The FACILITATOR

In honor of US Thanksgiving, Shella & Mike each share 2 Teaching Tools & 2 Teaching Techniques they are thankful for - with a couple bonus honorable mentions.
Resources Mentioned- Techniques:
Hybrid/ Blended Classes Tips
Active/ Experiential Learning How-Tos/ Tips
Place-Based Education
Fishbone/ 5 Whys Technique
Ep 18 - Team-Based Learning (featuring 4S technique) 
Resources Mentioned- Tools:
Zoom Tips/ How tos
Zoom Persistent Whiteboards
Poll.ly Free Polling tool
Canvas New Quizzes

Shella & Mike delve into the choppy waters of AI detector tools and look at their weak points and offer tips on how to use them as part of a general intentional AI Literacy and Authentic Assessment strategy.
Teaching Resources Mentioned:
The Problems with AI Detectors: False Positives & False Negatives (Univ. San Diego Legal Research Ctr)
Ep 21- "Redesigning Assignments for AI Cheating Resistance"
"Detecting AI may be impossible. That's a big problem for teachers" (Washington Post)
Ep 40 -"AI for Good in Teaching"
AI Acknowledgement Statement Template (Word doc)
Perplexity
Specific AI Detection Tools
TurnitIn AI
GPTZero
ZeroGPT
Specific AI Detector Beating 'Scrubbing' Tools 
Rephrasy
Trickmenot.ai

With Shella on vacation this week, Mike flies solo this week to talk about the WHAT/ WHY & HOW of the excellent template for instruction that is the 9 Events of Instruction. In particular, the WHY for the Age of AI to help defang cheating motivations.
Episode Resources:
9 Events of Instruction Tips/ Rsrcs
Video Illustration of the 9 Events w/ Cats
Gagne's Instructional Design Principles
Ep 25: Activating Prior Learning (Step 3)

Shella & Mike look at the professor's wunder weapon that is Authentic Assessment - with lessons from Covid about how it can not only address student engagement, success & retention, but also for combating cheating with AI.
Episode Resources: 
Authentic Assessment Tips & How Tos
Combating Academic Dishonesty, Part 7: Authentic Assessments & the Challenge of AI
Ep 7 - Local Teaching Excellence w/ Jason Tucker: Simulated Lab Audits
OER Virtual Labs/Simulations Repositories
Ep 37 - Student Voice & Choice
Problem-Based Learning
Ep 18 - Team-Based Learning
Reflection Techniques
Rubistar Rubrics Repository

Shella & Mike talk about keys to the start of class for both first day and week to set the table for success, engagement & retention: Curiosity, Community, Expectations & Getting Comfortable with Required Tools.
Teaching Resources Mentioned:
Ep 30 - Hacking Quality Matters: Standard 1 Course Intro Online
Essential Questions Technique
Background Knowledge Probe
K-W-L Chart
Think-Pair-Share
Using Discussion Forums to Set Climate
Perusall Social Annotation Tool

Shella & Mike talk about the oldie but a goodie of the 'Flipped' Classroom for live session classes (Hybrid or traditional). What, Why & How & its relevance to the AI age.
Teaching Resources Mentioned:
Flipped Classroom Tips & Rsrcs.
Zoom Lecture Chunk Recording
Learning Glass Studio
Best Practice Active Learning Techniques
Team-Based Learning

Shella & Mike talk about one of the indispensable teaching tools to any college teacher- Grading Rubrics. They discuss different kinds, how to get started and top tips for getting biggest learning and success bang for the buck with them. 
Teaching Resources Mentioned:
Grading Rubrics Rsrcs & Tips
Single-Point Grading Rubric
Rubistar Rubric Repository/ Builder
Canvas Rubric Tools How Tos
Canvas Rubrics Tool
Canvas Rubric Grading in SpeedGrader
Canvas Peer Review (w/Rubric) Tool

Shella & Mike looks at some of the silver linings AI offers professors that can make good things happen in our teaching, as well as current crop of helpful AI teaching tools and general tips for maximizing AI. 
Teaching Resources Mentioned:
Episode 21 - Redesigning Assignments for AI Proofing
Assignment Stress Testing/ Enhancement Prompt (Pritts- Univ AZ)
AI Prompts for Instructors Repository (More Useful Things)
Effective Prompts for AI (MIT)
AI Tools Mentioned:
ChatGPT (uses DALL-E for images)
CoPilot
Claude 
Gamma (slidedeck generation)
Gemini
Google Notebook LM (Research summary)
Grammerly (Writing Assistant)
Hemingway App (Readability Assistant)
Napkin (Chart/ graph generator)
OpenArt (Image generation)
Perplexity (tutoring assistant)

Shella & Mike talk tips for how to have online 'office hours' that Students will utilize, as well emerging trends for re imagining office hours to defuse student anxiety & build connections with students to help them persist.
Teaching Technique/ Tools Mentioned Resources:
Zoom for Virtual Office Hours Tips & Rsrcs
"With Card Games, Coloring Sessions & 'Hang Out Times', Professors Rethink Office Hours" (EdSurge)
"Academic Success Tip: Rebrand Office Hours" (Inside Higher Ed)

Shella & Mike delve into the WHAT/ WHY & HOWs for adding different levels of interaction to your live Zoom online classes to engage students for enhancing success.
Teaching Technique/ Tools Mentioned Resources:
Active Learning
Fishbowl Discussion
Backchannel Chat Technique
Chat Waterfall
Zoom Raise Hand Tool
Zoom Reactions
Zoom Breakout Rooms
Think-Pair-Share