12/04/2024

Hi TOPcast Insiders!

Institutional context is powerful as recent TOPcast guest Dr. Jocelyn Widmer reminded us in episode #126. Capturing, disseminating, and periodically reviewing oral history interviews with long-serving team members is one way of staying aware of and making the most of this context. Feel free to listen to the sample oral history interview in the Bonus Content section below for ideas of what you might start at your institution.

- Tom and Kelvin

Audio Recording (1.25 hour): Dr. Patsy Moskal’s Oral History Interview of Kelvin Thompson’s 24+ Years at UCF

The currently free beta version of the chatbot ChatGPT has captured the imaginations and free time of many in the field of education and elsewhere. Hosts Kelvin and Tom weigh-in on ChatGPT’s place in higher education.

• Single-Origin Mexico Chiapas from Foxtail Coffee Roasters (Winter Park, FL)
  

• Try ChatGPT from OpenAI
• Overview of ChatGPT from Wikipedia
• “Artificial Intelligence Writing” from UCF’s Karen L. Smith Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning (FCTL)
• EdSurge On Air Podcast Episode: “ChatGPT Has Colleges in Emergency Mode to Shield Academic Integrity”
• On the WCET Frontiers Blog: “Is AI the New Homework Machine? Understanding AI and Its Impact on Higher Education”
• In Fast Company: “Can We Replace Professors With Computer Screens?” (Cathy Davidson)
• TOPcast Episode #119: “Chatbots in Online Education”
• TOPcast Episode #13: “The MOOC Gets a Toddler Check-Up”

• Video Version of this Episode!