 of an interview with Kirsten Davis
aiedusimplified.substack.com
Friday, July 24
The 2031 Crisis in Higher Education: a stark scenario
Greetings from a surprisingly pleasant late July. Smoke from Canada’s fires has dissipated and temperatures have dwindled to the 80s F. It’s actually delightful to be outside. Today’s post is about a scenario for higher ed’s future. It’s not from … Continue reading →
bryanalexander.org
Thursday, July 23
An opinionated guide to which AI to use to do stuff
The Summer 2026 Edition
oneusefulthing.org
Wednesday, July 22
Reading In An Age Of Thinking Machines
I’m releasing a project I created to help my online students read, with the hope that others might be able to use, adapt, or otherwise feel inspired to try something new this coming semester.
marcwatkins.substack.com455. Transformative Coaching
Higher ed has become an increasingly complex and challenging environment to work in. In this episode, Susan Hrach and Kitty Maynard join us to discuss the role trained coaches can play in supporting agency, resilience, and career growth for college employees. Susan is the author of Minding Bodies: How Physical Space,…
teaforteaching.comNew book cover reveal
My new horror novel – The H-index – is coming out in September with Morfa Press. Here is the cover designed by Roderick Brydon. I love it! The cover builds off the style of the first book, The Recluse Rules. I’m writing a series of novels all set on the Welsh coast. The books in this “Cursed Coast” series are all…
blog.edtechie.net
Tuesday, July 21
Blog Posts as LLM Repair Code
To Fix the Crappy Prompts Claude Wrote for You, Have Claude Read My Blog Post
mikecaulfield.substack.com
Monday, July 20
“I built those ethical constraints first, and then I started exploring what AI could do.”
Part 1 of an interview with Kirsten Davis
aiedusimplified.substack.com
Wednesday, July 15
Are You the Baby or the Bathwater?
Here is one way to know.
danmeyer.substack.com454. Designing Impactful College Courses
Student motivation is enhanced when the framework of self-determination theory is used to design courses that support student autonomy. In this episode, Daniel Guberman and Chantal Levesque-Bristol join us to discuss a new resource designed to assist in the development of such courses. Daniel and Chantal have…
teaforteaching.com
Tuesday, July 14
A Coherent Program-Level Response to Generative AI
Cross-posted from my Intentional Teaching newsletter. Two weeks ago in the newsletter, I shared some data from this summer’s Inside Higher Ed student survey on the ways students find generative AI helpful in their learning. Today, I want to point to more data from that survey, this time about institutional responses…
derekbruff.org